Chapter 3. Installation guide

## Chapter 3. Installation guide

Nova Orchestra comes in two kinds of distribution:

- Tomcat distribution: Orchestra is embedded in a web application deployed in tomcat container.

- Felix OSGI distribution: Orchestra is embedded in an OSGI bundle deployed in felix OSGI platform.

As explained in Chapter 4, Configuration and Services, Orchestra can use different Web Service frameworks. Apache Axis1 and CXF are supported. For each web service framework, a tomcat package and a felix package are provided.

The installation and configuration steps are independent of the web service framework.

## 3.1. Web Service Frameworks

### 3.1.1. Apache Axis

Orchestra web service implementation based on Axis 1.4 offers basic web service capabilities.

### 3.1.2. Apache CXF

Orchestra web service implementation based on CXF offers advanced web service capabilities.

CXF implementation adds support for:

- WS-addressing

- WS-RM

2.2. Software |  | 3.2. Orchestra Tomcat distribution