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What is Apache Karaf?

Apache Karaf provides dual polymorphic container and application bootstrapping paradigms to the Enterprise.

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Apache Karaf provides dual polymorphic container and application bootstrapping paradigms to the Enterprise.


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Mithilesh kumar r.
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Mithilesh kumar r.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Best Data Stream Platform"
Easy for software development. Less code does much work also, Deployment process of a batch applications was very simple in Apache Karaf even in t...
Huy V.
HV
Huy V.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Apache Kafka the best data stream platform"
Keep do not lost the message package during steaming
Piyush L.
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Piyush L.Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
4.5 out of 5
"Best standalone container for Microservices"
Run anywhere concept is very good. Which is good to run Microservices, big data code deployment
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Mithilesh kumar r.
MR
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Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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What do you like best about Apache Karaf?

Easy for software development. Less code does much work also,

Deployment process of a batch applications was very simple in Apache Karaf even in the Clustered Environment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Apache Karaf?

Nothing to dislike, but all the time need to compile if changes have been made.

One more thing,

Need to improve the cloud api call in order to update configuration and properties. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Apache Karaf:

Its Best use it without any hesitation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Apache Karaf solving and how is that benefiting you?

1 Wrapping normal jar helps to embedded as a bundle.

2 Installing lucene dependencies as a feathers part, I was able to work on search on my application freely.veda Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Jayanth T.
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Software Engineer
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Apache Karaf?

It gives Unix like console, dynamic configuration, advanced logging where slf4j, log4j etc frameworks can be used. It provides complete security framework and role based access control. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Apache Karaf?

Nothing to dislike but the UI can be improved with latest technologies so it would be more user friendly. It sometimes crashes, so maybe they can look up to things help it run seamlessly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Apache Karaf:

It's an excellent application to use and promote business growth. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Apache Karaf solving and how is that benefiting you?

It helps in easy deployment, centralized logging which is flexible in using different logging frameworks. It's used for monitoring and electing. This helped in increasing my business performance. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Piyush L.
PL
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Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Apache Karaf?

Run anywhere concept is very good. Which is good to run Microservices, big data code deployment Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Apache Karaf?

Assembling many thing as it is not tightly coupled. This is useful in Microservices based app Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Apache Karaf:

Highly recommended for startups Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Apache Karaf solving and how is that benefiting you?

Code deployment where app is divided in Microservices and each run independent Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Huy V.
HV
DevOps Engineer
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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What do you like best about Apache Karaf?

Keep do not lost the message package during steaming Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Apache Karaf?

Need more infra resources to implement cluster architechture Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Apache Karaf solving and how is that benefiting you?

The best streaming data, helpful to make data etl system, do not lost the message package during steaming Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ankit K.
AK
System QA Sr Analyst
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Apache Karaf?

Beet server to connect with different java technology suchnas jsp,servlet. Quick setup. Can explore complex setup while using Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Apache Karaf?

Nothing to dislike but gui for inspection would have added more advantage. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Apache Karaf solving and how is that benefiting you?

Synchronisation between legecy system & new code. Exporting data from legecy to new system is easy.. with master slave architecture the application can run upto 10 servers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Apache Karaf?

It's a fantastic open-source tool that can manage many cluster instances, artifact repositories, Monitoring, alerting, and BAM. You can do everything in a single bundle. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Apache Karaf?

Karaf runs on JVM, which may not run smoothly if you miss out or mess up the versions while installing and upgrading; you will have to take care to version a lot. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Apache Karaf solving and how is that benefiting you?

It helps manage clusters and artifact repositories. We have been using this for monitoring, alerting, and business activity monitoring since it's is open source, so that we could save some bucks as well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

KrishnaPrasad J.
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What do you like best about Apache Karaf?

Easy for software development. Less code does much work Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Apache Karaf?

It was somehow confusing while starting the learning. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Apache Karaf solving and how is that benefiting you?

We are creating the routes. i.e., the transformation of data. Creating and consuming the API etc.. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Pramod S.
PS
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Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Apache Karaf?

Open Source, low latency platform and its capability to manage load in a unique way Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Apache Karaf?

Not that great for analytics platform though it has capability to send data to other platforms Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Apache Karaf solving and how is that benefiting you?

Integration of microservices Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Apache Karaf?

Ease of deployment and environment setup and the centralized logging system of Apache Karaf is a pretty neat feature to log information. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Apache Karaf?

Some time it is complicated to find the right way to resolve the dependencies. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Apache Karaf:

Overall it is a reasonable runtime. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Apache Karaf solving and how is that benefiting you?

I am experimenting with runtime for a future project which requires and stable and manageable runtime to run java applications. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Mohd S.
MS
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What do you like best about Apache Karaf?

This is the best server to connect with JSP, servlet, and other java technologies. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Apache Karaf?

Nothing to dislike, but all the time need to compile if changes have been made. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Apache Karaf solving and how is that benefiting you?

We can test in real-time applications that need to go live. We can test before going live. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.