Running a custom bundle in Open Day light controller

I have copied one of the sample application int the opendaylight controller and named it as userinfo by changing artifact id in pom file. In this post i will show you how can i add my application while controller is running.

First of all build the bundle by command "mvn install". If everything is well go to command line of controller. But before that let me shed some light on how OSGi works. Life cycle of any app is 1. install 2. resolve 3.uninstall. First and last is self explanatory. A bundle will be in resolved state when all the dependencies are resolved and that's when you can start a service. 

osgi> install file:/home/ubuntu/workspace/controller/opendaylight/samples/userinfo

Bundle id is 150

< output omitted>

Version              0.0.1.SNAPSHOT

BundleDescription    org.opendaylight.controller.samples.userinfo_0.0.1.SNAPSHOT

Framework            org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.Framework@164e955

ResolutionFailureException org.osgi.framework.BundleException: The state indicates the bundle is resolved

Revisions            [org.opendaylight.controller.samples.userinfo_0.0.1.SNAPSHOT]

BundleContext        null

BundleId             150

StartLevel           1

SymbolicName         org.opendaylight.controller.samples.userinfo

BundleData           org.opendaylight.controller.samples.userinfo_0.0.1.SNAPSHOT

KeyHashCode          150

StateChanging        null

as you can see once installed osgi gives you a bundle id. now you can start or stop this bundle with this id.

To check currently installed bundle and its id/state say 'ss'

osgi> ss

"Framework is launched."

id      State       Bundle

0       ACTIVE      org.eclipse.osgi_3.8.1.v20120830-144521

<OUTPUT ommited>

150     RESOLVED    org.opendaylight.controller.samples.userinfo_0.0.1.SNAPSHOT

As you can see state is resolved. Good now let you can start the bundle by giving command 'start 150'. But it will give you error as the controller don't have binaries. For that you need to copy your binary (i.e. jar) to
/home/ubuntu/workspace/controller/opendaylight/distribution/opendaylight/target/distribution.opendaylight-0.1.0-SNAPSHOT-osgipackage/opendaylight/plugins

ok. Now say start 150 and njoy your code !

To create a simple application click here