grails3-rest-api-mysql-starter

starter project layout for grails 3.1.4 for a rest api micro service using mysql for database tier

create initial grails project

grails create-app com.xyz.package1.gorm --profile=rest-api

install MySQL connector, in build.gradle add

runtime 'mysql:mysql-connector-java:5.1.29'

edit application.yml (or create and edit application.groovy) in conf

create the database manually in MySQL