KumuluzEE

Lightweight open-source framework for developing microservices using standard Java/JakartaEE technologies, extending them with Node.js, Go and other languages, and migrating to cloud-native architecture.

KumuluzEE is a lightweight framework for developing microservices using standard Java/JakartaEE technologies, extending them with Node.js, Go and other languages, and migrating existing applications to microservices and cloud-native architecture. KumuluzEE packages microservices as standalone JARs. KumuluzEE microservices are lightweight and optimized for size and start-up time. They fit perfectly with Docker containers. KumuluzEE microservices are fully compatible with Kubernetes and enable Kubernetes-native development. KumuluzEE will also provide support for Serverless Functions on Azure, AWS and Google.

KumuluzEE also provides extensions for developing common patterns in cloud-native architectures, including configuration, logging, discovery, fault tolerance with circuit-breakers, metrics, security, event streaming and more.

KumuluzEE has been designed to use the standard Java/JakartaEE technologies and APIs with optional extensions for easier development of cloud-native microservices. Therefore, it is particularly suitable for existing enterprise Java developers, who would like to leverage their skills, but progressively move from monolithic to microservice design patterns.

KumuluzEE provides full support for Java latest versions (check each release for specific information). In addition to Java, KumuluzEE supports several programming languages, including Node.js and Go. Support for additional languages will be added soon. For these languages, KumuluzEE also provides support for service configuration and discovery.

KumuluzEE is Eclipse MicroProfile compliant and provides support for MicroProfile 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 2.0, 2.1, 3.0, 3.1, 3.2 and 3.3. Support for 4.x and 5.x is coming soon. KumuluzEE provides support for all MicroProfile specifications, including MicroProfile Config, MicroProfile Health, MicroProfile Fault Tolerance, MicroProfile Metrics, MicroProfile JWT Authentication, MicroProfile Rest Client, MicroProfile OpenAPI and MicroProfile Open Tracing APIs.

Getting started

If you already know how to use Java/JakartaEE, then you already know how to use KumuluzEE. It is simple and straightforward.

See the getting started wiki section to create your first light-weight standalone Java microservice in 5 minutes.

Read tutorials at our home page.

Refer to samples for more examples.

Features

Primary features:

Lightweight, cloud-native Java microservices with full support for Docker, Kubernetes and Serverless (coming soon).
Support for all major cloud-native patterns, minimal footprint, quick start-up time, perfect for scaling in the cloud.
No need for a traditional application server. Run your app anywhere Java runs as well as in PaaS and Docker-like environments.
Allows you to develop microservices using standard Java technologies and extend them with Node.js, Go and other languages.
Allows you to gradually migrate existing Java applications to microservices and cloud-native architecture.
Complete control over what Java/JakartaEE components and its implementations are included. Only include what you need and make your app lightweight.
Minimal to no configuration settings up the base server. Develop like any other Java application.
Quick startup time, low resource consumption and stateless scalability accelerates development.
Extend your microservices with common cloud-native patterns, such as config, discovery, logging, fault tolerance, circuit-breakers, etc. KumuluzEE provides all the building blocks.

KumuluzEE provides support for various Java/JakartaEE APIs and components. The goal is to support as many Java components as possible (contributions welcome).

Java/JavaEE/JakartaEE components

Currently the following components are supported with more being added over time:

Servlet (Jetty)
CDI (RI Weld)
JAX-RS (RI Jersey)
JSON-P (RI JSONP)
JSON-B (RI Yasson)
JSP (Jetty Apache Jasper)
JPA (RI EclipseLink)
JPA (RI Hibernate)
EL (RI UEL)
JAX-WS (RI Metro)
JAX-WS (Apache CXF)
JSF (RI Mojarra)
WebSocket (Jetty)
Bean Validation (RI Hibernate validator)
JTA (Narayana)
Java Mail (RI JavaMail) Please check each specific KumuluzEE version for specific versions of these components.

Additional features

KumuluzEE provides additional features, which are described on the project Wiki, particularly:

Configuration framework for easy and efficient configuration of microservices from various sources, such as environment variables, configuration files (yaml), properties, etc.
TLS/SSL support for configuring TLS/SSL, including support for HTTP/2.

KumuluzEE also provides support for Uber JARs. With the KumuluzEE Maven plugin, you can pack and run each microservice as a single, self-contained Uber-JAR. Details are described later in this document.

KumuluzEE projects

In addition to the standard Java EE components, KumuluzEE also comes with several projects that complement and extend its functionality. The projects follow the same modular concept as the Java components in which you can chose if you want to use it as well as the underlying implementation of the project. Most projects are geared towards creating cloud-native microservices including configuration, logging, discovery, fault tolerance including circuit-breakers, metrics, security, event streaming and more. Projects also extend KumuluzEE with technologies, such as Ethereum for blockchain microservices, gRPC, GraphQL, and others. The following projects are available with more planned soon:

KumuluzEE Config (File and environment variables)
KumuluzEE Config with config server (Config server etcd/Consul)
KumuluzEE REST (For implementation of common, advanced and flexible REST API functionalities and patterns. Includes support for exposing JPA entities through REST)
KumuluzEE Logs (For advanced microservice framework for logging)
KumuluzEE Discovery (For dynamic service discovery (etcd or Consul). Fully compatible with Kubernetes)
KumuluzEE Metrics (For easy collection and reporting of performance metrics)
KumuluzEE Security (For easy integration with OAuth2/OpenID identity and access management providers)
KumuluzEE Health (For implementing health checks and exposing microservice health information)
KumuluzEE Fault Tolerance (For implementing fault tolerance patterns with microservices including circuit breakers and decoupling microservices)
KumuluzEE Event Streaming (For event streaming support using Apache Kafka)
KumuluzEE Reactive (For developing reactive microservices and integration with reactive streams (Vert.x and similar))
KumuluzEE CORS (For Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) support)
KumuluzEE Swagger (For Swagger (OpenAPI 2) support and visualization)
KumuluzEE OpenAPI (For OpenAPI 3 support, interface generation and visualization)
KumuluzEE Testing (Tools and utilities for testing KumuluzEE microservices)
KumuluzEE gRPC (Native support for gRPC based services)
KumuluzEE GraphQL (Native support for GraphQL)
KumuluzEE Ethereum (For Ethereum-enabled blockchain microservices)
KumuluzEE AMQP (Support for Advanced Message Queueing Protocol)
KumuluzEE Feature Flags (Support for development with feature flags.)
KumuluzEE JCache (Support for caching using JCache annotations.)
KumuluzEE Version (Support for exposing version details of microservice.)

MicroProfile

KumuluzEE is Eclipse MicroProfile compliant and provides support for:

MicroProfile 1.0
MicroProfile 1.1
MicroProfile 1.2
MicroProfile 1.3
MicroProfile 1.4
MicroProfile 2.0
MicroProfile 2.1
MicroProfile 3.0
MicroProfile 3.1
MicroProfile 3.2
MicroProfile 3.3

It implements the following MicroProfile APIs:

MicroProfile Config
MicroProfile Health Check
MicroProfile Fault Tolerance
MicroProfile Metrics
MicroProfile JWT Authentication
MicroProfile Rest Client
[MicroProfile OpenAPI](https://github.co

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