Building and Running Your Service Natively

The next step in the binder development process is to build your binder and run it using your native Linux system.

NOTE: This section assumes using the helloworld-service example and completion of the previous steps in this "Building Microservices Natively" section.

Building the Service

Move to the cloned helloworld-service repository and build the service using either of the following methods:

  • bash cd helloworld-service ./conf.d/autobuild/linux/autobuild package

  • bash cd helloworld-service mkdir build cd build cmake .. make

Running the Service

You use the Application Framework Binder Daemon (afb-daemon) to bind one instance of an application or service to the rest of the system. In this example, you are binding an instance of helloworld-service to the rest of the system:

afb-daemon --binding helloworld.so --port 3333 --token ''

The previous command starts afb-daemon and loads the helloworld.so binding. The daemon is now listening on port 3333 of the localhost.

Testing the Service

Refer to the AGL Test Framework topic in the "APIs & Services" topic. You can test your helloworld-service binding using the afm-test tool.

Examine the generic example describing how to launch the tests suite here. This example can help you understand how to test your helloworld binding instance.

Using Optional Tools

Once you have built and run your micro-service successfully using your native Linux system, you should consider using some additional development tools: X(Cross) Development System (XDS) and the Controller Area Network (CAN) Development Studio (CANdevStudio).

  • XDS: Cross-compiles and ports your AGL image to your target hardware. For information on XDS, see the "X(cross) Development System: User's Guide" section.

  • CANdevStudio: Simulates CAN signals such as ignition status, doors status, or reverse gear by every automotive developer. For information on CANdevStudio, see the "CANdevStudio Quickstart" section.

Troubleshooting

systemd and/or libmicrohttpd

If you encounter an error message similar to the following, you need to make some changes to your cmake file:

-- Checking for module 'libmicrohttpd>=0.9.60'
--   No package 'libmicrohttpd' found
CMake Error at /usr/share/cmake/Modules/FindPkgConfig.cmake:415 (message):
  A required package was not found
Call Stack (most recent call first):
  /usr/share/cmake/Modules/FindPkgConfig.cmake:593 (_pkg_check_modules_internal)
  conf.d/app-templates/cmake/cmake.d/01-build_options.cmake:92 (PKG_CHECK_MODULES)
  conf.d/app-templates/cmake/common.cmake:77 (include)
  conf.d/cmake/config.cmake:184 (include)
  CMakeLists.txt:3 (include)

Open the config.cmake file located in helloworld-service/conf.d/cmake/ directory and add a hash character (i.e. #) to the beginning of the "libsystemd>=222" and "libmicrohttpd>=0.9.60" strings. Following is an example of the edits:

  set (PKG_REQUIRED_LIST
    json-c
    #libsystemd>=222
    afb-daemon
    #libmicrohttpd>=0.9.60
  )

After making these changes, rebuild the service again as described in the "Building the Service" section previously on this page.