ahndmal / helidon-rest-init

Helidon Quickstart MP Example

This example implements a simple Hello World REST service using MicroProfile.

Build and run

With JDK8+

mvn package
java -jar target/helidon-quickstart-mp-Dpackage=io.helidon.examples.quickstart.mp.jar

Exercise the application

curl -X GET http://localhost:8080/greet
{"message":"Hello World!"}

curl -X GET http://localhost:8080/greet/Joe
{"message":"Hello Joe!"}

curl -X PUT -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"greeting" : "Hola"}' http://localhost:8080/greet/greeting

curl -X GET http://localhost:8080/greet/Jose
{"message":"Hola Jose!"}

Try health and metrics

curl -s -X GET http://localhost:8080/health
{"outcome":"UP",...
. . .

# Prometheus Format
curl -s -X GET http://localhost:8080/metrics
# TYPE base:gc_g1_young_generation_count gauge
. . .

# JSON Format
curl -H 'Accept: application/json' -X GET http://localhost:8080/metrics
{"base":...
. . .

Build the Docker Image

docker build -t helidon-quickstart-mp-Dpackage=io.helidon.examples.quickstart.mp .

Start the application with Docker

docker run --rm -p 8080:8080 helidon-quickstart-mp-Dpackage=io.helidon.examples.quickstart.mp:latest

Exercise the application as described above

Deploy the application to Kubernetes

kubectl cluster-info                         # Verify which cluster
kubectl get pods                             # Verify connectivity to cluster
kubectl create -f app.yaml               # Deploy application
kubectl get service helidon-quickstart-mp-Dpackage=io.helidon.examples.quickstart.mp  # Verify deployed service