A #docker container that runs #Java webserver ('jwebserver' command line tool in #jdk18) to serve javadoc. Note the use of #jlink tool to create minimal JRE with just the jdk.httpserver module + its transitive dependencies. Credit to: https://twitter.com/sundararajan_a/status/1473465961818701824

Dockerfile

FROM openjdk:18-jdk-oraclelinux8 as build

#minimum jre image for webserver
RUN jlink --add-modules jdk.httpserver --output java_http

RUN curl \
      https://download.oracle.com/otn_software/java/jdk/17.0.1+12/2a2082e5a09d4267845be086888add4f/jdk-17.0.1_doc-all.zip \
      --output docs.zip && \
      jar xvf docs.zip

FROM oraclelinux:8-slim

#copy minimal jre and docs directory
COPY --from=build java_http java_http
COPY --from=build docs docs

EXPOSE 8000

#start webserver to serve javadoc from /docs
ENTRYPOINT ["/java_http/bin/jwebserver", "-b", "0.0.0.0", "-d", "/docs"]

Thanks for sharing thi.
Is oracleLinuxv8 is not jfk 8 right, need to verify after I download?
While you are creating this wouldn't this be helpful to add some non root user, can you please share and how do we start https using openssl cert?
Thanks.