Opening the Web Admin Console inside Eclipse

The Web Admin Console is a Web-based application for monitoring and administration of OSGi Runtimes. It is developed on top of the Apache Felix Web Console. For thorough information about the Web Admin Console refer to the "Web Admin Console" document from the Administration section of the Framework Module documentation.

mToolkit allows you to use the capabilities of the Web Admin Console from inside Eclipse thus extending the options offered for managing OSGi platforms straight from the development environment.

To open the Web Admin Console in Eclipse:

  1. Make sure that you have installed the bundles building the Web Admin Console functionality.
  2. Go to the Frameworks view and connect the OSGi Runtime running the console.

    Note: If you have installed the Web Admin Console bundles after you have connected the runtime, re-connect to it.

  3. Select a node from the runtime's sub-tree and click the button from the toolbar of the view.
  4. A login dialog will appear. Use the default user name admin and password admin.


    Figure 1: Logging into the Web Admin Console.

On success, a Web view will be opened in Eclipse showing the start page of the Web Admin Console to the OSGi runtime. By using the console you can manage bundle lifecycle, modify configuration dictionaries, view generated logs, etc.


Figure 2: Using the Web Admin Console from within Eclipse.

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