# Building

All you need to build the project is Maven 3 and Java 8 JDK

```
git clone https://github.com/rhiot/rhiot.git
cd rhiot
mvn install
```

## Building project using Docker

If you don't want to install Java and Maven on your machine, you can use our Docker building image.

### 1st step (once)

```
git clone https://github.com/rhiot/rhiot.git
cd rhiot
docker build -t rhiot build
```

### 2nd step

```
cd rhiot
docker run -v `pwd`:/rhiot --privileged -i -t rhiot
```

## Releasing the project

If you are interested in cutting a release of the project follow steps described below:

### Before you start

You have to had a DockerHub account setting configured in your `~/.m2/settings.xml`:

rhiotsecretregistry.hub.docker.com

### Cutting the release

Execute the following command in the project main directory:

```
mvn release:prepare release:perform
```

### After the release

* update the version on the main page of the project ([website](http://rhiot.github.io/) and [readme.md](https://github.com/rhiot/rhiot/blob/master/readme.md))
* update release guide [Releases Notes](https://github.com/rhiot/rhiotdocumentation/tree/8c31a9d7d4bee1680d83639cefa800bec2a1f8df/building/releases_notes/index.md) using GitHub tickets marked as done in the given version
* upgrade version in Rhiot command line (`tooling/bash/rhiot.sh`). Look up for a line similar to `RHIOT_VERSION=x.y.z`.