Installing Features
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The manual way of provisioning Carbon is dropping bundles and configuration files that belong to a feature. This method is not recommended since it can cause errors. Besides, finding the exact set of components and configurating files is a complex task. Components have inter-dependencies with other components. Some components depend on specific versions of other components.
In order to overcome these issues, WSO2 has Equinox P2 integrated with Carbon. It enables user-friendly provisioning capabilities by allowing users to download WSO2 Carbon or any other WSO2 product and simply extend them by installing various features.
If you are on Windows, be sure to point the -Dcarbon.home property in the product's startup script (wso2server.bat) to the product's distribution home (e.g., -Dcarbon.home=C:\Users\VM\Desktop\wso2as-5.2.1). Then, restart the server. If not, you might not be able to install features through the management console.
Follow the instructions below to install new features to any product of the WSO2 products stack.
1. Log on to the product's Management Console and select "Features" from the "Configure" menu.
For example,
2. The "Feature Management" page opens.Â
The "Available Features" tab allows you to search for available features in repositories. You can select a repository from the drop-down menu. If there is no added repository, refer to section Managing the feature repository to add one.
The following options can be selected.
Show only the latest versions
Some repositories contain multiple versions of features. If you are only interested in the latest versions, click the "Show only the latest versions" option.
Group features by category
A feature category is a logical grouping of the features which constitute a particular Carbon-based product. The "Group features by category" option enables you to easily view and select the entire list of features of a particular product at once. For example, the features required to install WSO2 Data Services Server is grouped under the 'Data Service Server' feature category as shown below.
If you uncheck this option when finding features, you will see an uncategorized, flat feature list from which individual features can be selected separately.
3. Once the repository and options are selected, click the "Find Features" button.
4. You will see a list of all the features. Select the ones you want to add by marking them using check-boxes
Tip
To find a particular feature, you can use the search function. Enter the name of a feature (or a part of the name) and press "Enter ". 
This search will return only "Available Features" ; excluding the ones already installed.
5. Once done, click "Install".
6. The "Install Details" window appears.Verify the provided information and click "Next".
7. Read and accept the terms of license agreement.
8. The installation process starts. It may take a few minutes to download the necessary components.
Once the installation process is complete, click "Finish" and restart the server for the changes to take effect.
9. You can see the functionality added by new features in the Management Console. For example, the "Databases" menu shows when "Admin Console" feature is installed.
View Feature Information
When features of a repository are loaded, you can install them or view the details of particular ones. To view the details, click on the "More Info" link associated with each feature. For example,
When the link is clicked, the "Feature Information" window appears, with the following information:
- Name
- Identifier
- Version
- Provider
- Description
- Copyright
- License Agreement
Familiarize yourself with the information and click "Back" to load the previous page. For example,
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