| Guillaume Nodet | 91fab3b | 2009-04-27 10:01:58 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | /*
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| 2 | * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
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| 3 | * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
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| 9 | * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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| 11 | * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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| 17 |
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| 18 | Welcome to Apache ServiceMix Kernel
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| 19 | ====================================
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| 20 | Apache ServiceMix Kernel is a small OSGi based kernel which provides a
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| 21 | lightweight container onto which various bundles can be deployed.
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| 23 | The following features are included:
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| 24 | * Hot deployment: ServiceMix Kernel supports hot deployment of OSGi bundles by monitoring
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| 25 | jar files inside the [home]/deploy directory. Each time a jar is copied in this folder,
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| 26 | it will be installed inside the runtime. You can then update or delete it and changes will
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| 27 | be handled automatically. In addition, the Kernel also supports exploded bundles and custom
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| 28 | deployers (a spring one is included by default).
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| 29 | * Dynamic configuration: Services are usually configured through the ConfigurationAdmin OSGi
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| 30 | service. Such configuration can be defined in ServiceMix Kernel using property files inside
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| 31 | the [home]/etc directory. These configurations are monitored and changes on the properties
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| 32 | files will be propagated to the services.
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| 33 | * Logging System: using a centralized logging back end supported by Log4J, ServiceMix Kernel
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| 34 | supports a number of different APIs (JDK 1.4, JCL, SLF4J, Avalon, Tomcat, OSGi)
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| 35 | * Provisioning: Provisioning of libraries or applications can be done through a number of
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| 36 | different ways, by which they will be downloaded locally, installed and started.
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| 37 | * Native OS integration: ServiceMix Kernel can be integrated into your own Operating System as
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| 38 | a service so that the lifecycle will be bound to your Operating System.
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| 39 | * Extensible Shell console: ServiceMix features a nice text console where you can manage the
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| 40 | services, install new applications or libraries and manage their state. This shell is easily
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| 41 | extensible by deploying new commands dynamically along with new features or applications.
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| 42 | * Remote access: use any SSH client to connect to the kernel and issue commands in the console
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| 43 | * Security framework based on JAAS
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| 44 | * Managing instances: ServiceMix Kernel provides simple commands for managing instances of
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| 45 | ServiceMix Kernel. You can easily create, delete, start and stop instances of ServiceMix
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| 46 | Kernel through the console.
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| 47 |
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| 48 | Getting Started
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| 49 | ===============
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| 50 | For an Apache ServiceMix Kernel source distribution, please read
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| 51 | BUILDING.txt for instructions on building Apache ServiceMix Kernel.
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| 52 |
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| 53 | For an Apache ServiceMix Kernel binary distribution, please read
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| 54 | RELEASE-NOTES.txt for installation instructions and list of supported
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| 55 | and unsupported features.
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| 57 | Alternatively, you can also find out how to get started here:
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| 58 | http://servicemix.apache.org/kernel/
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| 59 |
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| 60 | If you need more help try talking to us on our mailing lists
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| 61 | http://servicemix.apache.org/mailing-lists.html
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| 62 |
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| 63 | If you find any issues with ServiceMix Kernel, please submit reports
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| 64 | with JIRA here:
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| 65 | http://issues.apache.org/activemq/browse/SMX4KNL
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| 66 |
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| 67 | We welcome contributions, and encourage you to get involved in the
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| 68 | ServiceMix community. If you'd like to learn more about how you can
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| 69 | contribute, please see:
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| 70 | http://servicemix.apache.org/contributing.html
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| 71 |
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| 72 | Many thanks for using Apache ServiceMix.
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| 73 |
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| 74 |
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| 75 | The ServiceMix Team
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| 76 | http://servicemix.apache.org/team.html
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