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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+Welcome to Apache ServiceMix Kernel
+====================================
+Apache ServiceMix Kernel is a small OSGi based kernel which provides a
+lightweight container onto which various bundles can be deployed.
+
+The following features are included:
+ * Hot deployment: ServiceMix Kernel supports hot deployment of OSGi bundles by monitoring
+ jar files inside the [home]/deploy directory. Each time a jar is copied in this folder,
+ it will be installed inside the runtime. You can then update or delete it and changes will
+ be handled automatically. In addition, the Kernel also supports exploded bundles and custom
+ deployers (a spring one is included by default).
+ * Dynamic configuration: Services are usually configured through the ConfigurationAdmin OSGi
+ service. Such configuration can be defined in ServiceMix Kernel using property files inside
+ the [home]/etc directory. These configurations are monitored and changes on the properties
+ files will be propagated to the services.
+ * Logging System: using a centralized logging back end supported by Log4J, ServiceMix Kernel
+ supports a number of different APIs (JDK 1.4, JCL, SLF4J, Avalon, Tomcat, OSGi)
+ * Provisioning: Provisioning of libraries or applications can be done through a number of
+ different ways, by which they will be downloaded locally, installed and started.
+ * Native OS integration: ServiceMix Kernel can be integrated into your own Operating System as
+ a service so that the lifecycle will be bound to your Operating System.
+ * Extensible Shell console: ServiceMix features a nice text console where you can manage the
+ services, install new applications or libraries and manage their state. This shell is easily
+ extensible by deploying new commands dynamically along with new features or applications.
+ * Remote access: use any SSH client to connect to the kernel and issue commands in the console
+ * Security framework based on JAAS
+ * Managing instances: ServiceMix Kernel provides simple commands for managing instances of
+ ServiceMix Kernel. You can easily create, delete, start and stop instances of ServiceMix
+ Kernel through the console.
+
+Getting Started
+===============
+For an Apache ServiceMix Kernel source distribution, please read
+BUILDING.txt for instructions on building Apache ServiceMix Kernel.
+
+For an Apache ServiceMix Kernel binary distribution, please read
+RELEASE-NOTES.txt for installation instructions and list of supported
+and unsupported features.
+
+Alternatively, you can also find out how to get started here:
+ http://servicemix.apache.org/kernel/
+
+If you need more help try talking to us on our mailing lists
+ http://servicemix.apache.org/mailing-lists.html
+
+If you find any issues with ServiceMix Kernel, please submit reports
+with JIRA here:
+ http://issues.apache.org/activemq/browse/SMX4KNL
+
+We welcome contributions, and encourage you to get involved in the
+ServiceMix community. If you'd like to learn more about how you can
+contribute, please see:
+ http://servicemix.apache.org/contributing.html
+
+Many thanks for using Apache ServiceMix.
+
+
+The ServiceMix Team
+http://servicemix.apache.org/team.html