# Deploying Quarkus Java applications to OpenShift by using a Docker build strategy

As an application developer, you can deploy your applications to OpenShift by using the Docker build strategy as a deployment option.

This stategy builds the artifacts outside the OpenShift cluster, locally or in a CI environment, and provides them to the OpenShift build system together with a Dockerfile. The artifacts include JAR files or a native executable. The OpenShift cluster builds the container and provides it as an image stream.

This functionality is provided by the `quarkus-openshift` extension. If you want to use a custom Dockerfile, add the file to the `src/main/docker` directory or any location inside the module. Additionally, set the path to your Dockerfile by using the `quarkus.openshift.jvm-dockerfile` property.

## Prerequisites

- You have OpenJDK 17 or 21 installed.

- You have set the `JAVA_HOME` environment variable to the location of the Java SDK.

- You have Apache Maven 3.9.9 installed.

- You have a Quarkus project that includes the `quarkus-openshift` extension.

- You have access to a OpenShift cluster and the latest compatible version of the `oc` CLI tool installed.

- You are working in the correct OpenShift project namespace.

## Procedure

1. Set the Docker build strategy in your `application.properties` configuration file:

       quarkus.openshift.build-strategy=docker

2. Optional: Set the following properties in the `application.properties` file, based on your environment:

   - If you are using an untrusted certificate, enable certificate trust for the `KubernetesClient`:

         quarkus.kubernetes-client.trust-certs=true

   - To expose the service and create an OpenShift route, set the following property:

         quarkus.openshift.route.expose=true

   - To use a custom Dockerfile instead of the pregenerated Dockerfiles, set the path to your Dockerfile:

         quarkus.openshift.jvm-dockerfile=<path_to_your_dockerfile>

     For example, to specify a custom Dockerfile named `Dockerfile.custom-jvm`:

         quarkus.openshift.jvm-dockerfile=src/main/resources/Dockerfile.custom-jvm

3. Package and deploy your application to the current OpenShift project:

       ./mvnw clean package -Dquarkus.openshift.deploy=true

## Verification

The following verification steps use the `openshift-helloworld` example application.

1. Display the list of pods associated with your current OpenShift project:

       oc get pods

       NAME                            READY   STATUS      RESTARTS   AGE
       openshift-helloworld-1-build    0/1     Completed   0          11m
       openshift-helloworld-1-deploy   0/1     Completed   0          10m
       openshift-helloworld-1-gzzrx    1/1     Running     0          10m

2. To get the log output for your application’s pod, use the `oc logs -f` command with its name. The following example uses the `openshift-helloworld-1-gzzrx` pod name, which corresponds to the latest pod prefixed with the name of your application:

       oc logs -f openshift-helloworld-1-gzzrx

       Starting the Java application using /opt/jboss/container/java/run/run-java.sh ...
       INFO exec -a "java" java -Dquarkus.http.host=0.0.0.0 -Djava.util.logging.manager=org.jboss.logmanager.LogManager -XX:MaxRAMPercentage=50.0 -XX:+UseParallelGC -XX:MinHeapFreeRatio=10 -XX:MaxHeapFreeRatio=20 -XX:GCTimeRatio=4 -XX:AdaptiveSizePolicyWeight=90 -XX:+ExitOnOutOfMemoryError -cp "." -jar /deployments/quarkus-run.jar
       __  ____  __  _____   ___  __ ____  ______
       --/ __ \/ / / / _ | / _ \/ //_/ / / / __/
       -/ /_/ / /_/ / __ |/ , _/ ,< / /_/ /\ \
       --\___\_\____/_/ |_/_/|_/_/|_|\____/___/
       2024-09-17 10:23:25,254 INFO  [io.quarkus] (main) getting-started 1.0.0-SNAPSHOT on JVM (powered by Quarkus {QuarkusCore}) started in 0.653s. Listening on: http://0.0.0.0:8080
       2024-09-17 10:23:25,281 INFO  [io.quarkus] (main) Profile prod activated.
       2024-09-17 10:23:25,281 INFO  [io.quarkus] (main) Installed features: [cdi, kubernetes, rest, smallrye-context-propagation, vertx]

3. Get a list of services:

       oc get svc

       NAME                   TYPE        CLUSTER-IP       EXTERNAL-IP   PORT(S)                               AGE
       openshift-helloworld   ClusterIP   172.30.64.57     <none>        80/TCP                                14m

4. Get a URL to test your application. To do so, ensure you have exposed an OpenShift route by setting the `quarkus.openshift.route.expose=true` property in the `application.properties` file before building the application.

       oc get routes

       NAME                   HOST/PORT                                                                   PATH   SERVICES               PORT   TERMINATION   WILDCARD
       openshift-helloworld   openshift-helloworld-username-dev.apps.sandbox-m2.ll9k.p1.openshiftapps.com          openshift-helloworld   http                 None

   | Be aware that the route is now listening on port 80 and is no longer on port 8080.

   You can test the application demonstrated in this example with a web browser or a terminal by using `curl` and the complete URL output from `oc get routes`, that is, "http://openshift-helloworld-username-dev.apps.sandbox-m2.ll9k.p1.openshiftapps.com".

   For example: `curl http://openshift-helloworld-username-dev.apps.sandbox-m2.ll9k.p1.openshiftapps.com`.

## References

- Deploying Quarkus applications to OpenShift