This small script blocks a shell script / docker compose command script till a dependent server boots up.
#!/usr/bin/env bash
while :
do
  response=$(curl --write-out %{http_code} --silent --output /dev/null -X GET "$1")
  if [[ "$response" -ne 200 ]] ; then
    echo "Server is not yet up >> $1 >> $response"
    sleep 1
  else
    echo "Server is up >> $1 >> $response"
    exit 1
  fi
done