Docker

Running Spring boot Applications in docker containers

Pre-requisites:

1. Java 8
2. Spring boot 2.1.5
3. Docker version 1.13.1, build 7f2769b/1.13.1
4. Maven

Steps for running a Spring boot app in containers

1. Create a Spring boot application with Maven/ Gradle build. (Here Maven is used)
2. Create a DockerFile which will create a docker image
3. Build docker image by running following command where your DockerFile is present. (Here is at the root of Project)

   docker build -f DockerFile -t hellodocker .

4. For verifying if image is created, type in following command

   docker images

5. Run created image by running following command

   docker run -p 8081:8081 hellodocker

For getting better clarity of above steps, you can see snapshots folder in hellodocker project