Add Auto-configuration and Boot starter for the GemFire Vector Store

[tzolov]

GemFire Vector Store: https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-ai/tree/main/vector-stores/spring-ai-gemfire

• Make sure to register the AutoConfig class to the org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.AutoConfiguration.imports
• Add the boot-starter dependency to the BOM.

[eddumelendez]

I wonder if there is any chance to test it using Testcontainers GemFire module and the Docker image, which is hosted in VMWare registry. V2 was recently announced

[geetrawat]

I wonder if there is any chance to test it using Testcontainers GemFire module and the Docker image, which is hosted in VMWare registry. V2 was recently announced

For now, we have docker image to test the Gemfire vector store [https://hub.docker.com/r/gemfire/gemfire] but we don't yet support Testcontainers yet. Planning to add that in near future.

[tzolov]

@geetrawat,

if not mistaken, the https://hub.docker.com/r/gemfire/gemfire image is only the plain GemFire, not the GemFire with the Vector Store extension?

If so, IMO, it should be trivial to create a Dockerfile that starts from the existing Gemfire image, adds the necessary vector store extension files, configures them and then commits a new image that supports both?

This would definitely improve the testability for the store.

[izeye]

This seems to have been resolved via https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-ai/pull/599.

[markpollack]

yes indeed. Closing now.