Do you have to use the microkernel?

Question

I've been looking into examples for akka remoting and they all use the Bootable trait, which I understand is part of the microkernel. The project that I'm working on doesn't use the microkernel/Bootable, and I can't get remote actor creation to work.

I'm wondering, do you have to use the microkernel for remote actor creation to work? Does the microkernel provide anything besides allowing you choices of main classes to boot?

Answer 1

No. The microkernel just generates helper scripts to assist in deployment more easily, but you can use Akka remoting without it.