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Goal features:create-kar

The features:create-kar goal creates a kar file from a given features XML.
A kar file is a zip archive shipping all bundles and configuration files containing in features of a features XML, and the features XML itself.
You can deploy a kar file just by copying it in the deploy folder, all resources will be loaded from the kar file.

Example

The example below generates a kar file from a given features XML. The generated kar will be in the target folder with the manual-2.4.5-SNAPSHOT.kar name.

<project>
  <build>
    <plugins>
      <plugin>
        <groupId>org.apache.karaf.tooling</groupId>
        <artifactId>features-maven-plugin</artifactId>
        <version>2.4.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
          <executions>
            <execution>
              <id>create-kar</id>
              <goals>
                <goal>create-kar</goal>
              </goals>
              <configuration>
                <featuresFile>/home/jbonofre/Workspace/karaf/manual/src/main/resources/features.xml</featuresFile>
              </configuration>
            </execution>
          </executions>
        </plugin>
    </plugins>
  </build>
</project>

Parameters

Name Type Description
featuresFile File The features XML used to generate the KAR file
Default value: /home/jbonofre/Workspace/karaf/manual/target/feature/feature.xml
{{resourcesDir} File Location of resources directory for additional content to include in the KAR. Note that it includes everything under classes so as to include maven-remote-resources
Default value: /home/jbonofre/Workspace/karaf/manual/target/classes}}
finalName String Name of the generated kar
Default value: manual-2.4.5-SNAPSHOT
outputDirectory File Directory containing the generated archive
Default value: /home/jbonofre/Workspace/karaf/manual/target