Installing Apicurio Registry using Docker

This chapter explains how to install and run Apicurio Registry using Docker with the following storage options:

You can install more than one instance of Apicurio Registry depending on your environment. The number of instances depends on your storage option, for example, your Kafka or database cluster configuration, and on the number and type of artifacts stored in Apicurio Registry.
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Installing Apicurio Registry with in-memory storage

This section explains how to install and run Apicurio Registry with simple in-memory storage from a container image.

The in-memory storage option is suitable for development only. All data is lost when the container image is restarted.
Prerequisites
Procedure
  1. Get the Apicurio Registry container image:

    $ docker pull apicurio/apicurio-registry-mem
  2. Run the container image:

    $ docker run -it -p 8080:8080 apicurio/apicurio-registry-mem:latest
  3. Send a test request using the Apicurio Registry REST API. For example, enter the following curl command to create a simple Avro schema artifact for a share price application in the registry:

    $ curl -X POST -H "Content-type: application/json; artifactType=AVRO" -H "X-Registry-ArtifactId: share-price" --data '{"type":"record","name":"price","namespace":"com.example","fields":[{"name":"symbol","type":"string"},{"name":"price","type":"string"}]}' http://localhost:8080/apis/registry/v2/groups/my-group/artifacts
  4. Verify that the response includes the expected JSON body to confirm that the Avro schema artifact was created in the registry. For example:

    {"name":"price","createdBy":"","createdOn":"2021-03-19T17:48:17+0000","modifiedOn":"2021-03-19T17:48:17+0000","id":"share-price","version":1,"type":"AVRO","globalId":12,"state":"ENABLED","groupId":"my-group","contentId":12}
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Installing Apicurio Registry with SQL database storage

This section explains how to install and run Apicurio Registry with storage in a PostgreSQL database from a container image. This storage option is suitable for production environments.

Prerequisites
Procedure
  1. Get the Apicurio Registry container image:

    $ docker pull apicurio/apicurio-registry-sql
  2. Run the container image and specify the database connection URL and credentials for the PostgreSQL server as environment variables:

    $ docker run -it -p 8080:8080 \
    -e "REGISTRY_DATASOURCE_URL=jdbc:postgresql://postgres/apicurio-registry" \
    -e "REGISTRY_DATASOURCE_USERNAME=apicurio-registry" \
    -e "REGISTRY_DATASOURCE_PASSWORD=password" \
    apicurio/apicurio-registry-sql:latest
  3. Send a test request using the Apicurio Registry REST API. For example, enter the following curl command to create a simple Avro schema artifact for a share price application in the registry:

    $ curl -X POST -H "Content-type: application/json; artifactType=AVRO" -H "X-Registry-ArtifactId: share-price" --data '{"type":"record","name":"price","namespace":"com.example","fields":[{"name":"symbol","type":"string"},{"name":"price","type":"string"}]}' http://localhost:8080/apis/registry/v2/groups/my-group/artifacts
  4. Verify that the response includes the expected JSON body to confirm that the Avro schema artifact was created in the registry. For example:

    {"name":"price","createdBy":"","createdOn":"2021-03-19T17:48:17+0000","modifiedOn":"2021-03-19T17:48:17+0000","id":"share-price","version":1,"type":"AVRO","globalId":12,"state":"ENABLED","groupId":"my-group","contentId":12}
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Installing Apicurio Registry with Apache Kafka storage

This topic explains how to install and run Apicurio Registry with Kafka storage from a container image. The kafkasql storage option uses Kafka storage with in-memory H2 database. This storage option is suitable for production environments.

Prerequisites
  • You must have Docker installed and the Docker daemon running.

  • Ensure that you can connect to the container repository: https://hub.docker.com/r/apicurio/apicurio-registry-kafkasql.

  • Ensure that KAFKA_HOME is set to the location of your Kafka-based system.

  • You must already have your Kafka broker running. For example:

    $KAFKA_HOME/bin/zookeeper-server-start.sh $KAFKA_HOME/config/zookeeper.properties &
    $KAFKA_HOME/bin/kafka-server-start.sh $KAFKA_HOME/config/server.properties &

    For more details, see https://kafka.apache.org/quickstart.

Procedure
  1. Get the Apicurio Registry container image:

    $ docker pull apicurio/apicurio-registry-kafkasql
  2. Run the container image and specify the following environment variable for your Kafka system:

    • KAFKA_BOOTSTRAP_SERVERS - The address(es) of your Kafka broker(s).

      For example:

      $ docker run -it -p 8080:8080 -e "KAFKA_BOOTSTRAP_SERVERS=kafka:9092" apicurio/apicurio-registry-kafkasql:latest
  3. Send a test request using the Apicurio Registry REST API. For example, enter the following curl command to create a simple Avro schema artifact for a share price application in the registry:

    $ curl -X POST -H "Content-type: application/json; artifactType=AVRO" -H "X-Registry-ArtifactId: share-price" --data '{"type":"record","name":"price","namespace":"com.example","fields":[{"name":"symbol","type":"string"},{"name":"price","type":"string"}]}' http://localhost:8080/apis/registry/v2/groups/my-group/artifacts
  4. Verify that the response includes the expected JSON body to confirm that the Avro schema artifact was created in the registry. For example:

    {"name":"price","createdBy":"","createdOn":"2021-03-19T17:48:17+0000","modifiedOn":"2021-03-19T17:48:17+0000","id":"share-price","version":1,"type":"AVRO","globalId":12,"state":"ENABLED","groupId":"my-group","contentId":12}
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