Apache Camel K

Apache Camel K is a lightweight integration framework built from Apache Camel that runs natively on Kubernetes and is specifically designed for serverless and microservice architectures. The Camel K Kubernetes Operator is in charge to transform a user provided Integration custom resource into a Camel application running on the cloud.

Users of Camel K can instantly run integration code written in any Camel DSL without worrying about the building and deployment of the application on the cloud.

How It Works

Just write a helloworld.yaml integration file with the following content:

apiVersion: camel.apache.org/v1
kind: Integration
metadata:
  name: helloworld
spec:
  flows:
  - from:
      steps:
      - setBody:
          simple: Hello Camel from ${routeId}
      - log: ${body}
      uri: timer:yaml

You can then execute the following command:

kubectl -f helloworld.yaml

The integration code will immediately run in the cloud. Continue reading the documentation to install and get started with Camel K.

Camel dependencies matrix

This is a development version of Camel K. It should not be used in production.

From Camel K version 2 onward you will be able to use any Camel K Runtime. Each runtime depends on a Camel Quarkus, Camel and Quarkus Platform version. Every Camel K has a default runtime used, but you can pick any Camel K Runtime available (backward and forward compatible).

Camel dependencies matrix
Camel K Version	(Default) Camel K Runtime	Camel Quarkus	Camel	Quarkus	Kamelets	Branch
Next (Pre-release)	3.8.1	3.8.1	4.4.1	3.8.3	4.4.1	main
2.4.x	3.8.1	3.8.1	4.4.1	3.8.3	4.4.1	release-2.4.x
2.3.x	3.8.1	3.8.1	4.4.1	3.8.3	4.4.1	release-2.3.x
2.2.x	3.2.3	3.2.3	4.0.3	3.2.9.Final	4.0.1	release-2.2.x

Other APIs version matrix

Below you can find a list of the main dependencies and APIs used by Camel K and the related compatibility.

Kubernetes and other dependencies
Camel K Version	Kubernetes API	Operator Framework API	Knative API	Service Binding Operator	Prometheus Operator	Kustomize version
Next (Pre-release)	0.29.7	0.23.0	0.42.1	1.4.0	0.73.2	4.5.4
2.4.x	0.28.8	0.20.0	0.40.3	1.4.0	0.67.1	4.5.4
2.3.x	0.27.7	0.20.0	0.39.3	1.4.0	0.67.1	4.5.4
2.2.x	0.27.7	0.20.0	0.39.2	1.4.0	0.67.1	4.5.4