Preface

Building a native executable with Red Hat build of Quarkus covers:

• Building a native executable with a single command using a container runtime such as Podman or Docker
• Creating a custom container image using the produced native executable
• Creating a container image using the OpenShift Docker build strategy
• Deploying the Quarkus native application to OpenShift
• Configuring the native executable
• Testing the native executable

Prerequisites

• Have OpenJDK (JDK) 11 installed and the JAVA_HOME environment variable set to specify the location of the Java SDK.

  • Log in to the Red Hat Customer Portal to download Red Hat build of Open JDK from the Software Downloads page.
• An OCI (Open Container Initiative) compatible container runtime, such as Podman or Docker.

• A completed Quarkus Getting Started project.

  • To learn how to build the Quarkus Getting Started project, see Getting started with Quarkus.
  • Alternatively, you can download the Quarkus quickstart archive or clone the Quarkus Quickstarts Git repository. The sample project is in the getting-started directory.