I used this approach for a small angular UI: https://github.com/cschneider/Karaf-Tutorial/tree/master/tasklist-blueprint-cdi/angular-ui
I just added Web-ContextPath to the Manifest and used the src/main/resources to deploy the static files. Web-ContextPath: /tasklist Christian 2017-03-29 11:10 GMT+02:00 Cristiano Costantini < cristiano.costant...@gmail.com>: > Hello all, > > which the best practices to publish a web application from Karaf currently > in 2017? > > I know that it exists the WebContainer (https://karaf.apache.org/ > manual/latest/webcontainer) which supports both publishing of WABs or > WARs to Karaf. > > I however see different approaches, used in conjunction with Javascript > frameworks like Angular or Polymer, where the server side logic is reduced > to REST services (no JSP required) which rely simply on the OSGi HTTP > service to serve HTML and JS files. > > (one example, I stumbled onto the Openmuc project, it has an Angular > application, https://github.com/gythialy/openmuc/tree/master/projects/ > webui/base, which is published by a regular bundle, its web files are > inside the src/main/resource folder - note: this is a bundle running on > felix, does not need karaf). > > I like the second kind of approach and it seems to me more suitable for JS > framework like Polymer which I am studying right now. Also, I've tried the > first approach but it was hard to make it work in Karaf the server side > dependencies we had, so as today, we run our application on a standalone > jetty or glassfish container. > > To go back to my initial question, what kind of approach do you recommend? > Are there any recent sample or well made open source project or any maven > archetype to use as starting point reference? > > I would like to hear also personal opinions :-) > > Thank you very much! > Cristiano > > > > -- -- Christian Schneider http://www.liquid-reality.de <https://owa.talend.com/owa/redir.aspx?C=3aa4083e0c744ae1ba52bd062c5a7e46&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.liquid-reality.de> Open Source Architect http://www.talend.com <https://owa.talend.com/owa/redir.aspx?C=3aa4083e0c744ae1ba52bd062c5a7e46&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.talend.com>
