OSGi Community Event 2010 - Eclipse Virgo Update
- 2. Agenda •Why use Virgo? •What does it give me? •Where has it gotten to? •How can I get started?
- 4. Why use Virgo? •Based on OSGi standards –Core v4.2 –Compendium v4.2 –Enterprise v4.2 •Built from OSGi bundles •Supports OSGi applications –“Vanilla” bundles –Web bundles •Tracking future OSGi standards
- 5. Why use Virgo? •Grouping artefacts into plans •Auto-provisioning dependencies •Use existing libraries •Management: web, console, JMX •Advanced diagnostics •Kernel and web server •Extensible deployment pipeline
- 6. Virgo and Gemini Equinox Gemini web container Spring ... Virgo kernel ... web blueprint
- 7. What does Virgo give me?
- 8. Virgo Runtime kernel Admin console startup.sh -clean /config /pickup JMX client /serviceability Equinox console web
- 9. Virgo non-runtime •SpringSource Tool Suite support •Bundlor •Samples •Documentation •Test suite •Blogs, presentations, webinar, ...
- 10. Where has Virgo gotten to?
- 11. •All code now in Eclipse GIT •Milestones shipping regularly •IP in the last stages •All repositories can be checked out and built (except SVTs – to follow) •Hudson CI server Virgo runtime
- 12. First release •2.1.0 release next month •Migration from dm Server 2.0.x •Major features: –5x startup performance improvement –Tomcat, Logback, Equinox upgrades –Equinox console integration
- 13. Virgo tooling •SpringSource Tool Suite –Update site –Donation to follow •Fast deploy/update/debug cycle
- 14. Community •3 committers •5 further code contributors •VMware, SAP, others
- 15. How can I get started?
- 16. Getting started •Pre-req: Java 6 •Download and unzip •bin/startup.sh or binstartup.bat •drop WAR files or bundles into pickup
- 17. ...then what? •Read the documentation –User Guide –Programmer Guide –Tutorial “Creating an App with Virgo” •Split out dependencies •Join the community