Felix
Gogo shell is command line interface to manage bundles in the
OSGi container. We have defined commands are available for Felix Gogo shell, form
these we can interact with OSGi container and manage the bundles which are
deployed in the OSGi container.
We can manage bundles lifecycle like install, start, stop and uninstall bundles
from OSGi container.
Liferay 7 also have used Apache Felix Gogo shell to
interact with Liferay Portal Module framework. We can deploy Liferay
Application bundles and activate and deactivate bundles.
To access Felix Gogo shell in Liferay 7 Portal we need
telnet client from that we can
access Felix Gogo shell.
Windows 7 and 8 Telnet client not enabled in the machine
so first we need to enable telnet in our windows machine.
Telnet
session on Windows
Click
on Programs
Click
Programs and Features.
Click Turn Windows features on or off.
In the Windows Features dialog box, check
the Telnet Client check box.
Click
OK. The system installs the appropriate files. This will take a few seconds to
a minute.
Once
telnet successfully installed in the machine then we can open the telnet
session by using windows command prompt.
Open a Telnet session
Open windows command prompt and Type “telnet” and press ENTER.
The Telnet> prompt is displayed
Access
Felix Gogo shell
To access Felix Gogo shell in Liferay portal we need
to start Liferay portal. Based on your operating system go to tomcat bin directory and use server start-up
command.
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Windows
startup.bat
Linux
/startup.sh
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Open Windows command prompt go to Liferay Tomcat bin
directory then use above commands to start Liferay 7 portal server. When
Liferay Portal Started then OSGi container also started and required bundles are
installed and started in the OSGi container. Liferay 7 have used Equinox OSGi implementation container.
Apache Felix Gogo shell implemented as there bundles
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org.apache.felix.gogo.command_0.12.0
org.apache.felix.gogo.runtime_0.10.0
org.apache.felix.gogo.shell_0.10.0
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When Liferay 7 Portal started then three bundles are
installed in the Equinox OSGi container
and it will be started automatically.
All the information we can find in the Liferay Logs as
info messages
Liferay 7 Portal have portal configuration in the “portal.properties” from these properties
Portal Module frame work will start,
required bundles will install and started automatically. Apart from Felix Gogo
shell there are many bundles are installed and started while starting Liferay
portal server.
The following are the important Liferay 7 portal properties
related to Felix Gogo shell.
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module.framework.enabled=true
module.framework.initial.bundles=\
felix-fileinstall.jar@start,\
${extra.bundles}/org.apache.felix.gogo.command-0.12.0.jar@start,\
${extra.bundles}/org.apache.felix.gogo.runtime-0.10.0.jar@start,\
${extra.bundles}/org.apache.felix.gogo.shell-0.10.0.jar@start,\
${extra.bundles}/org.eclipse.equinox.console_1.0.0.v20120522-1841.jar@start
module.framework.properties.osgi.console=localhost:11311
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Access
Felix Gogo shell
Open windows command
prompt and use following command to access Felix Gogo shell. Gogo shell running
on 11311 port.
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telnet localhost
11311
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Issue the above command and press the enter then Felix
Gogo shell session will open
Now we can use all Felix Gogo shell defied commands to
manage bundles in the OSGi container.
Use lb
command to see list of bundles available in the OSGi container
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