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6.3. Customizing karaf-service.sh Utility

You can customize the karaf-service.sh utility, by defining an environment variable or by passing command line options:
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Table 6.1. 
Command Line OptionEnvironment VariableDescription
-k KARAF_SERVICE_PATH Karaf installation path
-d KARAF_SERVICE_DATA Karaf data path (default to \${KARAF_SERVICE_PATH}/data)
-c KARAF_SERVICE_CONF Karaf configuration file (default to \${KARAF_SERVICE_PATH/etc/\${KARAF_SERVICE_NAME}.conf)
-t KARAF_SERVICE_ETC Karaf etc path (default to \${KARAF_SERVICE_PATH/etc})
-p KARAF_SERVICE_PIDFILE Karaf pid path (default to \${KARAF_SERVICE_DATA}/\${KARAF_SERVICE_NAME}.pid))
-n KARAF_SERVICE_NAME Karaf service name (default karaf)
-e KARAF_ENV Karaf environment variable
-u KARAF_SERVICE_USER Karaf user
-g KARAF_SERVICE_GROUP Karaf group (default \${KARAF_SERVICE_USER)
-l KARAF_SERVICE_LOG Karaf console log (default to \${KARAF_SERVICE_DATA}/log/\${KARAF_SERVICE_NAME}-console.log)
-f KARAF_SERVICE_TEMPLATE Template file to use
-x KARAF_SERVICE_EXECUTABLE Karaf executable name (defaul karaf support daemon and stop commands) 
CONF_TEMPLATE="karaf-service-template.conf"
SYSTEMD_TEMPLATE="karaf-service-template.systemd"
SYSTEMD_TEMPLATE_INSTANCES="karaf-service-template.systemd-instances"
INIT_TEMPLATE="karaf-service-template.init"
INIT_REDHAT_TEMPLATE="karaf-service-template.init-redhat"
INIT_DEBIAN_TEMPLATE="karaf-service-template.init-debian"
SOLARIS_SMF_TEMPLATE="karaf-service-template.solaris-smf"
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