ES for Eclipse Vert.x

# Package

Packaging applications should follow the NPM style:

npm pack

npm pack (opens new window) will produce a TGZ with your application which you can move to other location. However applications can also be published (opens new window) to a NPM registry.

It is important to notice that in order to work with published/packed the target environment needs to have access to the package @es4x/create (opens new window) as it will be required to install the java bits.

# Docker

Docker images can also be created for you for.

es4x dockerfile

This will produce a simple dockerfile that you can customize to your needs, by default the file will be a 3 stage build.

  1. On the first stage node is used to install all NPM dependencies
  2. On the second stage java is used to install the Maven dependencies
  3. On the final stage the GraalVM image is used to run the application

By default oracle/graalvm-ce (opens new window) docker image is used, but it can be replace with any other JDK image (please prefer versions 11 or above) with support for JVMCI.

docker build . --build-arg BASEIMAGE=openjdk:11

Java 11 supports jlink (opens new window). You can use the jlink tool to assemble and optimize a set of modules and their dependencies into a custom runtime image.

es4x jlink

This will produce a optimized runtime, which means it can be used instead of relying on a full JDK installation. As comparision, a hello world application will produce a runtime weighting about 80Mb, while a full JDK installation requires around 200Mb.

This feature can be using in collaboration with Dockerfile. Instead of using the graal base image, use the OpenJDK base image. Then on the second stage, run jlink:

# Second stage (build the JVM related code)
FROM openjdk:11 AS JVM
ARG ES4X_VERSION=${project.version}
# Copy the previous build step
COPY --from=NPM /usr/src/app /usr/src/app
# use the copied workspace
WORKDIR /usr/src/app
# Download the ES4X runtime tool
RUN curl -sL https://github.com/reactiverse/es4x/releases/download/${ES4X_VERSION}/es4x-pm-${ES4X_VERSION}-bin.tar.gz | \
    tar zx --strip-components=1 -C /usr/local
# Install the Java Dependencies
# force es4x maven resolution only to consider production dependencies
RUN es4x install --only=prod
# Create the optimized runtime
RUN es4x jlink -t /usr/local

This will produce the optimized runtime to jre, which can be used with a small base image for the final stage:

FROM debian:slim
# Collect the jars from the previous step
COPY --from=JVM /usr/local /usr/local
COPY --from=JVM /usr/src/app /usr/src/app
# use the copied workspace
WORKDIR /usr/src/app
# Bundle app source
COPY . .
# Define custom java options for containers
ENV JAVA_OPTS="-XX:+UnlockExperimentalVMOptions -XX:+UseCGroupMemoryLimitForHeap -XX:+UseContainerSupport"
# define the entrypoint
ENTRYPOINT [ "./node_modules/.bin/es4x-launcher" ]

This will produce a small final image, but a larger layer as you're packaging the optimized runtime too.

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