@Achim / @JB: Sorry for the misunderstanding. I didn't mean to ship a binary distribution with a JVM embedded, I meant to modify the scripts so that Karaf by default prefers a JVM if (and only if) one is present in a certain directory within KARAF_HOME.
In case none is there, just follow the same search order like at the moment (ie. first look for a JAVA_HOME env var and if that is missing search for a java binary in the path). That would be enough for users to package a JVM without needing to modify the setenv scripts... Greetings -Sascha- Am 31.10.2016 um 13:49 schrieb Jean-Baptiste Onofré: > Hi Sascha, > > An "embedded" distribution of Karaf with JVM is a good idea. It sounds a > bit like a docker image ;) > > However, unfortunately, I'm not sure it would be possible to provide > such distribution directly at Karaf due to legal constraint. > > We can provide a script (like a dockerfiles I created) to let users > create their own custom distro. > > Regards > JB > > On 10/31/2016 01:33 PM, Sascha Vogt wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> we're workig on a Karaf based product and have the requirement to use >> the JVM we ship with the product. We thought that might also be >> interesting to others, so we wanted to share our proposal / current >> implementation (and are also willing to provide the required patches). >> >> Main idea is to modify the start scripts (including the service >> wrappers?) to prefer a JVM inside the KARAF_HOME directory (ie. >> runtime/jvm64, or just plain jvm in KARAF_HOME). Whenever such a >> directory is present it is prefered over a JAVA_HOME env var or whatever >> else is in the path. >> >> Reason to also prefer it over JAVA_HOME is because if you run alongside >> other Java applications on a server, JAVA_HOME might already be set for >> other applications and the admin cannot change it. >> >> At the moment we have implemented the above via custom setenv scripts we >> ship which then sets JAVA_HOME to KARAF_HOME/runtime/jvm64. When >> "wrapper:install" is called, this JAVA_HOME is taken to the wrapper >> properties. >> >> We spoke with the Instana[1] people as their agent is also Karaf based >> and they were interested in it as well, so we know at least one other >> Karaf user who would welcome that :) >> >> Anyway, any feeback is welcome. Also of course the name of the >> directory(ies) can be discussed. >> >> Greetings >> -Sascha- >> >> [1]https://www.instana.com/ >> >
