How to create a Camel integration and deploy it as a serverless service

Learning path | 5 resources | 1 hr and 45 mins | Published on August 25, 2023
Kah Hoe Lai

This activity, created by Kah Hoe Lai, walks through how to create an Apache Camel integration and deploy it as a serverless service using the VS Code extension Karavan.

  1. Overview: How to create a Camel integration and deploy it as a serverless service
  2. Launch a new workspace and execute a command inside your pod Page | 15 mins
  3. Install the Karavan extension, then scaffold a new Camel project Page | 30 mins
  4. Create the Camel integration route and the REST API service Page | 30 mins
  5. Run and test inside OpenShift Dev Spaces and deploy it to OpenShift Page | 30 mins

Overview: How to create a Camel integration and deploy it as a serverless service

OpenShift

This learning path is a step-by-step guide to creating an Apache Camel integration and deploying it as a Knative serverless service (close to low-code/no-code) using the community edition of the Visual Studio Code (VS Code) extension Karavan. 

Prerequisites

  • A Developer Sandbox account
  • A workspace in Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces
  • Developer Sandbox
  • Apache Camel
  • Visual Studio Code extension called Karavan

What you’ll be doing

In this learning path, you will:

  • Access your Developer Sandbox 
  • Launch a new workspace
  • Execute a command
  • Create a Camel integration route
  • Create a REST API
  • Test your API 
  • Deploy to OpenShift

How long will this learning path take?

  • Around 75-90 minutes