Environment setup and prerequisite

Docker image for this lab

We have created a docker image which contains all the software needed in this lab. You can use the docker image on our server node-1 or on your own computer.

Execute docker image on node-1

1. SSH to gateway (if you have connected to CSE VPN, skip this step):

   ssh [e-mail]

2. SSH to node-1 ssh [e-mail]

3. Run the docker container with our lab docker image: docker run -it --rm cscyliu/csci4160grpclab:1.23.2 bash

• Protobuf compiler (protoc) 3

• Maven 3.6.0

• Java JDK 1.8

• GO 1.23.2

• Protoc gRPC GO plugin protoc-gen-go v1.3.2

Your workspace

In the following sections, we will use $HOME/grpclab as the workspace.

mkdir ~/grpclab
cd ~/grpclab