karaf-feature-practice

Proof-of-concept project to learn how to leverage Karaf features.

Concept

• Have the parent POM track an artifact whose only task is to track a list of bundles and their required files.
• Each bundle inherits from the parent.

Commands

In a Karaf shell:

Add the feature repository using the Maven URI:

feature:repo-add mvn:com.asodc.karaf.feature/karaf-feature-practice/1.0-SNAPSHOT/xml

Check that the feature repo was added:

feature:repo-list

Install a feature:

feature:install karaf-feature-practice

Check to see the log to find that the default log message has changed (because the feature deploys a cfg file)!

log:tail

If any changes are made to the features.xml or the bundles in the feature, you need to reinstall them to the local repo via mvn:install.

The next few commands are useful if changes don't propagate, but I still need to work out the correct use-cases.

# refresh all repos
feature:repo-refresh

# refresh a spectific repo
feature:repo-refresh mvn:com.asodc.karaf.feature/karaf-feature-practice/1.0-SNAPSHOT/xml

# refresh features to reprovision existing features
feature:refresh

Remove the feature:

feature:uninstall karaf-feature-practice