diff --git a/scripts/dummy.sh b/scripts/dummy.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+echo "Running in Docker container - $0 not available"
+
diff --git a/scripts/entrypoint.sh b/scripts/entrypoint.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+
+staticConfigFile=/opt/couchbase/etc/couchbase/static_config
+restPortValue=8091
+
+# see https://developer.couchbase.com/documentation/server/current/install/install-ports.html
+function overridePort() {
+    portName=$1
+    portNameUpper=$(echo $portName | awk '{print toupper($0)}')
+    portValue=${!portNameUpper}
+
+    # only override port if value available AND not already contained in static_config
+    if [ "$portValue" != "" ]; then
+        if grep -Fq "{${portName}," ${staticConfigFile}
+        then
+            echo "Don't override port ${portName} because already available in $staticConfigFile"
+        else
+            echo "Override port '$portName' with value '$portValue'"
+            echo "{$portName, $portValue}." >> ${staticConfigFile}
+
+            if [ ${portName} == "rest_port" ]; then
+                restPortValue=${portValue}
+            fi
+        fi
+    fi
+}
+
+overridePort "rest_port"
+overridePort "mccouch_port"
+overridePort "memcached_port"
+overridePort "query_port"
+overridePort "ssl_query_port"
+overridePort "fts_http_port"
+overridePort "moxi_port"
+overridePort "ssl_rest_port"
+overridePort "ssl_capi_port"
+overridePort "ssl_proxy_downstream_port"
+overridePort "ssl_proxy_upstream_port"
+
+
+[[ "$1" == "couchbase-server" ]] && {
+
+    if [ "$(whoami)" = "couchbase" ]; then
+        # Ensure that /opt/couchbase/var is owned by user 'couchbase' and
+        # is writable
+        if [ ! -w /opt/couchbase/var -o \
+            $(find /opt/couchbase/var -maxdepth 0 -printf '%u') != "couchbase" ]; then
+            echo "/opt/couchbase/var is not owned and writable by UID 1000"
+            echo "Aborting as Couchbase Server will likely not run"
+            exit 1
+        fi
+    fi
+    echo "Starting Couchbase Server -- Web UI available at http://<ip>:$restPortValue"
+    echo "and logs available in /opt/couchbase/var/lib/couchbase/logs"
+    exec /usr/sbin/runsvdir-start
+}
+
+exec "$@"
diff --git a/scripts/run b/scripts/run
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+exec 2>&1
+# Create directories where couchbase stores its data
+
+if [ "$(whoami)" = "couchbase" ]; then
+  exec /opt/couchbase/bin/couchbase-server -- -kernel global_enable_tracing false -noinput
+else
+  exec chpst -ucouchbase  /opt/couchbase/bin/couchbase-server -- -kernel global_enable_tracing false -noinput
+fi
diff --git a/scripts/start-cb.sh b/scripts/start-cb.sh
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+++ b/scripts/start-cb.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+exec /opt/couchbase/bin/couchbase-server -- -kernel global_enable_tracing false -noinput &
+while [[ "$(curl -s -o /dev/null -w ''%{http_code}'' localhost:8091)" != "301" ]]; do sleep 5; done
+cd /opt/couchbase/bin
+./couchbase-cli cluster-init -c localhost --cluster-username Administrator --cluster-password password --services data,index,query --cluster-ramsize 512
+./couchbase-cli bucket-create -c localhost:8091 --username Administrator --password password --bucket default --bucket-type couchbase --bucket-ramsize 256
+/bin/bash
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