create-spring-boot-kotlin-project
github/awesome-copilot
Generate a Spring Boot 3.4.5 Kotlin project skeleton with PostgreSQL, Redis, MongoDB, and Docker Compose.
What is create-spring-boot-kotlin-project?
Creates a production-ready Spring Boot Kotlin project template with Java 21, Gradle, and pre-configured reactive data access, caching, and API documentation. Use this when you need a new Kotlin-based Spring Boot microservice with multi-database support and containerized dependencies.
- Downloads Spring Boot 3.4.5 project template with Kotlin and Gradle
- Configures reactive data access (R2DBC PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis)
- Adds SpringDoc OpenAPI for Swagger UI documentation
- Includes ArchUnit for architecture testing
- Sets up Docker Compose with PostgreSQL 17, Redis 6, and MongoDB 8
- Pre-configures application properties for all services
How to install create-spring-boot-kotlin-project
npx skills add https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot --skill create-spring-boot-kotlin-project- Java 21 installed
- Docker installed
- Docker Compose installed
How to use create-spring-boot-kotlin-project
- 1.Run `java -version` to verify Java 21 is installed
- 2.Execute the curl command to download the Spring Boot template (customize artifactId and bootVersion if needed)
- 3.Unzip the downloaded starter.zip file to your project directory
- 4.Remove the starter.zip file
- 5.Add springdoc-openapi and archunit dependencies to build.gradle.kts
- 6.Insert SpringDoc, Redis, R2DBC, and MongoDB configurations into application.properties
- 7.Create docker-compose.yaml at project root with Redis, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB services
- 8.Add data directories to .gitignore
Use cases
- Starting a new Kotlin microservice with reactive database access
- Building an API-first application with Swagger documentation
- Setting up a multi-database project with Redis caching and PostgreSQL persistence
- Creating a containerized development environment with Docker Compose
- Establishing architecture testing patterns with ArchUnit
- Kotlin developers
- Spring Boot microservice teams
- Backend engineers using reactive programming
- Teams requiring OpenAPI/Swagger documentation
create-spring-boot-kotlin-project FAQ
Change the `artifactId` and `packageName` parameters in the curl command before downloading the template.
Yes, modify the `bootVersion` parameter in the download command. The default is 3.4.5.
PostgreSQL 17 (R2DBC), Redis 6 (caching), and MongoDB 8 (document storage) are all configured in Docker Compose.
Yes, run `docker-compose up -d` to start the services. They are defined in docker-compose.yaml but not started automatically.
ArchUnit enables architecture testing to enforce coding standards and design rules in your Spring Boot project.
Full instructions (SKILL.md)
Source of truth, from github/awesome-copilot.
name: create-spring-boot-kotlin-project description: 'Create Spring Boot Kotlin Project Skeleton'
Create Spring Boot Kotlin project prompt
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Please make sure you have the following software installed on your system:
- Java 21
- Docker
- Docker Compose
-
If you need to custom the project name, please change the
artifactIdand thepackageNamein download-spring-boot-project-template -
If you need to update the Spring Boot version, please change the
bootVersionin download-spring-boot-project-template
Check Java version
- Run following command in terminal and check the version of Java
java -version
Download Spring Boot project template
- Run following command in terminal to download a Spring Boot project template
curl https://start.spring.io/starter.zip \
-d artifactId=${input:projectName:demo-kotlin} \
-d bootVersion=3.4.5 \
-d dependencies=configuration-processor,webflux,data-r2dbc,postgresql,data-redis-reactive,data-mongodb-reactive,validation,cache,testcontainers \
-d javaVersion=21 \
-d language=kotlin \
-d packageName=com.example \
-d packaging=jar \
-d type=gradle-project-kotlin \
-o starter.zip
Unzip the downloaded file
- Run following command in terminal to unzip the downloaded file
unzip starter.zip -d ./${input:projectName:demo-kotlin}
Remove the downloaded zip file
- Run following command in terminal to delete the downloaded zip file
rm -f starter.zip
Unzip the downloaded file
- Run following command in terminal to unzip the downloaded file
unzip starter.zip -d ./${input:projectName:demo-kotlin}
Add additional dependencies
- Insert
springdoc-openapi-starter-webmvc-uiandarchunit-junit5dependency intobuild.gradle.ktsfile
dependencies {
implementation("org.springdoc:springdoc-openapi-starter-webflux-ui:2.8.6")
testImplementation("com.tngtech.archunit:archunit-junit5:1.2.1")
}
- Insert SpringDoc configurations into
application.propertiesfile
# SpringDoc configurations
springdoc.swagger-ui.doc-expansion=none
springdoc.swagger-ui.operations-sorter=alpha
springdoc.swagger-ui.tags-sorter=alpha
- Insert Redis configurations into
application.propertiesfile
# Redis configurations
spring.data.redis.host=localhost
spring.data.redis.port=6379
spring.data.redis.password=rootroot
- Insert R2DBC configurations into
application.propertiesfile
# R2DBC configurations
spring.r2dbc.url=r2dbc:postgresql://localhost:5432/postgres
spring.r2dbc.username=postgres
spring.r2dbc.password=rootroot
spring.sql.init.mode=always
spring.sql.init.platform=postgres
spring.sql.init.continue-on-error=true
- Insert MongoDB configurations into
application.propertiesfile
# MongoDB configurations
spring.data.mongodb.host=localhost
spring.data.mongodb.port=27017
spring.data.mongodb.authentication-database=admin
spring.data.mongodb.username=root
spring.data.mongodb.password=rootroot
spring.data.mongodb.database=test
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Create
docker-compose.yamlat project root and add following services:redis:6,postgresql:17andmongo:8.- redis service should have
- password
rootroot - mapping port 6379 to 6379
- mounting volume
./redis_datato/data
- password
- postgresql service should have
- password
rootroot - mapping port 5432 to 5432
- mounting volume
./postgres_datato/var/lib/postgresql/data
- password
- mongo service should have
- initdb root username
root - initdb root password
rootroot - mapping port 27017 to 27017
- mounting volume
./mongo_datato/data/db
- initdb root username
- redis service should have
-
Insert
redis_data,postgres_dataandmongo_datadirectories in.gitignorefile -
Run gradle clean test command to check if the project is working
./gradlew clean test
- (Optional)
docker-compose up -dto start the services,./gradlew spring-boot:runto run the Spring Boot project,docker-compose rm -sfto stop the services.
Let's do this step by step.
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