Hello World - Kotlin

Do the following steps to create the sample code and then deploy the app to your cluster. You can also download a working copy of the sample, by running the following commands:

A Kubernetes cluster with Knative installed and DNS configured. Follow the installation instructions if you need to create one.
installed and running on your local machine, and a Docker Hub account configured (we’ll use it for a container registry).

Create a new directory and cd into it:

mkdir hello
cd hello

Create a file named Main.kt at src/main/kotlin/com/example/hello and copy the following code block into it:

mkdir -p src/main/kotlin/com/example/hello

package com.example.hello
import io.ktor.application.*
import io.ktor.http.*
import io.ktor.response.*
import io.ktor.routing.*
import io.ktor.server.engine.*
import io.ktor.server.netty.*
fun main(args: Array<String>) {
   val target = System.getenv("TARGET") ?: "World"
   val port = System.getenv("PORT") ?: "8080"
   embeddedServer(Netty, port.toInt()) {
       routing {
           get("/") {
               call.respondText("Hello $target!\n", ContentType.Text.Html)
           }
       }
}

Switch back to directory

Create a file named Dockerfile and copy the following code block into it.

# Use the official gradle image to create a build artifact.
# https://hub.docker.com/_/gradle
FROM gradle:6.7 as builder
# Copy local code to the container image.
COPY build.gradle .
COPY src ./src
# Build a release artifact.
RUN gradle clean build --no-daemon
# Use the Official OpenJDK image for a lean production stage of our multi-stage build.
# https://hub.docker.com/_/openjdk
# https://docs.docker.com/develop/develop-images/multistage-build/#use-multi-stage-builds
FROM openjdk:8-jre-alpine
# Copy the jar to the production image from the builder stage.
COPY --from=builder /home/gradle/build/libs/gradle.jar /helloworld.jar
# Run the web service on container startup.
CMD [ "java", "-jar", "-Djava.security.egd=file:/dev/./urandom", "/helloworld.jar" ]

Create a new file, service.yaml and copy the following service definition into the file. Make sure to replace {username} with your Docker Hub username.


kind: Service
metadata:
  namespace: default
spec:
  template:
    spec:
      containers:
        - image: docker.io/{username}/helloworld-kotlin
          env:
            - name: TARGET
              value: "Kotlin Sample v1"

Once you have recreated the sample code files (or used the files in the sample folder) you’re ready to build and deploy the sample app.

Use Docker to build the sample code into a container. To build and push with Docker Hub, run these commands replacing {username} with your Docker Hub username:

# Build the container on your local machine
docker build -t {username}/helloworld-kotlin .
# Push the container to docker registry
docker push {username}/helloworld-kotlin

After the build has completed and the container is pushed to docker hub, you can deploy the app into your cluster. Ensure that the container image value in service.yaml matches the container you built in the previous step. Apply the configuration using kubectl:

Now that your service is created, Knative will perform the following steps:
Network programming to create a route, ingress, service, and load balance for your app.
Automatically scale your pods up and down (including to zero active pods).

kubectl get ksvc helloworld-kotlin  --output=custom-columns=NAME:.metadata.name,URL:.status.url
NAME                URL
helloworld-kotlin   http://helloworld-kotlin.default.1.2.3.4.sslip.io

Now you can make a request to your app and see the result. Replace the following URL with the URL returned in the previous command.

curl http://helloworld-kotlin.default.1.2.3.4.sslip.io

To remove the sample app from your cluster, delete the service record:

kubectl delete --filename service.yaml