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Use an OSGi console

Eclipse Equinox currently provides an OSGi console used to aid with debugging. This console is not available by default. When you work with the Liberty profile, we can enable this console by configuring a port for it.

The Liberty profile uses the Eclipse Equinox implementation of the OSGi core specification. Equinox currently provides an OSGi console. To enable this console, you first allocate a specific port to it by setting the osgi.console property in bootstrap.properties. Then we can use Telnet to connect to the console on that port, and explore the OSGi framework.

• Allocate a specific port to the OSGi console.

  You set the OSGi console port by specifying the property...

  osgi.console

  ...You set this property as a bootstrap property in bootstrap.properties.

  osgi.console=5471

  The OSGi console is disabled when the osgi.console property is not set.

• Use Telnet to connect to the OSGi console port.
  telnet localhost 5471

• Use the console to explore the framework.

  The available commands vary, depending on the OSGi framework being used. Command-line help provides enough information to get started.

Related

Administer the Liberty profile
Packaging a Liberty profile server

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Explore Eclipse's OSGi console