Using the Java platform - AWS App Runner

Using the Java platform

The AWS App Runner Java platform provides managed runtimes. Each runtime makes it easy to build and run containers with web applications based on a Java version. When you use a Java runtime, App Runner starts with a managed Java runtime image. This image is based on the Amazon Linux Docker image and contains the runtime package for a version of Java and some tools. App Runner uses this managed runtime image as a base image, and adds your application code to build a Docker image. It then deploys this image to run your web service in a container.

You specify a runtime for your App Runner service when you create a service using the App Runner console or the CreateService API operation. You can also specify a runtime as part of your source code. Use the runtime keyword in a App Runner configuration file that you include in your code repository. The naming convention of a managed runtime is <language-name><major-version>.

At this time, all the supported Java runtimes are based on Amazon Corretto. For valid Java runtime names and versions, see Java runtime release information.

App Runner updates the runtime for your service to the latest version on every deployment or service update. If your application requires a specific version of a managed runtime, you can specify it using the runtime-version keyword in the App Runner configuration file. You can lock to any level of version, including a major or minor version. App Runner only makes lower-level updates to the runtime of your service.

Version syntax for Amazon Corretto runtimes:

Runtime Syntax Example

corretto11

11.0[.openjdk-update[.openjdk-build[.corretto-specific-revision]]]

11.0.13.08.1

corretto8

8[.openjdk-update[.openjdk-build[.corretto-specific-revision]]]

8.312.07.1

The following examples demonstrate version locking:

  • 11.0.13 – Lock the Open JDK update version. App Runner updates only Open JDK and Amazon Corretto lower-level builds.

  • 11.0.13.08.1 – Lock to a specific version. App Runner doesn't update your runtime version.

Java runtime configuration

When you choose a managed runtime, you must also configure, as a minimum, build and run commands. You configure them while creating or updating your App Runner service. You can do this using one of the following methods:

  • Using the App Runner console – Specify the commands in the Configure build section of the creation process or configuration tab.

  • Using the App Runner API – Call the CreateService or UpdateService API operation. Specify the commands using the BuildCommand and StartCommand members of the CodeConfigurationValues data type.

  • Using a configuration file – Specify one or more build commands in up to three build phases, and a single run command that serves to start your application. There are additional optional configuration settings.

Providing a configuration file is optional. When you create an App Runner service using the console or the API, you specify if App Runner gets your configuration settings directly when it's created or from a configuration file.

Java runtime examples

The following examples show App Runner configuration files for building and running a Java service. The last example is the source code for a complete Java application that you can deploy to a Corretto 11 runtime service.

Note

The runtime version that's used in these examples is 11.0.13.08.1. You can replace it with a version you want to use. For latest supported Java runtime version, see Java runtime release information.

This example shows a minimal configuration file that you can use with a Corretto 11 managed runtime. For the assumptions that App Runner makes with a minimal configuration file, see .

Example apprunner.yaml
version: 1.0 runtime: corretto11 build: commands: build: - mvn clean package run: command: java -Xms256m -jar target/MyApp-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar .

This example shows how you can use all the configuration keys with a Corretto 11 managed runtime.

Note

The runtime version that's used in these examples is 11.0.13.08.1. You can replace it with a version you want to use. For latest supported Java runtime version, see Java runtime release information.

Example apprunner.yaml
version: 1.0 runtime: corretto11 build: commands: pre-build: - yum install some-package - scripts/prebuild.sh build: - mvn clean package post-build: - mvn clean test env: - name: M2 value: "/usr/local/apache-maven/bin" - name: M2_HOME value: "/usr/local/apache-maven/bin" run: runtime-version: 11.0.13.08.1 command: java -Xms256m -jar target/MyApp-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar . network: port: 8000 env: APP_PORT env: - name: MY_VAR_EXAMPLE value: "example"

This example shows the source code for a complete Java application that you can deploy to a Corretto 11 runtime service.

Example src/main/java/com/HelloWorld/HelloWorld.java
package com.HelloWorld; import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping; import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController; @RestController public class HelloWorld { @RequestMapping("/") public String index(){ String s = "Hello World"; return s; } }
Example src/main/java/com/HelloWorld/Main.java
package com.HelloWorld; import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication; import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication; @SpringBootApplication public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) { SpringApplication.run(Main.class, args); } }
Example apprunner.yaml
version: 1.0 runtime: corretto11 build: commands: build: - mvn clean package run: command: java -Xms256m -jar target/HelloWorldJavaApp-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar . network: port: 8080
Example pom.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd"> <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion> <parent> <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId> <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId> <version>2.3.1.RELEASE</version> <relativePath/> </parent> <groupId>com.HelloWorld</groupId> <artifactId>HelloWorldJavaApp</artifactId> <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version> <properties> <java.version>11</java.version> </properties> <dependencies> <dependency> <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId> <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-rest</artifactId> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId> <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId> <scope>test</scope> <exclusions> <exclusion> <groupId>org.junit.vintage</groupId> <artifactId>junit-vintage-engine</artifactId> </exclusion> </exclusions> </dependency> </dependencies> <build> <plugins> <plugin> <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId> <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId> </plugin> <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId> <version>3.8.0</version> <configuration> <release>11</release> </configuration> </plugin> </plugins> </build> </project>