Runtime

Camel runtime application is in charge to bridge the output produced by the operator during a Build to the Camel runtime. It will finally execute an application containing the Route as defined by Camel K user. It will take care of converting all the different configuration and tuning into something meaningful to Apache Camel framework. We use a java application, camel-k-runtime which is based on camel-quarkus to achieve the goal.

This document reflects Camel K version 1.6. It may not reflect slight changes developed after this review.

Based on Camel Quarkus

Camel K runtime is a java application in charge to prepare the Camel environment needed to run an Integration. The application is shipped as a java dependency with Camel K releases and uses Camel Quarkus under the hood.

Camel Quarkus is an Apache Camel subproject that will make your Camel Integration run with the technology offered by Quarkus project. Thanks to it, you will be able to reduce resource footprint and have a faster startup, which is a fundamental aspect of cloud native development.

Learn more in the Camel Quarkus documentation section.

Runtime main duties

The main goal of the Camel-k-runtime is to launch a Camel Quarkus application and setup the routes configured by the Camel K user. When a user run a new Integration, the Operator will take care of building an application containing the camel-k-runtime dependency. During application startup, the camel-k-runtime will be in charge to take care of the following aspects:

Sources loading
Properties setting
Cron
Knative
Kamelet
Master
Webhook

Basically the application will apply the configuration/customizations needed to run your application on Camel, transforming those configuration coming from the Integration spec into something meaningful to Camel framework.

Camel-k-runtime is a very fast evolving project. You may find more relevant details accessing directly to the application source code.