Overview

Apache ServiceMix Kernel is a small OSGi based runtime which provides a lightweight container onto which various bundles can be deployed.

Here is a short list of features supported by the Kernel:

• Hot deployment: ServiceMix support 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: Operations on the console can be done remotely via a secured and encrypted channel. All commands accessible from the local console can be launched from a remote computer.
• Security framework based on JAAS
• Create instances: ServiceMix Kernel provides a simple command to easily create new instances of ServiceMix.

To get started or for more informations, go to the Users' Guide.

News

Thursday, August 7, 2008

ServiceMix Kernel 1.0.0-rc2

The ServiceMix team is very proud to announce the second release candidate for ServiceMix Kernel 1.0.0.

This second Release Candidate of Apache ServiceMix Kernel includes a few bug fixes and a few new features.
The main change is that the system folder that contains the OSGi bundles to install in the runtime is now
organized as a maven 2 repository, though it should not directly affect users.

A more detailed change log and download links are available on ServiceMix Kernel 1.0.0-rc2

Posted at 07 Aug @ 12:15 AM by Gert Vanthienen | 0 comments

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

ServiceMix Kernel 1.0-m3

The ServiceMix team is pleased to announce the third milestone of ServiceMix Kernel.

Apache ServiceMix Kernel is a small OSGi based runtime which provides a lightweight container onto which various bundles can be deployed. It will be the foundation of ServiceMix 4. For more informations, see the Apache ServiceMix Kernel web site. This release can be downloaded here.

This third milestone of Apache ServiceMix Kernel brings a lot of new features:

• a provisioning system to install applications easily
• a log shell to visualize the logging output and change log levels
• pipe support on commands
• a bunch of new commands: history, grep, cat, ava, exec, sleep

See the release notes for more informations.

Posted at 13 May @ 4:25 AM by Guillaume Nodet | 0 comments

Thursday, March 6, 2008

ServiceMix Kernel 1.0-m2

We are pleased to announce the second milestone of ServiceMix Kernel. Apache ServiceMix Kernel is a small OSGi based runtime which provides a lightweight container onto which various bundles can be deployed. It will be the foundation of ServiceMix 4. For more informations, see the Apache ServiceMix Kernel web site. This release can be downloaded here.
This is the second milestone of ServiceMix Kernel, but mostly a bug fix release compared to the first milestone.

Posted at 06 Mar @ 4:22 AM by Guillaume Nodet | 0 comments

Tuesday, January 29, 2008

ServiceMix Kernel 1.0-m1

We are pleased to announce the first milestone of ServiceMix Kernel. Apache ServiceMix Kernel is a small OSGi based runtime which provides a lightweight container onto which various bundles can be deployed. It will be the foundation of ServiceMix 4. For more informations, see the Apache ServiceMix Kernel web site. This release can be downloaded here

Posted at 29 Jan @ 4:54 AM by Guillaume Nodet | 0 comments

 

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