Administering links to external bundle repositories
Use the administrative console to list, delete, add, modify, or show details for links to external bundle repositories.
Before you begin
You can administer links to external bundle repositories by using the administrative console as described in this topic, or by using wsadmin commands as described in Administering links to external bundle repositories using wsadmin commands.
About this task
The external bundle repositories are bundle repositories that are available outside of WebSphere Application Server. If your OSGi applications reference bundles that are stored in an external bundle repository, you must configure a link (name and URL) to the repository so that the provisioner can retrieve the bundles when required. When an OSGi application is imported as an asset, the provisioner attempts to satisfy all its dependencies by using the contents of the asset, the contents of the internal bundle repository, and the contents of any available external bundle repositories.
Depending on how the external bundle repository is implemented, you might not be able to use it to provision services, or to store composite bundles or bundles referenced by 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.