5. Running a standalone OSGI server

5. Running a standalone OSGI server
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After running and creating bundles in Eclipse this chapter will show how to run Equinox as a OSGI standalone runtime. .

In your Eclipse installation directory identify the file org.eclipse.osgi*.jar. This file should be in the "plugin" folder. Copy this jar file to a new place, e.g. c:\temp\osgi-server. Rename the file to "org.eclipse.osgi.jar".

Start your OSGI server via the following command.

			
java -jar org.eclipse.osgi.jar -console

You can use "install URL" to install a bundle from a certain URL. For example to install your bundle from "c:\temp\bundles" use:

			
install file:c:\temp\bundles\plugins\de.vogella.osgi.firstbundle_1.0.0.jar

Tip

You properly need to correct the path and the bundle name on your system.

You can start then the bundle with start and the id.

Tip

You can remove all installed bundles with the -clean parameter.

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