Getting started

Clone application

git clone https://github.com/microservices-api/java-rest-user.git

Create a deployable WAR file

cd java-rest-user/swagger-sample-application
mvn package

The packaged WAR file will be at the following location: java-rest-user/swagger-sample-application/deployment_artifacts/java-rest-user-application.war

Deploy in an application server

For Liberty:

• download the jar from https://developer.ibm.com/wasdev/downloads/
• install apiDiscovery-1.0 by running wlp/bin installUtility install apiDiscovery-1.0
• create a new server by running wlp/bin server create myServer
• copy the file java-rest-user/swagger-sample-application/deployment_artifacts/server.xml into wlp/usr/servers/myServer
• copy the file java-rest-user/swagger-sample-application/deployment_artifacts/java-rest-user-application.war into wlp/usr/servers/myServer/apps
• start the server by running wlp/bin server start myServer
• open a browser and paste the URL http://localhost:9080/ibm/api/explorer, using the credentials admin / admin or a different set of credentials if you modified the registry in server.xml
• you can then use the Open API UI to view and test the REST APIs of this application!