[Apiman-user] Creating resources using Docker image

[Arun Gupta]

That could work too! I was just trying to be comprehensive but YAGNI!

Either way, as the state of the container is not preserved and a new
container is started every time, what is the likelihood that the
entity to be created will exist?

Arun

On Thu, Jul 23, 2015 at 9:59 AM, Eric Wittmann <eric.wittmann at redhat.com> wrote:
> I'm not sure what you mean by this.  I'm only suggesting that the
> "bootstrap" script could first do a GET on *one* of the entities that the
> script is planning on creating.  If the entity already exists then the
> script can bail at that point.  I don't see how a loop is possible.  And I
> don't think you would need to check for *each* entity you plan on creating.
> Just use the first entity as a marker - if *that* one exists then assume the
> rest do as well.
>
> On 7/23/2015 11:15 AM, Arun Gupta wrote:
>>
>> If the container is started a fresh then it would not have any
>> existing resources, isn't it?
>>
>> Otherwise the script will get into a nested loop to first check for
>> organization, then service, then version, etc.
>>
>> Arun
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 23, 2015 at 7:34 AM, Eric Wittmann <eric.wittmann at redhat.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> I think it would be possible to have a run-once shell script.  Either by
>>> writing/checking some sort of "already run" file.  Or else by querying
>>> apiman to see if a particular entity exists.  For example, query to see
>>> if
>>> "My-Custom-Organization" exists ... if it does then skip the script.  If
>>> not, then run the multitude of curl commands to do what you want.
>>>
>>> -Eric
>>>
>>> On 7/23/2015 7:48 AM, Arun Gupta wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I've been thinking something on those lines.
>>>>
>>>> - Invoke shell script from Dockerfile
>>>> - Start API Man
>>>> - Run shell scripts
>>>> - Shut it down
>>>> - Go back to Dockerfile which will then start it
>>>>
>>>> Will share something, stay tuned.
>>>>
>>>> Arun
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Jul 23, 2015 at 5:45 AM, Eric Wittmann
>>>> <eric.wittmann at redhat.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> You are probably more deft with docker than I am, but perhaps a shell
>>>>> script
>>>>> could be used to send a bunch of curl commands?
>>>>>
>>>>> -Eric
>>>>>
>>>>> On 7/23/2015 7:35 AM, Arun Gupta wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What is the recommended design pattern to extend the Dockerfile in the
>>>>>> meanwhile?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Arun
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thu, Jul 23, 2015 at 5:32 AM, Eric Wittmann
>>>>>> <eric.wittmann at redhat.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> That is not currently a feature.  But I've now added a JIRA for it,
>>>>>>> since it seems like a nice idea (especially for extending the docker
>>>>>>> container).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> https://issues.jboss.org/browse/APIMAN-566
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -Eric
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 7/23/2015 3:47 AM, Tim Dudgeon wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> This indeed would be very useful.
>>>>>>>> Tim
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 23/07/2015 04:44, Arun Gupta wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I've created a Dockerfile [1] that will attempt to create different
>>>>>>>>> resources. Is there any standard format where I can drop
>>>>>>>>> <organization>.yml in a pre-defined directory and API Man will read
>>>>>>>>> the resources defined there and create them?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> This will simplify how the resources are created using Docker. The
>>>>>>>>> samples at [2] do not show that.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> [1]
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> https://github.com/arun-gupta/microservices/blob/master/microservice/docker/Dockerfile
>>>>>>>>> [2] https://registry.hub.docker.com/u/jboss/apiman-wildfly/
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Arun
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
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