Comments on: Monitor your OSGi container with the Apache Felix Web Console

By: Test driving the Knopflerfish HTTP Console | The OGSi Look

Test driving the Knopflerfish HTTP Console | The OGSi Look — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 08:03:44 +0000

[...] RSS feed for updates.Powered by WP Greet BoxSome weeks ago in this blog we saw how to install the Apache Felix Web Console to manage your OSGi framework. The Felix Web Console is a quite complex and customizable tool, but [...]

By: Ramanan

Ramanan — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 16:52:20 +0000

Thank you very much.

This is really good and useful post for me. Awaiting for next Thursday.

By: fdiotalevi

fdiotalevi — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:43:53 +0000

A very lightweight alternative is the Knopflerfish HTTP Console, you can download it at http://www.knopflerfish.org/repo/jars/httpconsole/httpconsole-2.0.1.jar
I’ll publish a little test-drive of this library next Thursday.

There are also some alternative desktop tools currently under development:
a VisualVM plugin at http://ordinaryjava.blogspot.com/2009/06/visualvm-osgi-plugin.html
and a VisualOSGi application at http://eppleton.sharedhost.de/blog/?p=893

By: Ramanan

Ramanan — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 14:49:27 +0000

Thank you very much for your reply.

As you said I just need Felix web console alone. I am already using Equinox. Its working perfectly.

Is there any other web console for OSGi other than Felix?

By: fdiotalevi

fdiotalevi — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 13:28:16 +0000

Hi, Felix is a OSGi container, so it’s an alternative to Equinox.

But if you are interested only in the Apache Felix Web Console, that’s available as a separate bundle. You can download it from http://apache.mirror.anlx.net/felix/org.apache.felix.webconsole-1.2.10.jar

Please note that if you don’t have an OSGi Http Service in your framework, you need to install one before starting the Web Console. You can use the Apache Felix Http Service to that purpose. You can download it from http://apache.mirror.anlx.net/felix/org.apache.felix.http.jetty-1.0.1.jar

By: Ramanan

Ramanan — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 13:19:21 +0000

Hi,

I have one question. Is that possible to use Felix with my Equinox container?

Thanks,
Ramanan

By: Pax-Runner provisioning files | The OGSi Look

Pax-Runner provisioning files | The OGSi Look — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 11:04:09 +0000

[...] Craig reminded me in a comment some days ago, the best way to provision non-trivial OSGi applications with Pax Runner is to write [...]

By: Eliezio Oliveira

Eliezio Oliveira — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 09:02:17 +0000

Thanks for your post that showed how simple is to use the Felix WebConsole with the Equinox container.

I also tried and succeeded with an alternative and shorter provisioning:

pax-run.sh –profiles=felix.webconsole –platform=equinox

Thanks again.

By: fdiotalevi

fdiotalevi — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 20:01:31 +0000

Hi Craig,
thanks for your comment! So to install the the web console in a single step, it’s possible to type

pax-run.sh –profiles=web http://www.internet.bs/apache.org/felix/org.apache.felix.webconsole-1.2.10.jar

pax-run.sh –profiles=web –platform=equinox http://www.internet.bs/apache.org/felix/org.apache.felix.webconsole-1.2.10.jar

I’ll talk about custom profiles in another post.

Thanks again!

By: Craig Walls

Craig Walls — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:14:41 +0000

In either event (Felix or Equinox), you can skip the manual installation step by adding the web console bundle URL to Pax Runner’s list of things to provision.

The simplest way to do that is just to add that URL to the end of the command line when you start Pax Runner. A better way is to probably put together a provisioning file, a custom profile, or a composite file for Pax Runner to load it from.