Chapter 7. Packaging and running the Quarkus Getting Started application

Procedure

1. To package your Quarkus Getting Started project, enter the following command in the root directory:

   ./mvnw package

   This command produces the following JAR files in the /target directory:

   • getting-started-1.0-0-SNAPSHOT.jar: Contains the classes and resources of the projects. This is the regular artifact produced by the Maven build.

   • getting-started-1.0-0-SNAPSHOT-runner.jar: Is an executable JAR file. Be aware that this file is not an uber-JAR file because the dependencies are copied into the target/lib directory.

     Warning

     When your application is running in development mode, you must press CTRL+C to stop your application. You will encounter a port conflict when you try to package your application when development mode is enabled.

2. Enter the following command to start your application:

   java -jar target/getting-started-1.0-0-SNAPSHOT-runner.jar

   Note

   The Class-Path entry of the MANIFEST.MF file from the runner JAR file explicitly lists the JAR files from the lib directory. If you want to deploy your application from another location, you must copy the runner JAR file as well as the lib directory.