Internal bundle repository [Collection]
The internal bundle repository can store bundles that are referenced by OSGi applications running in WebSphere® Application Server. You can install single bundles, composite bundles, and grouped-up sets of bundles.
To view this panel in the administrative console, click the following path:
To browse or change the properties of a listed item, select its name in the list.
To act on one or more of the listed items, select the check boxes next to the names of the items on which you want to act, then use the buttons provided.
To change which entries are listed, or to change the level of detail that is displayed for those entries, use the Filter settings.
When you import an enterprise bundle archive (EBA) file as an asset, or update an asset to use new bundle versions, or add a composite bundle as an extension to a composition unit, provisioning ensures that all the required OSGi bundles are available. An OSGi application can use bundles from external repositories, bundles from the internal repository, and bundles that are included in an EBA file or a composite bundle archive (CBA) file.
If your OSGi applications are configured to expect to find certain bundles in the internal bundle repository, you must add those bundles to the set of bundles listed on this panel. Composite bundles can either be included directly in your applications, or provisioned from the internal bundle repository or from an external repository that can process composite bundles. If your bundle includes Blueprint XML files that specify service or reference elements, and the bundle is included in an EBA asset or installed in the internal bundle repository, then these elements are respected during provisioning and appropriate services are provisioned when needed. For more information, see Provisioning for OSGi applications.
You can install bundles singly, or you can install a set of bundles packaged as a compressed archive file with a .zip file extension. In both cases, the bundles are listed individually on this panel. If you install a composite bundle in a bundle repository, and the composite bundle includes bundles by reference, you must ensure that the referenced bundles are also available in the same repository. If you use the internal bundle repository, and the composite bundle directly contains bundles, the contained bundles are not listed separately and are only available as part of the composite bundle.
- Bundle symbolic name
- The non-localizable name for this bundle.
- Bundle version
- The version of this bundle.