Ballerina Docker Extension

Annotation based docker extension implementation for ballerina.

Features:

• Dockerfile generation.
• Docker image generation.
• Docker based ballerina debug support.
• Copy file support.

How to run

Prerequisites

1. Download and install JDK 17
2. Get a clone or download the source from this repository.
3. Export github personal access token & user name as environment variables.

       export packagePAT=<Token>
       export packageUser=<username>

4. (optional) Specify the Java home path for JDK 17 ie;

       export JAVA_HOME=/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/adoptopenjdk-17.jdk/Contents/Home/

5. (optional) Ensure Docker daemon is running (used for building tests).

Building

1. Run the corresponding Gradle command from within the module-ballerina-docker directory.

#To build the module:
./gradlew clean build

#To build the module without the tests:
./gradlew clean build -x test

1. Copy docker-extension/build/docker-generator-***.jar file to <BALLERINA_HOME>/bre/lib directory.

Enable building for Windows Platform

Use the "BAL_DOCKER_WINDOWS=true" environment variable to enable building docker images supporting Windows platform.

Enabling debug logs

Use the "BAL_DOCKER_DEBUG=true" environment variable to enable docker related debug logs when building the ballerina source file.