News Server microservice in Ruby

This module demonstrates creating a simple microservice in Vert.x, using Ruby, which sends regular messages on the Vert.x event bus.

Build Instructions

• mvn clean package
• mvn docker:build
• If you need to push your Docker image, use mvn docker:push.

Run Instructions

• mvn docker:start to boot up a Docker container and mvn docker:stop to tear it down.

Using Dockerfile

The Dockerfile in the module mirrors Docker settings in pom.xml to illustrate different usage scenarios.

• docker run -t -i vertxdemo/news-server-rb:1.0-SNAPSHOT

Using IntelliJ

• Running Ruby verticles in Intellij requires installation and setup in project of JRuby
• Run Ruby verticles in IntelliJ by creating a Run task:
  • Run -> Edit Configurations...
  • Add a new Application configuration
  • Main Class: io.vertx.core.Launcher
  • Program arguments: run ./news-server-rb/src/main/rb/app/news_server.rb -ha

Using java -jar

• java -jar target/news-server-rb-1.0-SNAPSHOT-fat.jar -cp target/classes -ha