Listing Camel Contexts in Karaf

The installation of Apache Camel into Apache Karaf includes a set of custom Camel commands as part of the camel-karaf-commands bundle. The Camel community has developed and maintained these commands for the benefit of Karaf users, and as such have helped to fully integrate Camel into the Karaf experience. These commands are listed in the following screenshot:

As of Apache Camel 2.12.2, there are 18 Camel-Karaf commands (as shown in the previous screenshot), and in the following recipes, we'll explore the most commonly used commands.

One common task Camel users want to perform is to list all of the Camel Contexts deployed into a Karaf container.

Getting ready

The ingredients of this recipe include the Apache Karaf distribution kit, access to JDK, Maven, and a source code editor.

A sample Camel application has been developed for this recipe, and is available at https://github.com/jgoodyear/ApacheKarafCookbook/tree/master/chapter2/chapter2-recipe2. Building the application...