Run server as PID 1 in Docker to drop idle launcher processes

The container CMD ran `npm run start-docker`, i.e. `npm-run-all check-db
update-tracker start-server`. After the one-shot tasks exit, three Node VMs
stay resident for the container lifetime (npm -> npm-run-all -> npm ->
node server.js), each holding tens of MiB of anonymous memory for nothing.

Replace it with a small start script that runs the one-shot steps and then
`exec node server.js`, so the server becomes PID 1 and no launcher wrappers
remain. On a dev 3.2.0 build under realistic load the container RSS dropped
~28% (memory.stat anon 255 MiB -> 183 MiB); migrations still apply and
/api/heartbeat serves normally.
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Stanislaw committed 2026-06-20 13:13:39 +02:00
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@@ -76,4 +76,4 @@ EXPOSE 3000
ENV HOSTNAME=0.0.0.0
ENV PORT=3000
CMD ["npm", "run", "start-docker"]
CMD ["sh", "scripts/start-docker.sh"]
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#!/bin/sh
# Container startup: run the one-shot DB check/migration and tracker update, then
# exec the long-running server so it replaces this shell as PID 1.
#
# This avoids `npm-run-all` keeping idle `npm`/`npm-run-all` parent processes
# resident for the lifetime of the container (each a full Node VM holding tens
# of MiB of anonymous memory). `exec` leaves a single `node server.js` process.
#
# PATH is extended so check-db.js's `prisma migrate deploy` resolves the prisma
# CLI from node_modules/.bin the way `npm run` would have injected it.
set -e
export PATH="$PWD/node_modules/.bin:$PATH"
node scripts/check-db.js
node scripts/update-tracker.js
exec node server.js