Support

There are two types of help available for Apache ServiceMix:

• Support from the Apache ServiceMix open source project
• Commercial Support

Support From the Apache ServiceMix Open Source Project

If you are experiencing problems using ServiceMix please report your problem via the Issue Tracker. You may also find it useful to discuss your issues with the community on the Discussion Forums or join one of the Mailing Lists. Below are some resources to check before asking for help:

• Issue Tracker
• Discussion Forums
• Mailing Lists
• FAQ
• IRC

Before asking for help with your issue, it's a very good idea to search for your issue in the mailing list archives (via the Discussion Forums) and the FAQ. The majority of issues can be solved in this manner without having to send an email to the mailing list. If you don't find an answer, use the guidelines below when writing the e-mail.

How to Get Help

Whenever you are reporting a problem, please be sure to include as much information as possible; the more we know, the better the chance of a quicker resolution.

• which version of the software
• what platform and JDK
• any particular container being used - if so what version
• stack traces generally really help! If in doubt include the whole thing; often exceptions get wrapped in other exceptions and the exception right near the bottom explains the actual error, not the first few lines at the top. Its very easy for us to skim-read past unnecessary parts of a stack trace.
• log output can be useful too; sometimes enabling DEBUG logging can help
• your code & configuration files are often useful

How to get help faster

We can help you much quicker if you try the following

• provide us with a JUnit test case that demonstrates your issue. e.g. if you think you've found a bug, can you create a test case to demonstrate the bug?
• submit a patch fixing the bug! (We also buy you beer when we meet you if you submit bug fixes
• for memory leaks or performance related issues, if you can run a profiler on your test case and attach the output as a file (or zipped file if its huge) to the JIRA we can normally fix things much faster. e.g. run JProfiler or YourKit on your code and send us the output. To find memory leaks its quicker to resolve if you can tell us what classes are taking up all of the RAM; we can normally figure out whats wrong from that.

Commerical Support

Ameliant is a specialist consultancy based in London, UK that focuses on open source integration and messaging using the Apache integration stack (ServiceMix, Camel, CXF and ActiveMQ). Ameliant delivers consulting services around developing integrations using ServiceMix, through developer and operations training, development of prototypes and ongoing mentoring. The company also provides guidance around migrations and troubleshooting of operational issues.

FuseSource provides enterprise services, support and training for the enterprise version of ServiceMix, Fuse ESB. Also, there is a growing wealth of information about ServiceMix and some of its sister projects (ActiveMQ, Camel and CXF) at the FuseSource website.

Savoir Technologies, Inc provides enterprise consulting, training and support for ServiceMix and a host of other Apache service containers. Savoir can provide best practice mentoring for developing with ServiceMix, as well as architectural/design reviews, troubleshooting and SOA infrastructure implementations. Savoir's staff includes some of the core committers of ServiceMix who are on the ground consulting and are familiar with real world implementations.