Chapter 1. Fuse 7.1 Product Overview
1.1. Fuse distributions
Fuse 7.1 is provided in the form of three different distributions, as follows:
- Fuse Online
- The distribution of Fuse that is provided pre-installed on the OpenShift Online Professional tier (and also available for installing on an on-premises OpenShift cluster). In this case, application development is facilitated by a browser based UI, and the workflow is simplified to make it accessible to non-expert integrators.
- Fuse on OpenShift
The distribution of Fuse for running integration applications on OpenShift (supported on the Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system). In this case, the supported container types are provided in the form of docker-formatted container images:
- Java image (for Spring Boot)
- Apache Karaf image
- JBoss EAP image
- Fuse standalone
The classic distribution of Fuse, supported on multiple operating systems. This distribution is supported for the following container types:
- Apache Karaf
- JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP)
- Spring Boot
1.2. New features
Fuse 7.1 includes several major component upgrades and a large selection of new features. For details, consult the new features sections for each of the Fuse distributions:
1.3. Supported Configurations
For information about supported configurations, standards, and components in version 7.1, see the following Customer Portal articles:

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