Docker image for glassfish to replace oracle/glassfish

[nicodeur]

"Docker image for glassfish"

Environment Details

• GlassFish Version (and build number): 5
• JDK version: 1.8
• OS: Docker Linux
• Database: /

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Problem Description

Since GlassFish Docker image oracle/glassfish has been removed from the Oracle docker-images repository as part of the donation process to the Eclipse Foundation, I can't continue to build my docker image from oracle/glassfish:5.0-web.

Are you going to create a new official image to replace oracle/glassfish ? I can't find any official images for glassfish 5 today on docker hub ...

Steps to reproduce

Dockerfile :

FROM oracle/glassfish:5.0-web

Impact of Issue

I can't continue to build my docker image to deliver on docker hub my new version of my open-source project

[arindam-bandyopadhyay]

GlassFish 5.0 can work with JDK 1.8.0.151<=GlassFish_Java_Version<= 1.8.0.141. The reason behind that is https://github.com/javaee/glassfish/issues/22407. Though the issue is fixed in the upstream repository(Glassfish 5.0.1), but it's not backported to GlassFish 5.0(and there is no plan of backporting either)
Oracle Linux team has removed older RPMs( JDK 1.8.0.151) as part of the repo cleanup: https://blogs.oracle.com/linux/upcoming-change-to-oracle-linux-package-channels. JDK 1.8.0.151 has known vulnerability and to publish the GlassFish docker image we should use only the latest JDK that is available on ol7_latest repo. However, as GlassFish 5.0 doesn't work with the latest JDK8. So recreating of GlassFish 5.0 docker image is not possible.
However, as https://github.com/javaee/glassfish/issues/22407 is fixed in GlassFish 5.0.1, we would create docker image for GlassFish 5.0.1 when we will be releasing GlassFish 5.0.1

[poikilotherm]

Sorry to bother (I know you guys are really busy with 5.1) and hoping this thread is ok for my question: any ETA for the release of 5.0.1?

Willing to build a Dockerfile and create a PR...

[pdurbin]

Congrats on the first release! I see that 5.1 is out!

https://github.com/javaee/glassfish/issues/22407 is a 404 so it's somewhat difficult to follow this issue.

For anyone interested in official Eclipse GlassFish Docker images, is this the right issue to track?

[edbratt]

You can follow this Eclipse GlassFish issue: #22598 (I just searched for 22407, in the GitHub search)

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[chabala]

I am interested in having an official public GlassFish docker image exist.

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[chabala]

Two years since I last asked for this. I still wish an official public GlassFish docker image to exist.

A quick summary, the official image is marked deprecated, abandoned by the maintainer, and threatened to be removed from DockerHub. It also is GlassFish 4.1 / JDK 8: https://hub.docker.com/_/glassfish

It recommends moving to glassfish/server as an alternative, which straight 404s: https://hub.docker.com/r/glassfish/server

There also exists a non-official glasshfish image with a few hundred pulls. But having a canonical, official image would be preferred.

[dmatej]

There also exists a non-official glasshfish image with a few hundred pulls. But having a canonical, official image would be preferred.

Quick question, because I always used docker images prepared, tuned and customized for the concrete use case: what is your use case? There is quite lot issues related to that:

1. Which versions of the JDK it should use? Sure, for GF7 is the JDK17 the best, and honestly, it is an Eclipse project, so automatically I would create an image which would use Temurin JDK.

2. What about updates? There are JDK updates, we plan GlassFish updates soon too.

3. Creating Dockerfile is quite trivial, sure, we can do that. But I would use such image probably just for examples, lessons, not for production.

4. One very critical, basically you noticed it: now DockerHub is not so open as it was years before, for free accounts it limits user accounts, size and I am not sure if it doesn't limit traffic too (did not look for a while).

5. Currently I believe both Artifactory and Nexus support docker repositories, so there's always some way ...

About the https://hub.docker.com/_/glassfish repo - I even don't know who was the maintainer, so we could adopt it. Years before somebody simply created it.
Quick search of use cases ... https://hub.docker.com/search?q=glassfish&source=community

[chabala]

I always used docker images prepared, tuned and customized for the concrete use case: what is your use case?

I'm not sure that having a use case is relevant. I would agree that having a tuned docker image is better for production use. But the absence of an official image is a perception problem; so is letting the official image languish with warnings of deprecation and links to images that don't exist. It's the same sort of smell as a project not having a release in a while, or a library that fails to publish to Maven Central.

Having a 'blessed' official image is its own reward, it adds credibility that the image is not malicious. Right now the only thing that comes close is IBM's ppc image: https://hub.docker.com/search?q=glassfish&source=community&image_filter=store

My use case for using any official JDK image is of the same sort: it may not be ideal for production, but I have assurance that it's not malicious, lots of other people are using it, and it was likely built by someone that knew what they were doing.

As far as what JDK should it be based on and other tuning issues, the same guidelines as other official images would apply. Build on top of other official DockerHub images, pick sensible defaults for the main image and provide tags for alternative builds, e.g. different JDK versions and providers.

I even don't know who was the maintainer, so we could adopt it.

• AWS created it: Glassfish 4.0 Java 7 and 4.1 Java 8 docker-library/official-images#288
• brunoborges (while at Oracle) advocated for glassfish/server Add GlassFish 4.1.1 image from Oracle docker-library/official-images#1334 (comment)
• as a result glassfish is deprecated deprecate glassfish docker-library/docs#679
• glassfish/server is now gone for reasons unknown

Nominating a new image to become the DockerHub official glassfish image should be relatively painless.

[dmatej]

Ok, you convinced me, we will do something with that ... soon! :-)

[arjantijms]

I'm convinced too. Let's set this too a high priority.

[chabala]

Might want to keep this open until there's a new image on DockerHub.

[dmatej]

Might want to keep this open until there's a new image on DockerHub.

You're right!

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[arjantijms]

Almost a year ago that docker-library/official-images#14107 was created. Are we going to celebrate its anniversary?

[dmatej]

Almost a year ago that docker-library/official-images#14107 was created. Are we going to celebrate its anniversary?

We will do in March, I hope ;-)

[dmatej]

Ok, after all I believe we can close this - DockerHub still fails to review and merge my PR, but after OmniFish donated its work to the Eclipse Foundation I was able to deploy Eclipse GlassFish 7.0.16 multiplatform image.

We also added some documentation how to use it.