go-buildpack

Cloud Foundry Go(Lang) Buildpack

A Cloud Foundry buildpack for Go(lang) based apps.

This is based on the [Heroku buildpack] (https://github.com/heroku/heroku-buildpack-go).

Buildpack User Documentation

Official buildpack documentation can be found at http://docs.cloudfoundry.org/buildpacks/go/index.html).

Building the Buildpack

1. Make sure you have fetched submodules

git submodule update --init

1. Get latest buildpack dependencies

BUNDLE_GEMFILE=cf.Gemfile bundle

1. Build the buildpack

BUNDLE_GEMFILE=cf.Gemfile bundle exec buildpack-packager [ --uncached | --cached ]

1. Use in Cloud Foundry

Upload the buildpack to your Cloud Foundry and optionally specify it by name

cf create-buildpack custom_go_buildpack go_buildpack-cached-custom.zip 1
cf push my_app -b custom_go_buildpack

Testing

Buildpacks use the Machete framework for running integration tests.

To test a buildpack, run the following command from the buildpack's directory:

BUNDLE_GEMFILE=cf.Gemfile bundle exec buildpack-build

More options can be found on Machete's Github page.

Contributing

Find our guidelines here.

Help and Support

Join the #buildpacks channel in our [Slack community] (http://slack.cloudfoundry.org/) if you need any further assistance.

Reporting Issues

Please fill out the issue template fully if you'd like to start an issue for the buildpack.

Active Development

The project backlog is on Pivotal Tracker