I agree with Christian, it makes more sense with Karaf. I think that the new "Karaf tooling" will also bring new options.
Regards JB On 15/02/2019 13:03, Christian Schneider wrote: > I agree with Alex about using bundle:watch. It gives you a similar > experience like bndtools once your bundles are running in karaf. > To get the bundles running easier I propose you also create a karaf > feature in your build. > > I also propose you move away from the bndtools workspace model and > instead use the maven build of bndtools like enroute now shows. It is > much nearer to how karaf projects are built. > > One other thing that might come handy is to start karaf with the "debug" > argument. This opens karaf for remote debugging and allows you to also > debug your bundles easily. Basically it is like running the bndtools > starter in debug mode. > > Christian > > Am Fr., 15. Feb. 2019 um 12:55 Uhr schrieb Alex Weirig > <alex.wei...@technolink.lu <mailto:alex.wei...@technolink.lu>>: > > Hi Kamil, > > let me try and see if this can already help you, it's very basic but > works really fine depending on the scope / size of your development > project ... this is based on bnd(tools) 4.0.0 but should still be > valid in 4.1.0 I guess. > > If you look at your build.bnd file in your bndtools workspace, make > sure you have the following plugin defined: > > -plugin.5.LocalMaven: \ > aQute.bnd.repository.maven.provider.MavenBndRepository; \ > name = *LocalMaven* > > then you define the buildRepo: > > -buildrepo: \ > *LocalMaven* > > finally set some maven data: > > -pom: \ > groupid = *your.group*,\ > version = ${versionmask;===;${@version}}-SNAPSHOT > > > Now when bnd(tools) builds your project it should end up in your > local maven repository (your home > folder/.m2/repository/*your/group*). So no need to gradle here. > > You can now run a karaf on your local machine and install your > bundles using: > > bundle:install mvn:your.group/your bundle name here/version here > > as you're doing right now. > > Now you can tell karaf to monitor your bundles: > > bundle:watch --start * > > Thus, whenever you change any line of code in your Eclipse, > bnd(tools) will compile the code, build the bundle and deploy it to > your local maven repo. Karaf will notice the change and update the > bundle to the latest version. You can return to karaf and > immediately test your updated code. > > I find this is a really nice and efficient way to do development > without too much overhead (well you need to run the bundle:watch > --start * after every restart of karaf but maybe there's also a way > to work around it. > > You don't have to deal with maven (which I am convinced is more of a > problem than a solution), except for setting your groupid and > version pattern and having the build bundles deployed in your local > maven repository. > > I'm sure this is not a valid approach if you're working with a large > team where everybody needs to rely on somebody else's code and you > have a complete CI chain etc etc. > > > You can improve deployment by building a karaf feature > (https://karaf.apache.org/manual/latest/provisioning), that's merely > an xml file using your local maven repo to retrieve the bundle. > > You create your feature_file.xml, copy it to the "deploy" folder in > karaf and then run a feature:install your_feature_name to install > one of the features containing the different bundles. > > Hope it helps ... hope it is not too basic for your needs. > > Mat frëndleche Gréiss, Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Meilleures > salutations, Kind regards, > Alex Weirig > Responsable Technique Ville de Luxembourg Service Enseignement > Centre Technolink *Tel* +352 4796 - 6127 <tel:+35247966127> *Fax* > +352 42 88 81 *Email* alex.wei...@technolink.lu > <mailto:alex.wei...@technolink.lu> www.vdl.lu <http://www.vdl.lu> // > www.technolink.lu <http://www.technolink.lu> Centre Technolink 2, > rue Charles de Tornaco L-2623 LUXEMBOURG > > On 15/02/2019 12:29, Kamil Paśko wrote: >> Dear JB, >> >> > Do you already know what you have in mind (if you could describe >> the use >> case, that would be great) ? >> >> I know that this could be silly problem, but I'm new to Karaf, new >> to Bndtools and new to OSGi (I begun my research week ago). >> That is why I decided to search for tutorials and examples first. >> But if you ask (it's very kind), then I have two use cases: >> >> Case 1: >> Background: >> I've learnt how to use Bndtools workspace in Eclipse and how to >> run examples directly in Eclipse IDE >> (https://bndtools.org/tutorial.html). >> Unfortunatelly, default OSGi runtime is Felix with Gogo shell. >> Problem: >> How to configure Bndtools workspace to use Karaf (that I have >> somewhere in my filesystem) instead of default Felix runtime? >> >> Case 2: >> Background >> I've learn how to use Bnd Gradle plugin >> >> (https://github.com/bndtools/bnd/tree/master/biz.aQute.bnd.gradle#replacing-use-of-gradles-deprecated-osgi-plugin) >> to create bundles and I used Gradle's maven publish plugin to >> publish them to Maven's local repo. Then I install them in Karaf >> one by one using bundle:install mvn:xxx/yyy/zzz command >> Problem: >> a) How to create set of bundles (feature) in Bnd? >> b) How to deploy this to Karaf without manually executing >> bundle:install commands? >> >> Thank you in advance, >> Kamil >> >> >> On Thu, Feb 14, 2019 at 1:37 PM Jean-Baptiste Onofré >> <j...@nanthrax.net <mailto:j...@nanthrax.net>> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> We didn't move forward a lot. I remember there was some >> discussion to >> have a "Karaf exporter" in bndtools and I proposed my help on >> this. >> I didn't move forward yet. >> >> Do you already know what you have in mind (if you could >> describe the use >> case, that would be great) ? >> >> Regards >> JB >> >> On 14/02/2019 13:20, kamilantlgc wrote: >> > Dear Karaf User group, >> > >> > I have stumbled upon the exact problem - how to join Karaf >> and Bndtools >> > together "the right way" (this conversation is the first >> result in Google by >> > the way: https://www.google.com/search?q=karaf+bnd). >> > >> > I've read the topic and was happy to see that Guillaume >> asked to fill Jira >> > issue. >> > Then I've read with interest that JB is just "building the >> new SNAPSHOT to >> > test if the couple of issues". >> > And then I navigated to the issue created by dleangen >> > (https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KARAF-4160) just to >> see that it's >> > status is "Won't fix"... >> > >> > Anyway - does anybody on this group already figured it out >> how to join Karaf >> > and Bnd to play nicely together? >> > >> > Kind regards, >> > Kamil >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Sent from: >> http://karaf.922171.n3.nabble.com/Karaf-User-f930749.html >> > >> >> -- >> Jean-Baptiste Onofré >> jbono...@apache.org <mailto:jbono...@apache.org> >> http://blog.nanthrax.net >> Talend - http://www.talend.com >> > > > -- > -- > Christian Schneider > http://www.liquid-reality.de > > Computer Scientist > http://www.adobe.com > -- Jean-Baptiste Onofré jbono...@apache.org http://blog.nanthrax.net Talend - http://www.talend.com
