Installing Tomee Web Server through Docker File For Windows Container

In this blog, we will show you installing tomee web server through docker file for Windows container

REQUIREMENTS

• Windows container host with Docker service installed.
• Base windows server core image.
• JAVA & TOMEE Installation files.

DOWNLOAD JRE SETUP FILE

• Go to the URL https://www.java.com/en/download/windows-64bit.jsp

• Click on Agree and Start Free Download to download the file.

DOWNLOAD JDK SETUP FILE

• Go to the URL http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk8-downloads-2133151.html

• Click on the jdk8u131_windows-x64.exe link to download the JDK file.

DOWNLOAD TOMEE

• Go to the URL http://tomee.apache.org/downloads.html and download the latest version.

• Extract the downloaded zip to a folder named tomee

PREPARING THE ENVIRONMENT FOR BUILDING TOMEE CONTAINER IMAGE

• Create a new folder named tomee under c:\ drive using below command.

New-Item -Type Directory -Name tomee -Path c:\

• Now create a new folder named setup under c:\tomee folder.

New-Item -Type Directory -Name setup -Path C:\tomee\

• Create a new file name as dockerfile under c:\tomee folder.

New-Item -Type File -Name dockerfile -Path C:\tomee\

• Open the file dockerfile in notepad and paste the below content.

• Copy the downloaded JDK, JRE & TOMEE setup files in C:\tomee\setup folder.

• Create a new file named jre.cfg in C:\tomee\setup folder.

• Add the below content in jre.cfg file and save it.

• Create a new file named jre.cmd and add the below content and save it.

• Create a new file named jdk.cmd and add the below content and save it.

• Create a new file named Environmentvariable.ps1 and add the below content and save it.

• Create a new file named tomeeservice.bat and paste the below content and save it.

• We have completed the preparation part for tomee image deployment.

BUILDING THE IMAGE

• Go to PowerShell window and execute the below command.

docker build -t tomee c:\tomee

• It will take several minutes to complete the build process.

• The build completed successfully.

VERIFYING THE IMAGE

• Launch a new container using the below command.

docker run -it tomee powershell

• Once the container is up and running, verify the tomee service status.

Get-Service tomee

• Type ipconfig to find the container IP address.

• Browse the container IP (172.28.239.183) with default port number 8080 from the container host.

• You can download the script files from the GitHub URL.

https://github.com/assistanz247/Tomee

• You can download the pre-built tomee image from the Docker hub URL.

https://hub.docker.com/r/assistanz247/tomee-windows/

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