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1. Installation

1. Installation

Installation

Requirements

Microsoft Visual Studio Code

Kaoto ships as a Microsoft Visual Studio Code extension. If you haven’t installed VS Code on your manchine yet, please do that now.

Visit the download page and follow the installation instructions that apply best for you.

Camel CLI

To give you the best user experience we recommend to install the Camel CLI, which offers various functionalities for Camel developers.

Please follow the below steps to install it.

  • Install JBang following these instructions
  • Verify that JBang is working by executing the following from a command shell. This should output the version of installed JBang.
jbang version
  • Run the following command from a command shell to install the Camel CLI:
jbang app install camel@apache/camel
  • Check if the Camel CLI is working by executing the following from a command shell. This should output the version of the installed Camel CLI.
camel version

Citrus Testing

If you want to work with the Citrus testing framework, we strongly recommend to install the Citrus JBang plugin.

Please follow the below steps to install it.

  • Install JBang following these instructions
  • Verify that JBang is working by executing the following from a command shell. This should output the version of installed JBang.
jbang version

jbang app install citrus@citrusframework/citrus

citrus --version

Install Kaoto

For the best user experience and for additional supportive features, we suggest installing the Extension Pack for Apache Camel, which also includes the Kaoto VS Code extension.
  • Open VS Code
  • Open the Extensions view on the left side panel (or press CTRL+SHIFT+X)
  • Type Extension Pack for Apache Camel in the search field
  • Click the Install button

Install Extension Pack