GRPC with VCPKG

Setup

If you haven't cloned this repo with the --recurse-submodules flag, then get the vcpkg submodule:

git submodule update --init --recursive 

Build vcpkg:

source ./vcpkg/bootstrap-vcpkg.sh

Install dependencies with vcpkg

This must be done from the same directory as the vcpkg.json file:

./vcpkg/vcpkg install

This should create a vcpkg_installed directory.

Build server and client

The server and client targets are defined in the root ./CMakeLists.txt. This is our code.

cd cmake-build-debug
cmake ..
cmake --build . --target server 
cmake --build . --target client

Test

./cmake-build-debug/server &
./cmake-build-debug/client <your_name_here>

The result should look something like:

$ ./cmake-build-debug/server &
[server] listening on 0.0.0.0:50051
$ ./cmake-build-debug/client World
[client] connecting to server at localhost:50051
[client] sending HelloRequest with name: World
[server] received HelloRequest with name: World
[client] received: Hello World

You can kill the server by typing fg then Ctrl-C

Conclusion

Using an in-tree vcpkg is fool-proof, but isn't great for automated builds where the dependencies do not change often.