enable copyFileToContainer feature during container startup

core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/Container.java

@@ -175,6 +175,15 @@ default SELF withFileSystemBind(String hostPath, String containerPath) {
      */
     SELF withExposedPorts(Integer... ports);
 
+    /**
+     * Set the file to be copied before starting a created container
+     *
+     * @param mountableFile a Mountable file with path of source file / folder on host machine
+     * @param containerPath a destination path on conatiner to which the files / folders to be copied
+     * @return this
+     */
+    SELF withCopyFileToContainer(MountableFile mountableFile, String containerPath);
+
     /**
      * Add an environment variable to be passed to the container.
      *

core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/ContainerState.java

@@ -43,6 +43,22 @@ default boolean isRunning() {
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @return is the container created?
+     */
+    default boolean isCreated() {
+        if (getContainerId() == null) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        try {
+            String status = getCurrentContainerInfo().getState().getStatus();
+            return "created".equalsIgnoreCase(status) || isRunning();
+        } catch (DockerException e) {
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * @return has the container health state 'healthy'?
      */

core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/containers/GenericContainer.java

@@ -138,6 +138,8 @@ public class GenericContainer<SELF extends GenericContainer<SELF>>
     @Nullable
     private String workingDirectory = null;
 
+    private Map<MountableFile, String> copyToFileContainerPathMap = new HashMap<>();
+
     /*
      * Unique instance of DockerClient for use by this container object.
      */
@@ -231,6 +233,7 @@ private void tryStart(Profiler profiler) {
             applyConfiguration(createCommand);
 
             containerId = createCommand.exec().getId();
+            copyToFileContainerPathMap.forEach(this::copyFileToContainer);
 
             logger().info("Starting container with ID: {}", containerId);
             profiler.start("Start container");
@@ -835,6 +838,15 @@ public SELF withWorkingDirectory(String workDir) {
         return self();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * {@inheritDoc}
+     */
+    @Override
+    public SELF withCopyFileToContainer(MountableFile mountableFile, String containerPath) {
+        copyToFileContainerPathMap.put(mountableFile, containerPath);
+        return self();
+    }
+
     /**
      * Get the IP address that this container may be reached on (may not be the local machine).
      *
@@ -940,8 +952,8 @@ public ExecResult execInContainer(String... command)
     @Override
     public void copyFileToContainer(MountableFile mountableLocalFile, String containerPath) {
 
-        if (!isRunning()) {
-            throw new IllegalStateException("copyFileToContainer can only be used while the Container is running");
+        if (!isCreated()) {
+            throw new IllegalStateException("copyFileToContainer can only be used with created / running container");
         }
 
         this.dockerClient

core/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/junit/CopyFileToContainerTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package org.testcontainers.junit;
+
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.testcontainers.containers.GenericContainer;
+import org.testcontainers.utility.MountableFile;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+public class CopyFileToContainerTest {
+    private static String containerPath = "/tmp";
+    private static String fileName = "test-resource.txt";
+
+    @Test
+    public void checkFileCopied() throws IOException, InterruptedException {
+        try(
+            GenericContainer container = new GenericContainer("alpine:latest")
+                .withCommand("sleep","3000")
+                .withCopyFileToContainer(MountableFile.forClasspathResource("/mappable-resource/"), containerPath)
+        ) {
+            container.start();
+            String filesList = container.execInContainer("ls","/tmp/mappable-resource").getStdout();
+            Assert.assertTrue(filesList.contains(fileName));
+        }
+    }
+}

core/src/test/resources/logback-test.xml

@@ -26,4 +26,4 @@
         <Marker>PROFILER</Marker>
         <OnMatch>DENY</OnMatch>
     </turboFilter>
-</configuration>
+</configuration>