WSO2 invites you to contribute by downloading the source code from the GitHub source control system, building the product and making changes, and then committing your changes back to the source repository. The following sections describe this process:
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WSO2 products are built on top of WSO2 Carbon Kernel, which contains the Kernel libraries used by all products. When there are changes in the Carbon Kernel, they are bundled and released in a new WSO2 Carbon version (for example, WSO2 Carbon 4.34.0). You can download the complete WSO2 Kernel release using the following repository: https://github.com/wso2/carbon4-kernel, which is recommended if you intend to modify the source.
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Ensure that the following prerequisites are in place before you build:
- Make sure the build server has an active Internet connection to download dependencies while building.
- Install Maven and JDK. See Installation Prerequisites for compatible versions.
- Set the environment variable
MAVEN_OPTS=”-Xms1024m -Xmx4096m -XX:MaxPermSize=1024m” to avoid the MavenOutOfMemoryError.
Use the following maven commands to build your product:
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