External bundle repositories [Settings]

The external bundle repositories are bundle repositories that are available outside of WebSphere® Application Server. Use this panel to configure a link (name and URL) to an external bundle repository. The provisioner can then retrieve from the repository any bundles that are pulled in by reference by your OSGi applications.

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.

To view this panel in the administrative console, click the following path:

Environment > OSGi bundle repositories > External bundle repositories > bundle_repository_name

Configuration tab

The Configuration tab shows configuration properties for this object. These property values are preserved even if the runtime environment is stopped then restarted. See the information center task descriptions for information about how to apply configuration changes to the runtime environment.

The Configuration tab shows the following properties:

Bundle repository name

The name of the bundle repository configuration.

You set this property when you first create this link to an external bundle repository. You cannot subsequently modify this property.

This property is required.

Bundle repository description

An optional description of the bundle repository.

Bundle repository URL

The URL of the bundle repository XML file.

For example, http://external_location/repository.xml.

This property is required.

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