• Git
• Java 8
• Spring Boot CLI

• Create a free account on Pivotal Web Services
• install the Cloud Foundry CLI

To follow the simple Spring Boot CLI example:

• in a new file called hi.groovy type:

@RestController
class GreetingsRestController {

  @RequestMapping("/hi/{name}")
  def hi(@PathVariable String name){
    [ greeting : "Hello, "+name+"!" ]
  }
}

• from the terminal in the same directory as the newly created hi.groovy, run spring jar hi.jar hi.groovy
• you'll be given a .jar that you can execute: java -jar hi.jar

• cf login to ensure that you've authenticated against your Pivotal Web Services account. My session looked like this, yours will feature your own Cloud Foundry credentials.

> cf login

API endpoint> api.run.pivotal.io

Email> MY_EMAIL@HOST.com

Password>
Authenticating...
OK

Select an org (or press enter to skip):
1. platform-eng
2. codecafe

Org> 1
Targeted org platform-eng

Targeted space joshlong


API endpoint:   https://api.run.pivotal.io (API version: 2.44.0)
User:           MY_EMAIL@HOST.com
Org:            platform-eng
Space:          joshlong

• cf push -p hi.jar SOME_NAME_YOU_MAKEUP_HERE - the SOME_NAME_YOU_MAKEUP_HERE is arbitrary; it'll inform the URL that's used to mount the application and as such it shares a shared global (DNS) namespace