Installing apache karaf on debian stretch
Edit: It is now possible to install karaf on debian without building it yourself, the package installed is not the one described here, but the new and improved package built from source with native...
View ArticlePackaging karaf with native debian packaging tools
Note! This is an improvement over the packaging in Installing apache karaf on debian stretch, this package is packaged using native debian packaging tools instead of fpm, and is built from the karaf...
View ArticleInstalling apache karaf on debian
Until the RFP (Request For Packaging) bug for karaf in the debian bug tracker is resolved, here is an APT archive with a karaf package for debian (architecture “all”). The package is created using...
View ArticleDevelop OSGi applications using karaf
Apache Karaf is a good platform for deploying OSGi based applications. Karaf is also a good platform for testing and debugging these applications. This article describes how to test and debug OSGi...
View ArticleDeliver react.js from apache karaf
Edit: delivering react.js has been made simpler, see Simplified delivery of react.js from apache karaf for details. A small barebones demo application/testbed, delivering a single-page web application...
View ArticleUse Jersey to provide REST APIs from karaf applications
Edit: creating a REST API using jersey has been made simpler, see Simplified REST APIs from karaf using Jersey for details. The sample application https://github.com/steinarb/jersey-demo demonstrates...
View ArticlePluggable databases for apache karaf applications
Edit: I no longer use this approach. I use pax-jdbc-config instead. See the article Rewriting applications to use pax-jdbc-config and liquibase for details When creating databases for my apache karaf...
View ArticleRewriting applications to use pax-jdbc-config and liquibase
After creating the post Pluggable databases for apache karaf applications I posted a link to the blog post in the karaf user mailing list, and the immediate response was, “why didn’t I just...
View ArticleMy OSGi story
OSGi is a Java plugin framework and module system that were initially created for supporting embdedded applications in the automotive industry. OSGi also forms the foundations for the Eclipse IDE...
View ArticleSimplified delivery of react.js from apache karaf
This article is about a new servlet base class I have created to simplify serving up javascript frontends from the OSGi web whiteboard. This article won’t go into the structure of the files that must...
View ArticleSimplified REST APIs from karaf using Jersey
I have written the Java class JerseyServlet which is intended as a base class for DS (Declarative Services) components providing Servlet services to the OSGi web whiteboard. The JerseyServlet...
View ArticleComposing applications with karaf features
I create web applications by first creating a set of OSGi bundles that form the building blocks of the application, and then use karaf features to pull the building blocks together to create complete...
View Article1990-ies picture archives in modern skin
I have written a reactjs web application, that displays images from a 1990-is picture archive in a modern, mobile friendly UI, that also tries to use the available space on large displays (responsive...
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