docker run pass arguments to entrypoint

You should unleash the power of combination of ENTRYPOINT and CMD.

Put the beginning part of your command line, which is not expected to change, into ENTRYPOINT and the tail, which should be configurable, into CMD. Then you can simple append necessary arguments to your docker run command. Like this:

Dockerfile

FROM openjdk
ADD . /dir
WORKDIR /dir
COPY ./test-1.0.1.jar /dir/test-1.0.1.jar
ENTRYPOINT ["java", "-jar"]
CMD ["/dir/test-1.0.1.jar"]

Sh

# this will run default jar - /dir/test-1.0.1.jar
docker run testjava

# this will run overriden jar
docker run testjava /dir/blahblah.jar

This article gives a good explanation: https://medium.freecodecamp.org/docker-entrypoint-cmd-dockerfile-best-practices-abc591c30e21

Use ENTRYPOINT in its exec form

ENTRYPOINT ["java", "-jar", "/dir/test-1.0.1.jar"]

then when you run docker run -it testjava $value, $value will be "appended" after your entrypoint, just like java -jar /dir/test-1.0.1.jar $value