FROM alpine:3.6 RUN apk add --no-cache --upgrade bash mongodb-tools # copy crontabs for root user COPY crontab /etc/crontabs/root # copy backup script COPY backup /myscripts/backup RUN chmod 0744 /myscripts/backup # start crond with log level 8 in foreground, output to stderr CMD ["crond", "-f", "-d", "8"]