13.6. Summary and best practices

In this chapter, we explored the internal details of how Camel starts up. You learned which options you can control and whether routes should be autostarted. You also learned how to dictate the order in which routes should be started.

More important, you learned how to shut down a running application in a reliable way without compromising the business. You learned about Camel’s graceful shutdown procedures and what you can do to reorder your routes to ensure a better shutdown process.