Introduction

Dockerfile to build a Java EE Container Manager Docker image.

Hardware Requirements

Memory

• 1GB is the standard memory size. You should up that for production according to your needs.

How to get the image

Option 1: Download from a Docker Registry

These builds are not performed by the Docker Trusted Build service because it contains proprietary code, but this method can be used if using a Private Docker Registry.

docker pull <private_registry_name>/jlgrock/jboss-eap:$VERSION

Option 2: Building the Image

• Download JBoss EAP 7.2.0
• Put the file in the local eap-files/install_files directory
• Update the VERSION file
• run build.sh

Building Custom Versions

This script will build the core version of the EAP instance, storing the image to jlgrock/jboss-eap. If you drop extra WARs into the install directory, you can create a custom deployment. It is suggested that you don't use the build script though, as you'll want to store this image to something other than jlgrock/jboss-eap. For example, you can put webapp.war in there and create an instance called my/webapp with the command docker build -q --rm -t my/webapp:$WEBAPP_VERSION. Currently, this will only work for the standalone version. If you want to deploy to an clustered environment, you must deploy this manually after restart.

Available Configuration Parameters

Please refer the docker run command options for the --env-file flag where you can specify all required environment variables in a single file. This will save you from writing a potentially long docker run command.

Below is the complete list of available options that can be used to customize your installation.

• MODE: You can either run in STANDALONE mode (single server), DOMAIN_MASTER (clustered - is required for any slaves to be started), or DOMAIN_SLAVE (clustered - needs to be linked to the DOMAIN_MASTER). The default is STANDARD.

• EAP_USERNAME: The username for accessing the admin console. By default this is admin. Note that users can be changed/added, but currently this doesn't allow for removal without destroying the container.

• EAP_PASSWORD: The username for accessing the admin console. By default this is admin123!. Note that users can be changed/added, but currently this doesn't allow for removal without destroying the container.

• MESSAGE_QUEUE: Defines which (external) message queue system to connect to. NONE and ARTEMIS. By default, this is NONE. Please note that local artemis is running, but not configured. You'll need to override the properties if you want to use this.

• MQ_HOST: The hostname of message queue server. The default is localhost. This should likely either be populated using a link (using --link) or defining a custom network. If you don't use a link, you should likely change this as Docker doesn't port map to localhost unless you are on Linux.

• MQ_PORT: The port exposed by Artemis MQ. The default is 61616.

• MQ_USER_LOGIN: The login to access the Message Queue. By default, this is admin

• MQ_USER_PASSWORD: The password for Message Queue. By default, this is admin123!

• QUEUES: A comma-delimited array of Queues or Topics that will be added to the container definition. JNDI resources will be accessible at location of java:/queue/{QUEUE_NAME} and the pool name of {QUEUE_NAME} (where "{QUEUE_NAME}" is the name provided in your array of Queues/Topics). e.g the list ABC,DEF will provide the JNDI resources java:/queue/ABC in the pool ABC and java:/queue/DEF in the pool DEF.

• MIN_SERVER_GROUP_HEAP: The minimum amount of memory to use for the server group. In standalone mode, this is unused. By default for a domain instance, this is 1000m.

• MAX_SERVER_GROUP_HEAP: The maximum amount of memory to use for the server group. In standalone mode, this is unused. By default for a domain instance, this is 1000m.

• MIN_INSTANCE_HEAP: The minimum amount of memory to use for the instance. By default for a domain instance, this is 1303m.

• MAX_INSTANCE_HEAP: The maximum amount of memory to use for the instance. By default for a domain instance, this is 1303m.

• SSL: Whether or not to use SSL. Possible values are TRUE and FALSE. By default, this is FALSE.

• KEYSTORE_PASSWORD: The password used for the Keystore. Required if SSL=TRUE.

• TRUSTSTORE_PASSWORD: The password used for the Truststore. Required if SSL=FALSE.

• OPTIONS: The additional options, which are usually defined with -D<property>=value format

Examples of Running a Container

Starting a Standalone EAP instance

docker run -it --rm -p 9990:9990 jlgrock/jboss-eap:${VERSION}

If the entry point needs to be overridden for debugging and other purposes, the following can be used:

docker run -it --entrypoint /bin/bash -p 9990:9990 jlgrock/jboss-eap:${VERSION}

Starting a Master in a Clustered environment

docker run -it --rm -p 9990:9990 -e MODE=DOMAIN_MASTER --name eap_master jlgrock/jboss-eap:${VERSION}

Adding a Slave in a Clustered environment

docker run -it --rm -e MODE=DOMAIN_SLAVE --link eap_master:MASTER jlgrock/jboss-eap:${VERSION}

Starting a Master in a Clustered environment with an A-MQ connector)

docker run -it --rm -p 9990:9990 -e MODE=DOMAIN_MASTER -e MESSAGE_QUEUE=ACTIVE_MQ -e MQ_HOST=myhost.bla.com --name eap_master jlgrock/jboss-eap:${VERSION}

Adding a Slave in a Clustered environment with an A-MQ connector (linked to master server, activemq server specified)

docker run -it --rm -e MODE=DOMAIN_SLAVE -e MESSAGE_QUEUE=ACTIVE_MQ -e MQ_HOST=myhost.bla.com --link eap_master:MASTER jlgrock/jboss-eap:${VERSION}

Adding a Slave in a Clustered environment with an A-MQ connector (linked to master server and linked to activemq)

docker run -it --rm -e MODE=DOMAIN_SLAVE -e MESSAGE_QUEUE=ACTIVE_MQ --link eap_master:MASTER --link amq:AMQ jlgrock/jboss-eap:${VERSION}