Apache Karaf

Apache Karaf provides an OSGi container where components-based and modular systems can be deployed and accessed during the development, testing, or production stages.

Karaf is easy to setup thanks to its multi-purpose configuration system that lets developer tweak it in various ways, with support for real-time configuration changes whenever property files are modified.

The system additionally supports a logging and provisioning system, along with an interactive Shell terminal.

Developers can access Karaf runtimes via SSH and also manage multiple instances at the same time.

The Karaf 3.x branch is for OSGi 4.3, while the newer 4.x branch is for OSGi 5.0.

What is new in this release:

• Add support of !$ to recall the last command argument
• Command to display bundle id
• When a feature is generated from a bundle project, include that bundle in the feature
• Automatically create data sources from configuration files
• Add backing engine serivce for org.apache.karaf.jaas.modules.publickey.PublickeyLoginModule
• Add a flag to bin/client so that it can read private key from a specified location
• Add the connector feature from ServiceMix

What is new in version 4.0.3:

• Add support of !$ to recall the last command argument
• Command to display bundle id
• When a feature is generated from a bundle project, include that bundle in the feature
• Automatically create data sources from configuration files
• Add backing engine serivce for org.apache.karaf.jaas.modules.publickey.PublickeyLoginModule
• Add a flag to bin/client so that it can read private key from a specified location
• Add the connector feature from ServiceMix

What is new in version 4.0.2:

• Add support of !$ to recall the last command argument
• Command to display bundle id
• When a feature is generated from a bundle project, include that bundle in the feature
• Automatically create data sources from configuration files
• Add backing engine serivce for org.apache.karaf.jaas.modules.publickey.PublickeyLoginModule
• Add a flag to bin/client so that it can read private key from a specified location
• Add the connector feature from ServiceMix

What is new in version 3.0.3 / 4.0.0.M3:

• Add support of !$ to recall the last command argument
• Command to display bundle id
• When a feature is generated from a bundle project, include that bundle in the feature
• Automatically create data sources from configuration files
• Add backing engine serivce for org.apache.karaf.jaas.modules.publickey.PublickeyLoginModule
• Add a flag to bin/client so that it can read private key from a specified location
• Add the connector feature from ServiceMix

What is new in version 3.0.3 / 4.0.0.M2:

• Add support of !$ to recall the last command argument
• Command to display bundle id
• When a feature is generated from a bundle project, include that bundle in the feature
• Automatically create data sources from configuration files
• Add backing engine serivce for org.apache.karaf.jaas.modules.publickey.PublickeyLoginModule
• Add a flag to bin/client so that it can read private key from a specified location
• Add the connector feature from ServiceMix

What is new in version 2.2.3:

• Bug fixes identified in the prior release, and introduces improvements including; Optional JDK 7 support, a spring-jms feature, and a macro allowing users to identify the contents of a specific config file.
• Several dependencies were also updated, bringing Jetty to version 7.4.5.v20110725, Eclipse Equinox to 4.6.2.R36x_v20110210, and Pax web to 1.0.6.

What is new in version 2.2.2:

• It contains bug fixes identified in the prior release, and introduces improvements including;
• Improved behavior for the OracleDB locking mechanism and HTTP feature jetty port usage.
• Several improvements to the shell have been incorporated, such as completion for shell aliases and a warning on osgi:shutdown to avoid inadvertently shutting down the container.
• There has also been a few small dependency upgrades to felix event admin, Pax URL, and jetty.