Chapter 3. Installing on Apache Karaf
Red Hat Fuse is installed by unpacking an archive file on your file system.
Getting the archive
You can download the Fuse on Karaf archive from the Red Hat Customer Portal→Downloads→Red Hat JBoss Middleware→Downloads page, after you register and log in to your customer account.
Once logged in:
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Select
Fuse, listed underIntegration Platforms, in the sidebar menu. -
Select
7.1.0from theVersiondrop-down list on theSoftware Downloadspage. -
Click the
Downloadbutton next to the Red Hat Fuse 7.1.0 on Karaf Installer file.
Unpacking the archive
Fuse on Karaf is packaged as a .zip file. Using a suitable archive tool, such as Zip, unpack Fuse on Karaf into a directory to which you have full access.
Do not unpack the archive file into a folder that has spaces in its path name. For example, do not unpack into C:\Documents and Settings\Greco Roman\Desktop\fuse.
Do not unpack the archive file into a folder that has any of the following special characters in its path name: #, %, ^, ".
Using the IBM JDK
If you are using the IBM JDK, remove the saaj-api jar from the installDir/lib/endorsed library using the following command:
rm lib/endorsed/org.apache.servicemix.specs.saaj-api-1.3-2.7.0.jar
Before invoking the ./bin/fuse script:, set the JAVA_OPTS environment variable as follows:
JAVA_OPTS=-Xshareclasses:none

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