Library server

This is the first part of the Library Application: https://github.com/florae123/LibraryApp.

It is a java server for the Library app and requires a Cloudant NoSQL Database.

Prerequisites

The software needed for the following steps:

• Java SE 8 (JDK),
• Eclipse Neon (another option is Maven),
• Cloud Foundry Command Line Interface (Download here),
• Git tool (Download here)

Another requirement is an IBM Bluemix Account.

Deploy to Bluemix

1. Clone the app to your local environment from your terminal using the following command

   git clone https://github.com/florae123/library-server-java.git
   

   and change into the newly created directory library-server-java.

2. Execute full Maven build to create the target/name.war file:

   mvn clean install
   

   or use Eclipse to build the Maven project:

   • Launch Eclipse, Click File > Import. Then select General > Existing Projects into Workspace. Click Next.
   • Choose Select root directory and your downloaded directory library-server-java.
   • Right-click your library-server-java project folder in Eclipse and select Run As > Maven install. The .war file will be created in the target directory.

   Change into the directory library-server-java in your eclipse workspace directory. (This is where the target directory was created.)

3. Verify your "Bluemix endpoint api", for example

   • US https://api.ng.bluemix.net or
   • EU-GB https://api.eu-gb.bluemix.net

   cf api https://api.ng.bluemix.net
   

4. Log in to your Bluemix account using the Cloud Foundry CLI tool. Provide your username and password when prompted.

   cf login
   

5. Push the app to Bluemix using the cf cli command

   cf push library-server -p target/library-server-java.war
   

   Instead of library-server, use your own unique name for the app.

   As soon as the application is running, test it by clicking on the url. (See Test your running application).

6. Create an instance of the Cloudant NoSQL DB Service on Bluemix and connect it to your app. See Configure Databases. When you are done, test the connection to the service. Test your running application.

Configure Databases

Create an instance of a cloudant database on Bluemix, in the same space you were using for the application.

• Select Cloudant NoSQL DB in the Bluemix Catalog in your Browser, make sure the Lite pricing plan is selected and click Create. You will be directed to a view of the service.

• To bind this DB to the java application, open the Connections panel, and click Create Connection. Then select the java library server and click Connect. Restage the application when prompted.

  

  You do not need to integrate the service credentials of the Cloudant Service instance into your code to access your databases. By connecting the service to the cloud foundry application, the app's environment variables, the VCAP_SERVICES, will be updated. These VCAP_SERVICES are used in the java code to retrieve the service instance's credentials.

  

• Go back to the Manage panel and click Launch.

The App requires three databases in your Cloudant service.

1. Create a database called "books".

   

   A book will be saved as a JSON in the following format:

     {
       "_id": "...",
       "_rev": "...",
       "id": "id must be the same as _id",
       "isbn": "the book's isbn",
       "authors": [
         "the book's author"
       ],
       "title": "bookTitle",
       "tags": [
         "Keywords", "that match", "the book"
       ],
       "picture": "the book's cover",
       "about_the_book": "a description to be read by Text to Speech"
     }
   

   There are some sample documents in this format in the sample-books folder in this directory. To include any of these books in your database:

   • Click on the database books and then click the + sign next to All Documents.
   • Select New Doc.
   • Delete the default { "id_": "..." } and copy the text in one of the json files into the document.
   • Click Create Document.

   There is no "_rev" attribute included in the sample json data. This is because the "_rev" attribute has to be excluded from new data that is added to a database. The Cloudant service will automatically generate the attribute-value pair "_rev".

   In order for the app to be able to properly search this database, create a new search index and a new view in "books" by clicking the "+" sign next to "Design Documents" on the "books" database view in your Cloudant dashboard.

   

   Click "New Search Index" and configure the search index like this:

   • Design Document Name: BookIdx
   • Index Name: titleSearch
   • Code for the search index:

     function (doc) {
       index("default", doc.title);
     }
     

   

   Then, click the "+" sign next to "BookIdx", then click "New View".

   

   Configure the view like this:

   • Design Document Name: BookIdx
   • View Index Name: tagView
   • Code for the view:

     function (doc) {
       var i;
       for(i in doc.tags)
          emit(doc.tags[i], doc._id);
     }
     

   

2. Create a database called "customers". A customer will be saved as a JSON in the following format:

     {
       "_id": "the customer's id",
     "_rev": "...",
       "name": "the customer's name",
       "email": "the customer's email address",
       "password": "the customer's password",
       "id": "must be the same as _id"
     }
   

3. Create a database called "rentals". Whenever a book is borrowed, it is registered in "rentals". A rental will be saved as a JSON in the following format:

   {
     "_id": "the rental's id",
     "_rev": "...",
     "id": "must be the same as _id",
     "bookid": "the id of the book borrowed",
     "customerid": "the id of the customer borrowing the book",
     "start": "Mar 3, 2017 12:00:00 AM",
     "end": "May 4, 2017 12:00:00 AM"
   }
   

Test your running application

• Open the server application you just deployed to Bluemix, e.g. running on https://libraryserver-myname.eu-gb.mybluemix.net.

  The text "... Library Backend Server is running ..." should be displayed in your browser.

  

• To check the connection to the Cloudant Database, add /api/books to the url (e.g. https://libraryserver-myname.eu-gb.mybluemix.net/api/books). You should see the books that were added to your books database as a json array.

  

Build a toolchain

The following steps are only available to applications deployed in the US region.

1. Click on Overview for the library server app on Bluemix in your browser. Under Continuous delivery, click Enable.

   

2. Name the toolchain and choose a new github repository to connect it to. Click Create.

   

3. Click the Continuous delivery icon.

   

4. For the first stage, the Build Stage, click Configure Stage. In the JOBS panel, change the Builder Type to Maven, the Build Shell Command to

   #!/bin/bash
   mvn clean install
   

   and click save.

   

5. For the next stage, the Deploy Stage, also click Configure Stage. Change the Deploy Script to

   #!/bin/bash
   cf push "${CF_APP}" -p library-server-java.war
   
   # View logs
   # cf logs "${CF_APP}" --recent
   

   and click save.

   

6. Push the code into the new github repository and watch the automated deployment.