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This guide explains how to create and deploy a simple Java-based HTTP web server. To run this example, follow these steps:

1. Install the kraft CLI tool and a container runtime engine, for example Docker.

2. Clone the examples repository and cd into the examples/http-java17/ directory:

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git clone https://github.com/kraftcloud/examples
cd examples/http-java17/

Make sure to log into Unikraft Cloud by setting your token and a metro close to you. This guide uses fra (Frankfurt, 🇩🇪):

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# Set Unikraft Cloud access token
export UKC_TOKEN=token
# Set metro to Frankfurt, DE
export UKC_METRO=fra

When done, invoke the following command to deploy this app on Unikraft Cloud:

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kraft cloud deploy -p 443:8080 -M 512 .

The output shows the instance address and other details:

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[●] Deployed successfully!
 │
 ├────────── name: http-java17-xx739
 ├────────── uuid: 15346dbe-6c6e-461a-a998-e6fc9bfa6d89
 ├───────── state: running
 ├─────────── url: https://bold-voice-irwjijr5.fra.unikraft.app
 ├───────── image: http-java17@sha256:554deac043859fc0eb4f8aeebe2daeb76c5d30960157a00746b9fb7b177ef0ca
 ├───── boot time: 157.15 ms
 ├──────── memory: 1024 MiB
 ├─────── service: bold-voice-irwjijr5
 ├── private fqdn: http-java17-xx739.internal
 ├──── private ip: 172.16.28.2
 └────────── args: /usr/lib/jvm/java-17-openjdk-amd64/bin/java -classpath /usr/src/ SimpleHttpServer

In this case, the instance name is http-java17-xx739 and the address is https://bold-voice-irwjijr5.fra.unikraft.app. They're different for each run.

Use curl to query the Unikraft Cloud instance of the Java-based HTTP web server:

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curl https://bold-voice-irwjijr5.fra.unikraft.app

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Hello, World!

You can list information about the instance by running:

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kraft cloud instance list

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NAME               FQDN                                      STATE    CREATED AT    IMAGE                                                           MEMORY   ARGS                            BOOT TIME
http-java17-k7eca  holy-waterfall-p6yu0q7s.fra.unikraft.app  running  1 minute ago  http-java17@sha256:6f4cb7632ecbab952feb072e37a1a9...            1.0 GiB  /usr/lib/jvm/java-17-openjdk... 157154us

When done, you can remove the instance:

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kraft cloud instance remove http-java17-xx739

Customize your app

To customize the app, update the files in the repository, listed below:

• SimpleHttpServer.java: the actual Java HTTP server
• Kraftfile: the Unikraft Cloud specification
• Dockerfile: the Docker-specified app filesystem

Lines in the Kraftfile have the following roles:

• spec: v0.6: The current Kraftfile specification version is 0.6.

• runtime: java:latest: The Unikraft runtime kernel to use is Java.

• rootfs: ./Dockerfile: Build the app root filesystem using the Dockerfile.

• cmd:: Use as the starting command of the instance.

Lines in the Dockerfile have the following roles:

• FROM scratch: Build the filesystem from the scratch container image, to create a base image.

• COPY ./SimpleHttpServer.java /src/SimpleHttpServer.java: Copy the server implementation file in the Docker filesystem.

• RUN javac SimpleHttpServer.java: Compile the Java source file.

The following options are available for customizing the app:

• If you only update the implementation in the SimpleHttpServer.java source file, you don't need to make any other changes.

• If you create any new source files, copy them into the app filesystem by using the COPY command in the Dockerfile.

• More extensive changes may require extending the Dockerfile (see Dockerfile syntax reference).

Learn more

Use the --help option for detailed information on using Unikraft Cloud:

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kraft cloud --help

Or visit the CLI Reference.