deploy a spring boot app to a cloud foundry host implemented by pivotal web services

deploy_springboot_to_cloud_foundry.md

To download CF CLI as binary

you can download the CF CLI from https://github.com/cloudfoundry/cli#downloads or use the curl command below

cd ~/bin
curl -L "https://cli.run.pivotal.io/stable?release=linux64-binary&source=github" | tar -zx

use the spring CLI to create a simple Spring boot webapp

spring init -d=web,actuator,hateoas --package=edu.uw.jwsc -groupId=edu.uw.jwsc -name=hello hello cd hello

run the app

mvn spring-boot:run

test app

http://localhost:8080/actuator

build Spring boot app

mvn package

Login to CF /Select a target

cf login -a https://api.run.pivotal.io -u <your_pws_username_aka_email>  

it will ask for a password and choose a default organization and space e.g development

Deploy your application

 cf push hello-world-double-irish -p target/hello-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar

near the end of the deploy logs , you will evntally see a line that begins with "urls :" e.g

urls: hello-world-double-irish.cfapps.io

Test Cloud app in browser

Access your app by entering the following URL into your browser: http://hello-world-double-irish.cfapps.io/actuator

View Cloud app in the Web console

https://console.run.pivotal.io

Stop and Delete your Cloud webapp

you may want to stop and delete your application using the PWS web console so you don't get charged

Other references

https://spring.io/guides/gs/sts-cloud-foundry-deployment/

https://docs.run.pivotal.io/starting/