Run WSO2 ESB in Docker in 5 minutes

WSO2 Dockerfiles v1.2.0 released and now you can run any WSO2 product in Docker in 5 minutes.

Note: This method uses default provisioning method when building the docker image and this is the vanilla pack of theproduct.

Prerequisites:

• Docker
• jdk-7u80-linux-x64.tar.gz
• wso2esb-4.9.0.zip

Let’s get started.

1. Clone WSO2 Dockfiles repo and checkout from v1.2.0 tag.

git clone https://github.com/wso2/dockerfiles.git
cd dockerfiles
git checkout v1.2.0

2. Copy JDK and wso2esb-4.9.0.zip to <Dockerfiles_Home>/common/provision/default/files location

3. Build the wso2base docker image first. Go to <Dockerfiles_Home>/wso2base and execute the following command.

bash build.sh

4. Build WSO2 ESB docker image. Go to <Dockerfiles_Home>/wso2esb and execute the following command.

bash build.sh -v 4.9.0

Use docker images command to list down built images.

5. Run WSO2 ESB docker image as follows.

bash run.sh -v 4.9.0

Once you run this command, it prompts to connect to the container or to tail the wso2carbon log as follows.

6. Access the management console of WSO2 ESB as follows.

Method 1: Using the docker container IP
https://172.17.0.2:9443/carbon
Method 2: Using the host machine IP
https://localhost:9443/carbon

7. You can stop the container executing following command.

bash stop.sh

In this way, you can run any WSO2 product in docker.