Difficulty: beginner
Estimated Time: 5 minutes

Learn how to run a Spring Boot application within a Docker image.

In this scenario, you will first clone a sample Spring Boot application (https://github.com/f-lopes/spring-boot-example).

  1. Package a Spring Boot jar using Maven Docker image
  2. Create a Docker image
  3. Build it
  4. Run it

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Congratulations, you have completed the 'Dockerize Spring Boot scenario'!

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Dockerize Spring Boot

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Step 1 - Package a Spring Boot application using Docker

Packaging a Spring Boot application using Docker

Run ls -la to see the sample application (https://github.com/f-lopes/spring-boot-example).

Package the application using the Maven Docker image

Execute docker run --rm --name my-maven-project -v "$(pwd)":/usr/src/mymaven -w /usr/src/mymaven -v "/.m2":/root/.m2 maven:3.3.9-jdk-8-alpine mvn clean package to build a Spring Boot jar.

Place the generated jar into an assets/ folder: mkdir assets && mv target/spring-boot-example-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar assets/

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