Simple QuickStart

This quickstart runs a Java application using a main class.

This example is implemented using very simple Java code. The source code is provided in the following java file src/main/java/io/fabric8/quickstarts/java/simple/Main.java, which can be viewed from github.

This example is printing Hello Fabric8! Here's your random string: lRaNR to the standard output in the infinite loop.

Building

Navigate to the `java-mainclass' folder and the example can be built with

mvn clean install

Running the example locally

The example can be run locally using the following Maven goal:

mvn exec:java

Running the example on Kubernetes

It is assumed a running Kubernetes platform is already running. If not you can find details how to get started.

mvn fabric8:run

To list all the running pods in Kubernetes type:

kubetl get pods

Or on OpenShift type:

oc get pods

Then find the name of the pod that runs this quickstart, and output the logs from the running pods with:

kubectl logs <name of pod>

You can also use the fabric8 web console to manage the running pods, and view logs and much more.

More details

You can find more details about running this quickstart on the website.