build.gradle

buildscript {
    repositories {
        jcenter()
    }

    dependencies {
        classpath 'com.bmuschko:gradle-docker-plugin:3.0.6'
    }
}

apply plugin: 'java'
apply plugin: 'application'
apply plugin: 'com.bmuschko.docker-java-application'

import com.bmuschko.gradle.docker.tasks.container.*
import com.bmuschko.gradle.docker.tasks.image.*

sourceCompatibility = 1.8
targetCompatibility = 1.8

group = 'org.examples.java'
version = '1.0-SNAPSHOT'

mainClassName = "org.examples.java.App"

dependencies {
    testCompile group: 'junit', name: 'junit', version: '4.12'
}

docker {
    javaApplication {
        baseImage = 'openjdk:latest'
        tag = 'hellojava'
    }
}

task createContainer(type: DockerCreateContainer) {
    dependsOn dockerBuildImage
    targetImageId { dockerBuildImage.getImageId() }
}

task startContainer(type: DockerStartContainer) {
    dependsOn createContainer
    targetContainerId { createContainer.getContainerId() }
}