step-1-getting-started.md

Step 1: Getting Started

Check Java

You'll need Java 21 or newer for this workshop.

Check Docker

In this workshop we use LocalStack Docker container, so you must have Docker environment running on your machine.

You can check the Docker availability by running:

$ docker version

Download the project

Clone the following project from GitHub to your computer:
https://github.com/awspring/springio-2025-develop-spring-applications-on-aws/

Build the project to download the dependencies

With Gradle:

./gradlew build -x check

Start Localstack

docker-compose up

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