The size of Docker images containing OpenJDK 11.0.6
When running Java applications in containers, you need to be careful with your resources. If you’re not careful with layering your images (for example using Google’s Jib), you can quickly …
Tag: openjdk
Microservice framework startup time on different JVMs (AOT and JIT)
When developing microservices, a fast startup time is useful. It can for example reduce the amount of time a rolling upgrade of instances takes and reduce build time thus …
JVM performance: OpenJ9 uses least memory. GraalVM most. OpenJDK distributions differ
In a previous blog post I created a setup to compare JVM performance of several JVMs. I received some valuable feedback on the measures I conducted and requests to …
Comparing JVM performance; Zulu OpenJDK, OpenJDK, Oracle JDK, GraalVM CE
There are many different choices for a JVM for your Java application. Which would be the best to use? This depends on various factors. Performance being an important one. …
Running Reactive Spring Boot on GraalVM in Docker
GraalVM is an open source polyglot VM which makes it easy to mix and match different languages such as Java, Javascript and R. It has the ability (with some …
Running Spring Boot in a Docker container on OpenJDK, Oracle JDK, Zulu on Alpine Linux, Oracle Linux, Ubuntu
Spring Boot is great for running inside a Docker container. Spring Boot applications ‘just run’. A Spring Boot application has an embedded servlet engine making it independent of application …
Java 9 – First baby steps with Modules and jlink
In a recent article, I created an isolated Docker Container as Java 9 R&D environment: https://technology.amis.nl/2017/10/11/quick-and-clean-start-with-java-9-running-docker-container-in-virtualbox-vm-on-windows-10-courtesy-of-vagrant/. In this article, I will use that environment to take few small steps …