PlantUML Server

PlantUML Server is a web application to generate UML diagrams on-the-fly.

To know more about PlantUML, please visit http://plantuml.sourceforge.net/.

Requirements

• jre/jdk 1.6.0 or above
• apache maven 3.0.2 or above

How to run the server

Just run:

mvn jetty:run

The server is now listing to http://localhost:8080/plantuml. In this way the server is run on an embedded jetty server.

You can specify the port at which it runs:

mvn jetty:run -Djetty.port=9999"

How to run the server with Docker

docker build -t plantuml-server .
docker run -d -p 8080:8080 plantuml-server

The server is now listing to http://localhost:8080/plantuml.

You may specity the port in -p Docker command line argument.

Alternate: How to run the server with Tomcat + Docker?

Above method uses maven to run the application. That requires internet connectivity. That is undesireable in a corporate environment with firewalls. So, you can use following command to create a self-contained docker image that will "just-work".

Note: Generate the WAR (instructions further below) prior to running "docker build"

docker build -t plantuml-server:tomcat8 -f Dockerfile.tomcat8 . 
docker run -d -p 8080:8080 plantuml-server:tomcat8

The server is now listing to http://localhost:8080/plantuml.

You may specity the port in -p Docker command line argument.

How to generate the war

To build the war, just run:

mvn package

at the root directory of the project to produce plantuml.war in the target/ directory.