Yesterday we built two OSGi bundles using Maven.

• Maven – Create a OSGi bundle using maven-bundle-plugin

 

And we have installed the Apache Felix

• Apache Felix – OSGi Service Platform

 

So now, we are going to install the OSGi bundles on Apache Felix.

1. Start the Apache Felix.

• java -jar bin\felix.jar

 

2. Install the OSGi bundles using the install command.

 

3. The bundles are installed but the services are not yet started. So the state of the newly installed bundles are Installed. To start the OSGi service, use the start <ID> command.

 

4. Now the Service listener example is registered. This service will echo a message whenever a new service is registered or unregistered. Let’s try it by starting and stopping the English dictionary service.

 

5. As you can see, we got 2 messages when we start and stop the English dictionary service.

• Ex1: Service of type tutorial.example2.service.DictionaryService registered.
• Ex1: Service of type tutorial.example2.service.DictionaryService unregistered.

The above two OSGi bundles are based on the first two tutorials at Apache Felix Website. I will try the rest of the tutorials later.

Done =)