Start and Stop command using cobra cli

cmd/root.go

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package cmd
+
+import (
+  "fmt"
+  "os"
+  "github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
+
+//rootCmd represents the base command when called without any subcommands
+var RootCmd = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "microcks-cli",
+  Short: "A brief description of your application",
+	Long: `A longer description that spans multiple lines and likely contains
+examples and usage of using your application. For example:
+
+Cobra is a CLI library for Go that empowers applications.
+This application is a tool to generate the needed files
+to quickly create a Cobra application.`,
+	// Uncomment the following line if your bare application
+	// has an action associated with it:
+	// Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) { },
+}
+func Execute() {
+	if err := RootCmd.Execute(); err != nil {
+		fmt.Println(err)
+    os.Exit(1)
+	}
+}

cmd/start.go

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"os/exec"
+
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
+
+var startCmd = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "start",
+	Short: "Start the Microcks server",
+	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+		fmt.Println("Starting Microcks server...")
+
+		startCmd := exec.Command("docker", "run", "-d", "-p", "8585:8080", "--rm", "--name", "microcks-server", "quay.io/microcks/microcks-uber:latest-native")
+
+		startCmd.Stdout = nil
+		startCmd.Stderr = os.Stderr
+
+		if err := startCmd.Run(); err != nil {
+			fmt.Printf("Error starting Microcks: %v\n", err)
+			os.Exit(1)
+		}
+	},
+}
+
+func init() {
+	RootCmd.AddCommand(startCmd)
+}

cmd/stop.go

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os/exec"
+
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
+
+var stopCmd = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "stop",
+	Short: "Stop the Microcks server",
+	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+		fmt.Println("Stopping Microcks server...")
+
+		stopCmd := exec.Command("docker", "stop", "microcks-server")
+
+		stopCmd.Stdout = cmd.OutOrStdout()
+		stopCmd.Stderr = cmd.OutOrStderr()
+
+		if err := stopCmd.Run(); err != nil {
+			fmt.Printf("Error stopping Microcks: %v\n", err)
+		} else {
+			fmt.Println("Microcks server stopped.")
+		}
+	},
+}
+
+func init() {
+	RootCmd.AddCommand(stopCmd)
+}

go.mod

@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
 module github.com/microcks/microcks-cli
 
 go 1.21.3
+
+require (
+	github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 // indirect
+	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.9.0 // indirect
+	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.6 // indirect
+)

go.sum

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.6/go.mod h1:oOW0eioCTA6cOiMLiUPZOpcVxMig6NIQQ7OS05n1F4g=
+github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 h1:wN+x4NVGpMsO7ErUn/mUI3vEoE6Jt13X2s0bqwp9tc8=
+github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0/go.mod h1:vpF70FUmC8bwa3OWnCshd2FqLfsEA9PFc4w1p2J65bw=
+github.com/russross/blackfriday/v2 v2.1.0/go.mod h1:+Rmxgy9KzJVeS9/2gXHxylqXiyQDYRxCVz55jmeOWTM=
+github.com/spf13/cobra v1.9.0 h1:Py5fIuq/lJsRYxcxfOtsJqpmwJWCMOUy2tMJYV8TNHE=
+github.com/spf13/cobra v1.9.0/go.mod h1:nDyEzZ8ogv936Cinf6g1RU9MRY64Ir93oCnqb9wxYW0=
+github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.6 h1:jFzHGLGAlb3ruxLB8MhbI6A8+AQX/2eW4qeyNZXNp2o=
+github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.6/go.mod h1:McXfInJRrz4CZXVZOBLb0bTZqETkiAhM9Iw0y3An2Bg=
+gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=

main.go

@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ func main() {
 		cmd.NewHelpCommand().Execute()
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
+ //  start and stop command using cobra by preventing overwriting of the previous command
+  if os.Args[1] == "start" || os.Args[1] == "stop" {
+    cmd.Execute()
+    return
+  }
 
 	switch os.Args[1] {
 	case "version":