This repository holds a dummy extension for ExplorViz Backend. Use it as a starting point for your future extension (microservice).
- Clone this repository (e.g. for SSH
git clone [email protected]:ExplorViz/explorviz-backend-extension-dummy.git) - Set remote URL to the URL of your assigned repository (e.g. for SSH
git remote set-url origin [email protected]:ExplorViz/explorviz-backend-extension-X.git) - Rename the root folder explorviz-backend-extension-dummy to explorviz-backend-extension-X, where X is the name of your extension
- Run
./gradlew renameProject -PextensionName="X", where X is the name of your extension - Adjust the README.md (e.g. remove Setup sections)
- Stage and commit changes with
git add -A && git commit -am "renaming dummy" - Push to remote origin and set upstream with
git push -u origin master - Follow the Backend Setup
- In Eclipse:
Import -> Gradle -> Existing Gradle Project - Start your development
- Start the Main class with
Right click -> Run as -> Java Application(read the section below first)
ExplorViz services (including this dummy extension) use Redis as id generator for distributed and (tba) scalable services. For your development, you must ensure that a Redis instance is available and running on your machine. You can use the provided docker-compose file for an easy setup.