Formcentric Java Base Images

This repository contains the Dockerfiles and GitHub workflows to build the Formcentric Java Base images. The images are the starting point to run Java-based Formcentric applications in containers.

Usage

Quickstart

The base image contains a simple app.jar to demonstrate the default entrypoint.

Running the image without any arguments:

> docker run ghcr.io/formcentric/java-base:11-jre

Welcome to the Formcentric Java Base image.

  Java Version  : 11.0.18 (Eclipse Adoptium)
  Java Home     : /opt/java/openjdk
  Java Temp Dir : /tmp

  User Name     : formcentric
  Working Dir   : /formcentric

JVM Arguments
  - none -

Command Line Arguments
  - none -

Passing JVM and command line arguments:

> docker run -e JAVA_OPTS=-Djava.io.tmpdir=/my-tmp ghcr.io/formcentric/java-base:11-jre --server.port=8443

Welcome to the Formcentric Java Base image.

  Java Version  : 11.0.18 (Eclipse Adoptium)
  Java Home     : /opt/java/openjdk
  Java Temp Dir : /my-tmp

  User Name     : formcentric
  Working Dir   : /formcentric

JVM Arguments
  (1) -Djava.io.tmpdir=/my-tmp

Command Line Arguments
  (1) --server.port=8443

Custom image

To run your own application with the base image, just overwrite the default /formcentric/app.jar in your own Dockerfile:

FROM ghcr.io/formcentric/java-base:17-jre

EXPOSE 8080

COPY --chown=formcentric:formcentric my-application.jar /formcentric/app.jar

Images

Formcentric base images build upon the official Adoptium images of the Eclipse Temurin distribution (OpenJDK) and come in the following flavors:

Java 23 (Until 18 Mar 2025)

• ghcr.io/formcentric/java-base:23-jre
• ghcr.io/formcentric/java-base:23-jdk

Java 21

• ghcr.io/formcentric/java-base:21-jre
• ghcr.io/formcentric/java-base:21-jdk

Java 17

• ghcr.io/formcentric/java-base:17-jre
• ghcr.io/formcentric/java-base:17-jdk

Java 11

• ghcr.io/formcentric/java-base:11-jre
• ghcr.io/formcentric/java-base:11-jdk