Using the karaf-maven-plugin 5.7.1. Packaging 5.7.2. Commands goals 5.7.3. Features and kar goals 5.7.4. Instances and distributions goals 5.7.5. Run, client, deploy goals 5.7.6. Dockerfile, Docker 5 included under META-INF in the kar, without getting installed into Karaf. Example karaf:install-kar 5.7.4. Instances and distributions goals The karaf-maven-plugin helps you to build custom Karaf distributions