Setting up the Multi Bundle Distribution of CXF Distributed OSGi
The multi-bundle distribution of CXF/DOSGi contains all the DOSGi bundles plus their dependencies as individual bundles. While the single-bundle distribution is certainly easier to get started with, the multi-bundle distro is more flexible wrt to sharing bundles and updating dependencies. To obtain a multi bundle distribution see the [DOSGi Releases} page.
Setting up Felix
Verified with: Felix 1.8.0
In the distribution, you will find a file called: .../conf/felix.config.properties.append. This file contains auto-start instructions for every bundle in the distribution.
- Simply copy the content of the whole file and append it to the conf/config.properties file of the Felix distribution.
- Fix the file:apache-cxf-dosgi-ri
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URLs in the file to point to where you have unzipped the distribution
- Felix 1.8.0 has changed the startlevel property, which may need fixing in this file. Change from org.osgi.framework.startlevel=32 to org.osgi.framework.startlevel.beginning=32 (This step will not be needed in future releases of CXF/DOSGi).
At the end the conf/config.properties file looks like this:
... existing lines ...
org.ops4j.pax.web.session.timeout=30
org.osgi.framework.startlevel.beginning=32
felix.auto.start.2=http:
felix.auto.start.3=file:felix.auto.start.4=file:... and so on ...
Now start Felix:
.../felix-1.8.0> java -jar bin/felix.jar
Welcome to Felix.
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... some log messages may appear ...
-> ps
START LEVEL 32
ID State Level Name
[ 0] [Active ] [ 0] System Bundle (1.8.0)
[ 1] [Active ] [ 21] Apache ServiceMix Bundles: xmlschema-1.4.3 (1.4.3.1)
[ 2] [Active ] [ 20] Apache ServiceMix Bundles: xmlsec-1.3.0 (1.3.0.1)
[ 3] [Active ] [ 19] Apache ServiceMix Bundles: wsdl4j-1.6.1 (1.6.1.1)
[ 4] [Active ] [ 18] Apache ServiceMix Bundles: jaxb-impl-2.1.6 (2.1.6.1)
[ 5] [Active ] [ 17] OPS4J Pax Web - Service (0.5.1)
[ 6] [Active ] [ 16] spring-osgi-extender (1.2.0)
[ 7] [Active ] [ 15] spring-osgi-core (1.2.0)
[ 8] [Active ] [ 14] spring-osgi-io (1.2.0)
[ 9] [Active ] [ 13] Spring AOP (2.5.6)
[ 10] [Active ] [ 12] AOP Alliance API (1.0.0)
[ 11] [Active ] [ 11] Spring Context (2.5.6)
[ 12] [Active ] [ 10] Spring Beans (2.5.6)
[ 13] [Active ] [ 32] CXF Distributed Software Bundle (1.0)
[ 14] [Active ] [ 31] CXF Local Discovery Service Bundle (1.0)
[ 15] [Active ] [ 30] Apache ServiceMix Specs :: JAXWS API 2.1 (1.1.1)
[ 16] [Active ] [ 9] Spring Core (2.5.6)
[ 17] [Active ] [ 8] JDOM DOM Processor (1.0.0)
[ 18] [Active ] [ 7] Apache Commons Logging (1.1.1)
[ 19] [Active ] [ 6] geronimo-ws-metadata_2.0_spec (1.1.2)
[ 20] [Active ] [ 5] geronimo-javamail_1.4_spec (1.2)
[ 21] [Active ] [ 4] geronimo-activation_1.1_spec (1.0.2)
[ 22] [Active ] [ 3] geronimo-annotation_1.0_spec (1.1.1)
[ 23] [Active ] [ 2] OSGi R4 Compendium Bundle (4.1.0)
[ 24] [Active ] [ 1] Apache Felix Shell Service (1.2.0)
[ 25] [Active ] [ 1] Apache Felix Shell TUI (1.2.0)
[ 26] [Active ] [ 1] Apache Felix Bundle Repository (1.4.0)
[ 27] [Active ] [ 29] Apache ServiceMix Specs :: JAXB API 2.1 (1.1.1)
[ 28] [Active ] [ 28] Apache ServiceMix Specs :: STAX API 1.0 (1.1.1)
[ 29] [Active ] [ 27] Apache ServiceMix Specs :: SAAJ API 1.3 (1.1.1)
[ 30] [Active ] [ 26] Apache CXF Minimal Bundle Jar (2.2.1)
[ 31] [Active ] [ 25] Apache ServiceMix Bundles: woodstox-3.2.7 (3.2.7.1)
[ 32] [Active ] [ 24] Apache ServiceMix Bundles: neethi-2.0.4 (2.0.4.1)
[ 33] [Active ] [ 23] Apache ServiceMix Bundles: xmlresolver-1.2 (1.2.0.1)
[ 34] [Active ] [ 22] Apache ServiceMix Bundles: asm-2.2.3 (2.2.3.1)
Setting up Equinox
Verified with: Eclipse/Equinox 3.5 RC 3
