This is the first of a series of blog posts that demonstrates using Docker to develop a typical web application and deploying it in production. For DockerCon 2017, we wanted to build a new demo application that would demonstrate the flexibility of using Docker in development as well as showcase the features of Docker in a production environment. The result was the AtSea Shop, a storefront application that can be deployed on different operating systems and can be customized to both your enterprise development and operational environment.
A Hybrid Architecture
The team decided on a few ground rules. First, we wanted to use modern components commonly used in enterprise applications. We decided to build a Java application using the Spring Boot framework. The web client is a javascript application written using React as a framework. Second, the application should be able to use any relational database and that it could be deployed on a Linux or Windows environment or cluster. Finally, the team wanted to show the process from development to deployment including building the application, implementing security, and deploying the application.
The application combines a typical Java n-tier architecture that uses Spring Boot’s web MVC framework for the REST API and Spring Data to manage database operations. We chose PostgreSQL for the database, but the application can use any database defined by Spring Data. The storefront client was developed separately using React, and added to the AtSea jar file. Finally, we used a bash script to simulate a payment gateway that uses secrets to authorize transactions.
Although the application is deployed in an n-tier configuration, with the javascript client included in the application jar, each of these components could be deployed separately in a microservice architecture.
Developing and Deploying with Docker
Developing an application with a distributed team can be challenging. Docker provides significant advantages when developing an application by:
enabling migration to microservices
establishing a consistent deployment environment
developers can use familiar tools and IDEs
allowing for rapid implementation and testing of ideas
simplifying the process to deploying to production
easily develop polyglot applications with multiple programming languages
building in security tools
enabling quick deployment of your application
You can see the code for the AtSea app in our new Docker Samples organization on GitHub, where we share our sample applications.
In following articles, we’ll go into depth on the following topics
developing with Eclipse and Docker
using multistage builds to create containers
implementing container security using secrets
deploying the application to a cluster
running the application in Windows containers
While you’re waiting, check out these developer resources and videos from Dockercon 2017.
AtSea Shop demo
Docker Labs
Developer Tools
Java development using docker
DockerCon videos
Docker for Java Developers
The Rise of Cloud Development with Docker & Eclipse Che
All the New Goodness of Docker Compose
Docker for Devs
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