How do I cluster ServiceMix?

Question

I am looking for some initial pointers on how to cluster a ServiceMix solution. Basically what I need is:

• having 2 (or more) ServiceMix instances serving my ro

Answer 1

Fabric8 (http://fabric8.io/) can do Karaf/ServiceMix clustering and much more out of the box. It also have additional clustered Camel components such as the master and fabric endpoints

• http://fabric8.io/gitbook/camelEndpointMaster.html
• http://fabric8.io/gitbook/camelEndpointFabric.html

There is a clustered Camel example, that demonstrates that

• https://github.com/fabric8io/fabric8/tree/master/fabric/fabric8-karaf/src/main/resources/distro/fabric/import/fabric/profiles/example/camel/cluster

The principle is illustrated in the image below: