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- you should be presented with some ASCII art in your terminal
you should be put into the Karaf client shell, such as:
No Format __ __ ____ / //_/____ __________ _/ __/ / ,< / __ `/ ___/ __ `/ /_ / /| |/ /_/ / / / /_/ / __/ /_/ |_|\__,_/_/ \__,_/_/ Apache Karaf (4.0.2) karaf@root()>
Note, to exit the Karaf client shell, type: "ctrl d". This will stop the Karaf server.
To run Karaf as a service please refer to the Karaf Service Wrapper.
Install, Configure and Start Fedora Messaging Application Toolbox
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