Apache ActiveMQ Artemis is OSGi ready. Below you can find instruction on how to install and configure broker on Apache Karaf OSGi container.

1. Installation

Apache ActiveMQ Artemis provides features that makes it easy to install the broker on Apache Karaf (4.x or later). First you need to define the feature URL, like

karaf@root()> feature:repo-add mvn:org.apache.activemq/artemis-features/1.3.0-SNAPSHOT/xml/features

This will add Artemis related features

karaf@root()> feature:list | grep artemis
artemis                       | 1.3.0.SNAPSHOT   |          | Uninstalled | artemis-1.3.0-SNAPSHOT   | Full ActiveMQ Artemis broker with default configuration
netty-core                    | 4.0.32.Final     |          | Uninstalled | artemis-1.3.0-SNAPSHOT   | Netty libraries
artemis-core                  | 1.3.0.SNAPSHOT   |          | Uninstalled | artemis-1.3.0-SNAPSHOT   | ActiveMQ Artemis broker libraries
artemis-amqp                  | 1.3.0.SNAPSHOT   |          | Uninstalled | artemis-1.3.0-SNAPSHOT   | ActiveMQ Artemis AMQP protocol libraries
artemis-stomp                 | 1.3.0.SNAPSHOT   |          | Uninstalled | artemis-1.3.0-SNAPSHOT   | ActiveMQ Artemis Stomp protocol libraries
artemis-mqtt                  | 1.3.0.SNAPSHOT   |          | Uninstalled | artemis-1.3.0-SNAPSHOT   | ActiveMQ Artemis MQTT protocol libraries
artemis-hornetq               | 1.3.0.SNAPSHOT   |          | Uninstalled | artemis-1.3.0-SNAPSHOT   | ActiveMQ Artemis HornetQ protocol libraries

Feature named artemis contains full broker installation, so running

feature:install artemis

will install and run the broker.

2. Configuration

The broker is installed as org.apache.activemq.artemis OSGi component, so it’s configured through ${KARAF_BASE}/etc/org.apache.activemq.artemis.cfg file. An example of the file looks like

config=file:etc/artemis.xml
name=local
domain=karaf
rolePrincipalClass=org.apache.karaf.jaas.boot.principal.RolePrincipal

The default broker configuration file is located in ${KARAF_BASE}/etc/artemis.xml