Deploying a Vertx fat-jar into EC2 (Ubuntu)

1. Install JDK

1. sudo apt-get update

2. Check if java is installed by running java

3. If java isn't installed: sudo apt install default-jdk

2. Install Docker

1. sudo curl -fsSL https://get.docker.com -o get-docker.sh && sh get-docker.sh

2. sudo systemctl enable docker

3. docker —version (Optional to verify installation)

3. Install Docker Compose

1. sudo curl -L "https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/1.24.1/docker-compose-$(uname -s)-$(uname -m)" -o /usr/local/bin/docker-compose && sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
2. docker-compose --version (Optional to verify installation)

4. Copy fat-jar into EC2 instance:

1. From a separate local bash instance run: scp -i "your_pem.pem" /your/fat/jar/path/file-shadow.tar [email protected]:~/shadow.tar (pay attention is a tar file)
2. Now get back to your server bash instance and run : tar -xvf ./shadow.tar
3. Now navigate inside the created folder, and into lib which is where your fat .jar is located at.

5. Build your Docker image

1. nano Dockerfile (at the location of your fat jar) add the following content, and save:

FROM openjdk:latest
COPY ./your_fat_jar_name.jar fat.jar
EXPOSE your_vertx_server_port
ENTRYPOINT java -jar fat.jar

2. sudo docker build -t choose_your_docker_image_name . (pay attention to the . at the end)

6. Create your Docker Compose configuration file

1. nano docker-compose.yml (at the location of your fat jar) add the following content, and save:

version: "3.3"
services:
  choose_your_service_name:
    restart: always
    image: your_docker_image_name
    container_name: choose_your_container_name
    ports:
      - "choose_exposed_port_normally_80:your_vertx_server_port"

7. Time to run your Verticle

1. sudo docker-compose up -d