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Releases
--------

The current release is ${release_version} and was published on ${release_date}. The release note for this
release can be found [here](release-notes/${release_version}.html).

The following distributions are available for download:

&nbsp;                             | Link                                                      | Checksums and signatures
-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------
Binary distribution                | [axis2-${release_version}-bin.zip][1]                     | [MD5][2] [SHA1][3] [PGP][4]
Source distribution                | [axis2-${release_version}-src.zip][5]                     | [MD5][6] [SHA1][7] [PGP][8]
WAR distribution                   | [axis2-${release_version}-war.zip][9]                     | [MD5][10] [SHA1][11] [PGP][12]
Service Archive plugin for Eclipse | [axis2-eclipse-service-plugin-${release_version}.zip][13] | [MD5][14] [SHA1][15] [PGP][16]
Code Generator plugin for Eclipse  | [axis2-eclipse-codegen-plugin-${release_version}.zip][17] | [MD5][18] [SHA1][19] [PGP][20]
Axis2 plugin for IntelliJ IDEA     | [axis2-idea-plugin-${release_version}.zip][21]            | [MD5][22] [SHA1][23] [PGP][24]

The binary distribution contains all the Axis2 libraries and modules, except for [Apache Rampart](../rampart/)
(WS-Security implementation) which must be downloaded separately. It also contains command line tools,
samples and scripts to start a standalone Axis2 server.

The WAR (Web Archive) distribution is designed for deployment on a servlet container.

The signatures of the distributions can be [verified][25] against the public keys in the [KEYS][26] file.

Maintenance releases from branches other than the main branch can be found [here][27].
Distributions for older releases can be found in the [archive][28].

All releases are also available as Maven artifacts in the [central repository][29].

[1]: http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.lua/axis/axis2/java/core/${release_version}/axis2-${release_version}-bin.zip
[2]: https://www.apache.org/dist/axis/axis2/java/core/${release_version}/axis2-${release_version}-bin.zip.md5
[3]: https://www.apache.org/dist/axis/axis2/java/core/${release_version}/axis2-${release_version}-bin.zip.sha1
[4]: https://www.apache.org/dist/axis/axis2/java/core/${release_version}/axis2-${release_version}-bin.zip.asc
[5]: http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.lua/axis/axis2/java/core/${release_version}/axis2-${release_version}-src.zip
[6]: https://www.apache.org/dist/axis/axis2/java/core/${release_version}/axis2-${release_version}-src.zip.md5
[7]: https://www.apache.org/dist/axis/axis2/java/core/${release_version}/axis2-${release_version}-src.zip.sha1
[8]: https://www.apache.org/dist/axis/axis2/java/core/${release_version}/axis2-${release_version}-src.zip.asc
[9]: http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.lua/axis/axis2/java/core/${release_version}/axis2-${release_version}-war.zip
[10]: https://www.apache.org/dist/axis/axis2/java/core/${release_version}/axis2-${release_version}-war.zip.md5
[11]: https://www.apache.org/dist/axis/axis2/java/core/${release_version}/axis2-${release_version}-war.zip.sha1
[12]: https://www.apache.org/dist/axis/axis2/java/core/${release_version}/axis2-${release_version}-war.zip.asc
[13]: http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.lua/axis/axis2/java/core/${release_version}/axis2-eclipse-service-plugin-${release_version}.zip
[14]: https://www.apache.org/dist/axis/axis2/java/core/${release_version}/axis2-eclipse-service-plugin-${release_version}.zip.md5
[15]: https://www.apache.org/dist/axis/axis2/java/core/${release_version}/axis2-eclipse-service-plugin-${release_version}.zip.sha1
[16]: https://www.apache.org/dist/axis/axis2/java/core/${release_version}/axis2-eclipse-service-plugin-${release_version}.zip.asc
[17]: http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.lua/axis/axis2/java/core/${release_version}/axis2-eclipse-codegen-plugin-${release_version}.zip
[18]: https://www.apache.org/dist/axis/axis2/java/core/${release_version}/axis2-eclipse-codegen-plugin-${release_version}.zip.md5
[19]: https://www.apache.org/dist/axis/axis2/java/core/${release_version}/axis2-eclipse-codegen-plugin-${release_version}.zip.sha1
[20]: https://www.apache.org/dist/axis/axis2/java/core/${release_version}/axis2-eclipse-codegen-plugin-${release_version}.zip.asc
[21]: http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.lua/axis/axis2/java/core/${release_version}/axis2-idea-plugin-${release_version}.zip
[22]: https://www.apache.org/dist/axis/axis2/java/core/${release_version}/axis2-idea-plugin-${release_version}.zip.md5
[23]: https://www.apache.org/dist/axis/axis2/java/core/${release_version}/axis2-idea-plugin-${release_version}.zip.sha1
[24]: https://www.apache.org/dist/axis/axis2/java/core/${release_version}/axis2-idea-plugin-${release_version}.zip.asc
[25]: http://www.apache.org/dev/release-signing#verifying-signature
[26]: https://www.apache.org/dist/axis/axis2/java/core/KEYS
[27]: http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.lua/axis/axis2/java/core/
[28]: http://archive.apache.org/dist/axis/axis2/java/core/
[29]: http://search.maven.org/#search%7Cga%7C1%7Cg%3A%22org.apache.axis2%22