Chapter 5. Build and run microservices applications on the OpenShift image for JBoss EAP XP

Procedure

1. Log in to your OpenShift instance using the oc login command.

2. Create a new project in OpenShift.

   A project allows a group of users to organize and manage content separately from other groups. You can create a project in OpenShift using the following command.

   $ oc new-project PROJECT_NAME

   For example, for the microprofile-config quickstart, create a new project named eap-demo using the following command.

   $ oc new-project eap-demo

Procedure

1. Follow the instructions on Red Hat Customer Portal to create an authentication token using a Registry Service Account management application.

2. Download the YAML file containing the OpenShift secret for the token.

   You can download the YAML file from the OpenShift Secret tab on your token’s Token Information page.

3. Create the authentication token secret for your OpenShift project using the YAML file that you downloaded:

   oc create -f 1234567_myserviceaccount-secret.yaml

4. Configure the secret for your OpenShift project using the following commands, replacing the secret name below with the name of your secret created in the previous step.

   oc secrets link default 1234567-myserviceaccount-pull-secret --for=pull
   oc secrets link builder 1234567-myserviceaccount-pull-secret --for=pull

   Additional resources

   • Configuring authentication to the Red Hat Container Registry
   • Registry Service Account management application
   • Configuring access to secured registries

Procedure

1. To import the latest imagestreams and templates for the OpenShift image for JBoss EAP XP into your OpenShift project’s namespace, use the following commands:

   1. Import JDK 11 imagestream:

      oc replace --force -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jboss-container-images/jboss-eap-openshift-templates/eap-xp4/eap-xp4-openjdk11-image-stream.json

      This command imports the following imagestreams and templates:

      • The JDK 11 builder imagestream: jboss-eap-xp4-openjdk11-openshift
      • The JDK 11 runtime imagestream: jboss-eap-xp4-openjdk11-runtime-openshift

   2. Import the OpenShift templates:

      oc replace --force -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jboss-container-images/jboss-eap-openshift-templates/eap-xp4/templates/eap-xp4-basic-s2i.json

   Note

   The JBoss EAP XP imagestreams and templates imported using the above command are only available within that OpenShift project.

2. If you have administrative access to the general openshift namespace and want the imagestreams and templates to be accessible by all projects, add -n openshift to the oc replace line of the command. For example:

   ...
   oc replace -n openshift --force -f \
   ...

3. If you want to import the imagestreams and templates into a different project, add the -n PROJECT_NAME to the oc replace line of the command. For example:

   ...
   oc replace -n PROJECT_NAME --force -f
   ...

   If you use the cluster-samples-operator, see the OpenShift documentation on configuring the cluster samples operator. See Configuring the Cluster Samples Operator for details about configuring the cluster samples operator.

Procedure

1. Create a new OpenShift application using the JBoss EAP XP image and your Java application’s source code. Use one of the provided JBoss EAP XP templates for S2I builds.

   $ oc new-app --template=eap-xp4-basic-s2i \ 1
    -p EAP_IMAGE_NAME=jboss-eap-xp4-openjdk11-openshift:latest \
    -p EAP_RUNTIME_IMAGE_NAME=jboss-eap-xp4-openjdk11-runtime-openshift:latest \
    -p IMAGE_STREAM_NAMESPACE=eap-demo \ 2
    -p SOURCE_REPOSITORY_URL=https://github.com/jboss-developer/jboss-eap-quickstarts \ 3
    -p SOURCE_REPOSITORY_REF=xp-4.0.x \ 4
    -p CONTEXT_DIR=microprofile-config 5

   1

   The template to use. The application image is tagged with the latest tag.

   2

   The latest images streams and templates were imported into the project’s namespace, so you must specify the namespace of where to find the imagestream. This is usually the project’s name.

   3

   URL to the repository containing the application source code.

   4

   The Git repository reference to use for the source code. This can be a Git branch or tag reference.

   5

   The directory within the source repository to build.

   Note

   A template can specify default values for many template parameters, and you might have to override some, or all, of the defaults. To see template information, including a list of parameters and any default values, use the command oc describe template TEMPLATE_NAME.

   You might also want to configure environment variables when creating your new OpenShift application.

2. Retrieve the name of the build configurations.

   $ oc get bc -o name

3. Use the name of the build configurations from the previous step to view the Maven progress of the builds.

   $ oc logs -f buildconfig/${APPLICATION_NAME}-build-artifacts
   
   …
   Push successful
   $ oc logs -f buildconfig/${APPLICATION_NAME}
   …
   Push successful

   For example, for the microprofile-config, the following command shows the progress of the Maven builds.

   $ oc logs -f buildconfig/eap-xp4-basic-app-build-artifacts
   
   …
   Push successful
   $ oc logs -f buildconfig/eap-xp4-basic-app
   …
   Push successful

   Additional resources

   • Importing the latest OpenShift imagestreams and templates for JBoss EAP XP.
   • Preparing OpenShift for application deployment.

Procedure

1. Get the service name of your application using the following command.

   $ oc get service

2. Optional: Expose the main service as a route so you can access your application from outside of OpenShift. For example, for the microprofile-config quickstart, use the following command to expose the required service and port.

   Note

   If you used a template to create the application, the route might already exist. If it does, continue on to the next step.

   $ oc expose service/eap-xp4-basic-app --port=8080

3. Get the URL of the route.

   $ oc get route

4. Access the application in your web browser using the URL. The URL is the value of the HOST/PORT field from previous command’s output.

   Note

   For JBoss EAP XP 4.0.0 GA distribution, the Microprofile Config quickstart does not reply to HTTPS GET requests to the application’s root context. This enhancement is only available in the {JBossXPShortName101} GA distribution.

   For example, to interact with the Microprofile Config application, the URL might be http://HOST_PORT_Value/config/value in your browser.

   If your application does not use the JBoss EAP root context, append the context of the application to the URL. For example, for the microprofile-config quickstart, the URL might be http://HOST_PORT_VALUE/microprofile-config/.

5. Optionally, you can scale up the application instance by running the following command. This command increases the number of replicas to 3.

   $ oc scale deploymentconfig DEPLOYMENTCONFIG_NAME --replicas=3

   For example, for the microprofile-config quickstart, use the following command to scale up the application.

   $ oc scale deploymentconfig/eap-xp4-basic-app --replicas=3