Dropbox? Does that really work? Haha! Does one have to "mount" the folder every time - or can some kind of "url" be used?
-Andriy Drozdyuk On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 3:25 PM, teemu kanstren <tkanst...@gmail.com> wrote: > OK, thanks everyone for your information and suggestions! I still did not > really understand how all these help me define a proper way to do > state-transfer or control how the install/uninstall happens the way I want. > But at least I know my options now so I can investigate. > > Cheers, > Teemu > > 2011/2/10 Peter Kriens <peter.kri...@aqute.biz> > >> A key question is if you care about who is running the code. That is, do >> you want to be in control to shut down each and every framework at any time? >> In that case ACE is a proper direction. However, if you just want to fire >> and forget then there are many simple methods: >> >> * Apache FileInstall + Dropbox. Just drop your bundles in a Dropbox folder >> and everyone that you share it with automatically installs the bundles + >> configurations. Scales very well and is pretty secure. >> * Create a launcher that reads a URL for a Java Properties file. One of the >> properties is the set of bundles that needs to be installed as URLs. Create >> a Felix instance with the launcher API, give it the properties and install >> the bundles, then start all bundles. While the framework is running, check >> the Properties URL every 15 mins or so with an HEAD method and relaunch when >> changed. >> * Use Neil Bartlets S3Install https://github.com/njbartlett/pmpp >> >> Have fun, kind regards, >> >> Peter Kriens >> >> >> >> On 9 feb 2011, at 06:03, Dan Tran wrote: >> >> > >> > >> > Hello I am very new to OSGI and spent a number of hours over Safari >> online >> > bookstore over this topic. But still could not get a grasp of what I am >> > looking for. So I'd like to post here if i could get some answer >> > >> > I am tasked to build a java agent technology where my to be agent will be >> > installed on thousand of machines. So the deployment will be a nightmare >> > specially the upgrade/hotfixes parts. So I turn to OSGI since it sounds >> > like a right technology. >> > >> > Could some expert advice how I would go about to implement this solution >> > from a high level? Let's just start with a simple scenarios: >> > >> > 1. Locally install first, then remotely update a bundle perfer over a >> http >> > connection? what would I need? >> > >> > 2. Locally install first, then remotely upgrade ( possible a agent >> restart >> > is reuquired ) >> > >> > Big Thanks for all advices >> > >> > -D >> > -- >> > View this message in context: >> http://old.nabble.com/Updatable-agent-with-OSGI.-Possible--tp30879990p30879990.html >> > Sent from the Apache Felix - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> > >> > >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@felix.apache.org >> > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@felix.apache.org >> > >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@felix.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@felix.apache.org >> >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@felix.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@felix.apache.org
