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=== Branding

==== Console

You can "brand" the Apache Karaf console.

By branding, it means that you can define your own:

* the welcome message (motd or Message Of The Day) displayed when you start the console
* the prompt displayed to the users

There are 2 ways of branding the Karaf console:

. adding a branding.properties file to etc
. creating a branding bundle.

==== Adding a branding.properties file to etc

Create a `etc/branding.properties` file similar to:

----
welcome = \
\u001B[36m        __ __                  ____      \u001B[0m\r\n\
\u001B[36m       / //_/____ __________ _/ __/      \u001B[0m\r\n\
\u001B[36m      / ,<  / __ `/ ___/ __ `/ /_        \u001B[0m\r\n\
\u001B[36m     / /| |/ /_/ / /  / /_/ / __/        \u001B[0m\r\n\
\u001B[36m    /_/ |_|\\__,_/_/   \\__,_/_/         \u001B[0m\r\n\
\r\n\
\u001B[1m  Apache Karaf\u001B[0m (4.0.0)\r\n\
\r\n\
Hit '\u001B[1m<tab>\u001B[0m' for a list of available commands\r\n\
   and '\u001B[1m[cmd] --help\u001B[0m' for help on a specific command.\r\n\
Hit '\u001B[1m<ctrl-d>\u001B[0m' or '\u001B[1mosgi:shutdown\u001B[0m' to shutdown Karaf.\r\n

prompt = \u001B[1m${USER}@${APPLICATION}\u001B[0m>
----

Start Karaf and you will see your branded Karaf console.

=== Adding a branding-ssh.properties file to etc

In a similar way, a `etc/branding-ssh.properties` file can be added. It should contain the same
`welcome` and `prompt` entries but those will be used for external clients connecting through ssh.
The values default to the ones in `etc/branding.properties` if this file is not defined.


==== Branding bundle

See [https://github.com/apache/karaf/tree/master/examples/karaf-branding-example].

==== WebConsole

It's also possible to brand the Apache Karaf WebConsole.

You have to create a bundle, fragment of the Apache Karaf WebConsole.

This WebConsole branding bundle contains a `META-INF/webconsole.properties` containing branding properties:

----
#
# This file contains branding properties to overwrite the default
# branding of the Apache Felix Web Console when deployed in an
# Apache Karaf application.


webconsole.brand.name = My Web Console

webconsole.product.name = My Karaf
webconsole.product.url = http://karaf.apache.org/
webconsole.product.image = /res/karaf/imgs/logo.png

webconsole.vendor.name = The Apache Software Foundation
webconsole.vendor.url = http://www.apache.org
webconsole.vendor.image = /res/karaf/imgs/logo.png

webconsole.favicon = /res/karaf/imgs/favicon.ico
webconsole.stylesheet = /res/karaf/ui/webconsole.css

----

The bundle also provides the css stylesheet and images defined in this properties file.

As for console, you can use the following `pom.xml` to create the WebConsole branding bundle:

----
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">

    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>

    <groupId>my.group.id</groupId>
    <artifactId>branding</artifactId>
    <packaging>bundle</packaging>

    <build>
        <plugins>
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
                <artifactId>maven-bundle-plugin</artifactId>
                <version>2.4.0</version>
                <extensions>true</extensions>
                <configuration>
                    <instructions>
                        <Bundle-DocURL>http://felix.apache.org/site/apache-karaf.html</Bundle-DocURL>
                        <Fragment-Host>org.apache.karaf.webconsole.console;bundle-version="[3,4)"</Fragment-Host>
                        <Export-Package>!*</Export-Package>
                        <Import-Package>
                            javax.servlet;version=2.4,
                            javax.servlet.http;version=2.4,
                            !org.apache.felix.webconsole*,
                            org.apache.aries.blueprint,
                            org.osgi.service.blueprint.container,
                            org.osgi.service.blueprint.reflect,
                            *
                        </Import-Package>
                    </instructions>
                </configuration>
            </plugin>
        </plugins>
    </build>

</project>
----

With the `webconsole` feature installed, you can install this bundle (using `bundle:install` or by editing the
`etc/startup.properties`), you will see the WebConsole with your branding.