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Community Blog PolarDB-X Practice Series – Part 2: Use PolarDB-X to Develop Applications

PolarDB-X Practice Series – Part 2: Use PolarDB-X to Develop Applications

This section of the PolarDB-X Practice Series describes how PolarDB-X works with Spring Boot and WordPress to develop applications, as well as best pr.

Based on the installed and deployed PolarDB-X, this article describes how PolarDB-X works with Spring Boot and WordPress to develop applications, as well as best practices for PolarDB-X connection pools and transparent distribution.

Description

The experimental operations in this section are mainly performed using the Alibaba Cloud Lab on the Alibaba Cloud official website.

PolarDB-X Practice Series – Part 1: How to Deploy Open-Source PolarDB-X: https://www.alibabacloud.com/blog/polardb-x-practice-series-part-1-how-to-deploy-open-source-polardb-x_599590

Install PolarDB-X and JDK

Step 1: Install PolarDB-X

Procedure:

1.  Install and start Docker

i.  Run the following command to install Docker:

curl -fsSL https://get.docker.com | bash -s docker --mirror Aliyun

ii.  Run the following command to start Docker:

systemctl start docker

2.  Run the following command to install PolarDB-X:

docker run -d --name some-polardb-x -p 8527:8527 polardbx/polardb-x:2.1.0

Step 2: Log in to PolarDB-X

PolarDB-X allows you to connect using the MySQL command-line client, third-party clients, and third-party program code that complies with the MySQL interaction protocol. This section describes how to connect to the PolarDB-X database using the MySQL command-line client.

Procedure:

1.  Run the following command to install MySQL:

yum install mysql -y

2.  Run the following command to check the version of MySQL:

mysql -V

The following result is returned, indicating you have successfully installed MySQL:

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3.  Run the following command to log in to the PolarDB-X database:

mysql -h127.0.0.1 -P8527 -upolardbx_root -p123456

Description:

  • The username and password of the PolarDB-X database in this experiment are preset. You can use the preceding command to log in to the database.
  • If you encounter an error:
mysql: [Warning] Using a password on the command line interface can be insecure. ERROR 2013 (HY000): Lost connection to MySQL server at 'reading initial communication packet', system error: 0

Please wait a minute and execute the login command again.

The following result is returned, indicating you have successfully logged in to the PolarDB-X database.

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4.  Enter exit to exit the database:

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Step 3: Install JDK

Procedure:

1.  Run the following command to install JDK 1.8 using yum:

yum -y install java-1.8.0-openjdk*

2.  Run the following command to check whether the JDK is successfully installed:

java -version

The following result is returned, indicating you have successfully installed JDK 1.8.

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Experience Spring Boot + PolarDB-X to Develop Applications

This section describes how to download and edit the Spring Boot sample project and connect it to the PolarDB-X database.

Prerequisites

Make sure that the PolarDB-X and JDK are installed. Please see the Install PolarDB-X and JDK section above for details.

Procedure

Description:

Please see Spring Boot Sample Tutorial for more information about Spring Boot.

1.  Run the following command to install Git:

yum -y install git

2.  Download the Spring Boot sample project:

i.  Run the following command to download the Spring Boot sample project:

git clone https://github.com/spring-guides/gs-accessing-data-mysql.git

ii.  Run the following command to go to the initial directory:

cd gs-accessing-data-mysql/initial
git checkout b8408e3a1e05008811d542b706107d45160556ac

iii.  Run the following command to view the sample code:

ls

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3.  Create a database:

i.  Run the following command to log in to the PolarDB-X database:

mysql -h127.0.0.1 -P8527 -upolardbx_root -p123456

ii.  Run the following SQL statement to create the database, db_example:

create database db_example;

iii.  Run the following SQL statement to create the user, springuser:

create user 'springuser'@'%' identified by 'ThePassword';

iv.  Run the following SQL statement to grant permissions to the springuser:

grant all on db_example.* to 'springuser'@'%';

v.  Exit the database:

exit

4.  Configure the application.properties file and connect the database to the Spring Boot sample project.

i.  Run the following command to open the application.properties configuration file:

vim src/main/resources/application.properties

ii.  Press i to enter the edit mode, find the parameter spring.datasource.url, and change the port number of the parameter value to 8527:

spring.datasource.url=jdbc:mysql://${MYSQL_HOST:localhost}:8527/db_example

iii.  The following figure shows the content of the modified file. After you press Esc, enter :wq, and press Enter to save and exit.

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5.  Create the Entity Model.

i.  Run the following command to create a User class:

vim src/main/java/com/example/accessingdatamysql/User.java

ii.  Copy and paste the following code into the User class:

package com.example.accessingdatamysql;
import javax.persistence.Entity;
import javax.persistence.GeneratedValue;
import javax.persistence.GenerationType;
import javax.persistence.Id;
@Entity // This tells Hibernate to make a table out of this class
public class User {
  @Id
  @GeneratedValue(strategy=GenerationType.AUTO)
  private Integer id;
  private String name;
  private String email;
  public Integer getId() {
    return id;
  }
  public void setId(Integer id) {
    this.id = id;
  }
  public String getName() {
    return name;
  }
  public void setName(String name) {
    this.name = name;
  }
  public String getEmail() {
    return email;
  }
  public void setEmail(String email) {
    this.email = email;
  }
}

iii.  The following figure shows the content of the modified file. After you press Esc, enter :wq, and press Enter to save and exit.

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6.  Create a repository and save user records

i.  Run the following command to create a UserRepository class:

vim src/main/java/com/example/accessingdatamysql/UserRepository.java

ii.  Copy and paste the following code into the UserRepository class

package com.example.accessingdatamysql;
import org.springframework.data.repository.CrudRepository;
import com.example.accessingdatamysql.User;
// This will be AUTO IMPLEMENTED by Spring into a Bean called userRepository
// CRUD refers Create, Read, Update, Delete
public interface UserRepository extends CrudRepository<User, Integer> {
}

iii.  The following figure shows the content of the modified file. After you press Esc, enter :wq, and press Enter to save and exit.

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7.  Create a Controller class to handle HTTP requests to applications

i.  Run the following command to create a MainController class:

vim src/main/java/com/example/accessingdatamysql/MainController.java

ii.  Copy and paste the following code into the MainController class:

package com.example.accessingdatamysql;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.GetMapping;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.PostMapping;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestParam;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.ResponseBody;
@Controller // This means that this class is a Controller
@RequestMapping(path="/demo") // This means URL's start with /demo (after Application path)
public class MainController {
  @Autowired // This means to get the bean called userRepository
         // Which is auto-generated by Spring, we will use it to handle the data
  private UserRepository userRepository;
  @PostMapping(path="/add") // Map ONLY POST Requests
  public @ResponseBody String addNewUser (@RequestParam String name
      , @RequestParam String email) {
    // @ResponseBody means the returned String is the response, not a view name
    // @RequestParam means it is a parameter from the GET or POST request
    User n = new User();
    n.setName(name);
    n.setEmail(email);
    userRepository.save(n);
    return "Saved";
  }
  @GetMapping(path="/all")
  public @ResponseBody Iterable<User> getAllUsers() {
    // This returns a JSON or XML with the users
    return userRepository.findAll();
  }
}

iii.  The following figure shows the content of the modified file. After you press Esc, enter :wq, and press Enter to save and exit.

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8.  (Optional) Create an application

Description:

AccessingDataMysqlApplication class has been created in the Spring Boot sample project. You can skip this step.

i.  Run the following command to create a AccessingDataMysqlApplication class.

vim src/main/java/com/example/accessingdatamysql/AccessingDataMysqlApplication.java

ii.  Press i to enter the edit mode and copy and paste the following code into the User class:

package com.example.accessingdatamysql;
import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
@SpringBootApplication
public class AccessingDataMysqlApplication {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    SpringApplication.run(AccessingDataMysqlApplication.class, args);
  }
}

iii.  The following figure shows the content of the modified file. After you press Esc, enter :wq, and press Enter to save and exit.

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9.  Run the following command to run the Spring Boot sample project:

./gradlew bootRun

Please wait for about two minutes. The following result is returned, indicating the system is running successfully.

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10.  Test

i.  On the experiment page, click the 12 icon in the upper-right corner to create a new terminal window.

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ii.  In the new terminal window, run the following command to add a record:

curl localhost:8080/demo/add -d name=First -d email=someemail@someemailprovider.com

The following result is returned, indicating you successfully added a record.

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iii.  Run the following command to query records:

curl 'localhost:8080/demo/all'

The following result is returned. You can query the information of the newly added record.

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iv.  Run the following command to log in to the PolarDB-X database:

mysql -h127.0.0.1 -P8527 -upolardbx_root -p123456

v.  Run the following SQL statement to use the database:

use db_example;

vi.  Run the following SQL statement to query the user table:

select * from user;

The following result is returned. You can query the newly added record in the user table.

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vii.  Exit the database:

Exit

Experience WordPress + PolarDB-X to Deploy Blog Site

This section describes how to build a blog site using WordPress Docker image and PolarDB-X.

Prerequisites

Make sure that you have installed PolarDB-X. Please see Install PolarDB-X and Log in to PolarDB-X above for more information.

Procedure

Description:

WordPress provides the Docker image for quick installation. Please see Docker Hub for more information.

1.  Run the following command to install WordPress:

docker run --name some-wordpress -p 9090:80 -d wordpress

2.  Create a WordPress database:

i.  Run the following command to log in to the PolarDB-X database:

mysql -h127.0.0.1 -P8527 -upolardbx_root -p123456

ii.  Run the following SQL statement to create a database, WordPress:

create database wordpress;

iii.  Exit the database:

exit

3.  Configure WordPress:

i.  In your local browser, open a new tab and visit http:// IP of ECS>:9090.

Description:

You need to replace the with the Elastic IP of ECS in the cloud product resource list.

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ii.  On the initialization page, select Simplified Chinese and click Continue:

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iii.  On the prepare page, click Start Now:

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iv.  On the database configuration page, configure the database according to the description and click Submit.

Database Name
The default database name is wordpress.

Username
Enter polardbx_root

Password
Enter 123456

Database Host
Enter :8527. You need to replace the with the Elastic IP of ECS in the cloud product resource list.

Table Prefix
The default table prefix is wp_.

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v.  On the database configuration complete page, click Run Installer:

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vi.  On the information configuration page, configure related information according to the description and click Install WordPress.

Site Title
Enter a site title (such as myblog)

Username
Enter a username (such as admin)

Password
Enter the password

Your Email Address
Enter your email address. You are advised to use a valid email address.

If you do not have an email address, enter a virtual one, such as admin@admin.com, but you will not be able to receive information.

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vii.  On the success page, click Login:

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viii.  On the login page, enter your username and password and then click Login:

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