Branding the Apache Karaf console

Apache Karaf is used as the runtime environment for production application platforms. In such deployments, it is common to have Karaf sporting a custom branding.

The Karaf community has made rebranding the runtime a simple task. Let's make our own for this book.

Getting ready

The ingredients of this recipe include the Apache Karaf distribution kit, access to JDK, Maven, and a source code editor. The sample code for this recipe is available at https://github.com/jgoodyear/ApacheKarafCookbook/tree/master/chapter1/chapter1-recipe3.

How to do it…

  1. The first step is generating a Maven-based project structure. For this recipe, we need to only create the bare of Maven POM files, set its packaging to bundle, and include a ...

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