demo-docker-go-api

Golang Docker Microservice

Getting Started

• Install Docker and Boot2Docker (brew install docker boot2docker)

• Install the Go cross-compiler Gox

  go get github.com/mitchellh/gox
  gox -build-toolchain
  

Build and Run application in Docker

time gox -osarch="linux/amd64" -output="micro-go" && docker build -t mfellows/micro-go . && docker run --name api --rm -i -t -p 8000:8000 mfellows/micro-go

This will build a binary for 64bit linux with the name micro-go, create a Docker image and then run the image exposing port 8000.

The API is now running on port 8000, curl until your heart is content:

curl $(boot2docker ip):8000/hello/peeps