Dockerfile

# Source: http://blog.zenika.com/2014/10/07/setting-up-a-development-environment-using-docker-and-vagrant/

FROM ubuntu:14.04

# Install dev tools: jdk, git etc...
RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
    git \
    openjdk-7-jdk \
    wget

# jdk7 is the default jdk
RUN ln -fs /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-amd64/jre/bin/java /etc/alternatives/java

# Install vertx
RUN \
  mkdir -p /usr/local/vertx && cd /usr/local/vertx && \
  wget http://dl.bintray.com/vertx/downloads/vert.x-2.1.2.tar.gz -qO - | tar -xz

# Add vertx to the path
ENV PATH /usr/local/vertx/vert.x-2.1.2/bin:$PATH

RUN mkdir -p /usr/local/src
WORKDIR /usr/local/src

CMD ["bash"]