Hi, Yes, this issue is reproducible even in Karaf 3.0.x.
After looking into the org.apache.karaf.client.Main class of 2.4.x/3.0.x, it somehow try to read the ssh port from org.apache.karaf.shell.cfg at the beginning. Properties shellCfg = loadProps(new File(System.getProperty("karaf.etc"), "org.apache.karaf.shell.cfg")); String host = shellCfg.getProperty("sshHost", "localhost"); int port = Integer.parseInt(shellCfg.getProperty("sshPort", "8101")); it looks like a bug from regression, maybe it’s better to create a jira. Regards. Xilai Dai From: Michael Täschner [mailto:m.taesch...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2015 6:44 PM To: user Subject: Problem connecting to Karaf/ServiceMix after upgrade from 2.3.x to 2.4.x Hi, recently we upgraded ServiceMix from 5.1.3 to 5.3.0 based on Karaf 2.3.x and 2.4.x respectively. We manage our own customized container where we centralize configurations in a custom.properties via property replacements. Example: etc/org.apache.karaf.shell.cfg sshPort = ${isb.sshPort} with etc/custom.properties isb.sshPort=8101 This worked correctly in karaf 2.3.x (ServiceMix 5.1.x). Unfortunately after upgrading to karaf 2.4.x (ServiceMix 5.3.0/1) we get following error on commandline when trying to connect to karaf shell: D:\work\servicemix\isb-smx-5.3.0\bin>client.bat -a 8101 -u smx -p smx Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NumberFormatException: For input string: "${isb.sshPort}" at java.lang.NumberFormatException.forInputString(NumberFormatException.java:65) at java.lang.Integer.parseInt(Integer.java:481) at java.lang.Integer.parseInt(Integer.java:527) at org.apache.karaf.client.Main.main(Main.java:58) The port is bound by the process (checked via netstat) but the "client" does not seem to be able to resolve the property replacement. This has been tested with both ServiceMix 5.3.0 /5.3.1 and the underlying karaf 2.4.0 /2.4.1 My question is now: Is this regression in release upgrade Karaf 2.3.x to 2.4.x or a result of the security mechanisms introduced with 2.4.0? If the latter, can I work around this? Thanks and Best Regards, Michael