Chapter 6. Hot deployment vs manual deployment Abstract Fuse provides two different approaches for deploying files: hot deployment or manual deployment. If you need to deploy a collection of related bundles it is recommended that you deploy them together as a feature , rather than singly (see Chapter 9, Deploying Features ). 6.1. Hot Deployment 6.1.1. Hot deploy directory Fuse monitors files in the FUSE_HOME/deploy directory and hot deploys everything in this directory. Each time a file is copied to this directory, it is installed in the runtime and started. You can subsequently update or delete the files in the FUSE_HOME/deploy directory, and the changes are handled automatically. For example, if you have just built the bundle, ProjectDir /target/foo-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar , you can deploy this bundle by copying it to the FUSE_HOME /deploy directory as follows (assuming you are working on a UNIX platform): 6.2. Hot undeploying a bundle To undeploy a bundle from the hot deploy directory, simply delete the bundle file from the FUSE_HOME/deploy directory while the Apache Karaf container is running . Important The hot undeploy mechanism does not work while the container is shut down. If you shut down the Karaf container, delete the bundle file from FUSE_HOME/deploy directory, and then restart the Karaf container, the bundle will not be undeployed after you restart the container. You can also undeploy a bundle by using the bundle:uninstall console command. 6.3. Manual Deployment 6.3.1. Overview You can manually deploy and undeploy bundles by issuing commands at the Fuse console. 6.3.2. Installing a bundle Use the bundle:install command to install one or more bundles in the OSGi container. This command has the following syntax: Where UrlList is a whitespace-separated list of URLs that specify the location of each bundle to deploy. The following command arguments are supported: -s Start the bundle after installing. --start Same as -s . --help Show and explain the command syntax. For example, to install and start the bundle, ProjectDir /target/foo-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar , enter the following command at the Karaf console prompt: Note On Windows platforms, you must be careful to use the correct syntax for the file URL in this command. See Section 15.1, "File URL Handler" for details. 6.3.3. Uninstalling a bundle To uninstall a bundle, you must first obtain its bundle ID using the bundle:list command. You can then uninstall the bundle using the bundle:uninstall command (which takes the bundle ID as its argument). For example, if you have already installed the bundle named A Camel OSGi Service Unit , entering bundle:list at the console prompt might produce output like the following: You can now uninstall the bundle with the ID, 181 , by entering the following console command: 6.3.4. URL schemes for locating bundles When specifying the location URL to the bundle:install command, you can use any of the URL schemes supported by Fuse, which includes the following scheme types: Section 15.1, "File URL Handler" . Section 15.2, "HTTP URL Handler" . Section 15.3, "Mvn URL Handler" . 6.4. Redeploying bundles automatically using bundle:watch In a development environment-where a developer is constantly changing and rebuilding a bundle-it is typically necessary to re-install the bundle multiple times. Using the bundle:watch command, you can instruct Karaf to monitor your local Maven repository and re-install a particular bundle automatically, as soon as it changes in your local Maven repository. For example, given a particular bundle-with bundle ID, 751 -you can enable automatic redeployment by entering the command: Now, whenever you rebuild and install the Maven artifact into your local Maven repository (for example, by executing mvn install in your Maven project), the Karaf container automatically re-installs the changed Maven artifact. For more details, see Apache Karaf Console Reference . Important Using the bundle:watch command is intended for a development environment only. It is not recommended for use in a production environment.

Commands:
% cp ProjectDir /target/foo-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar FUSE_HOME/deploy
bundle:install [-s] [--start] [--help] UrlList
bundle:install -s file: ProjectDir /target/foo-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar
[ 181] [Resolved ] [ ] [ ] [ 60] A Camel OSGi Service Unit (1.0.0.SNAPSHOT)
bundle:uninstall 181
bundle:watch 751