WebSphere® eXtreme Scale container servers can be started in an Eclipse Equinox OSGi framework using several methods.
You can include all configuration and metadata in an OSGi bundle. See the following image to understand the Eclipse Equinox process for this method:
You can specify configuration and metadata outside of an OSGi bundle. See the following image to understand the Eclipse Equinox process for this method:
Supports customized configuration solutions.
In each case, an eXtreme Scale server singleton is configured and one or more containers are configured.
You can use eXtreme Scale support for Spring namespace to configure eXtreme Scale container servers in a Blueprint XML file. When the server and container XML elements are added to the Blueprint XML file, the eXtreme Scale namespace handler automatically starts a container server using the parameters that are defined in the Blueprint XML file when the bundle is started. The handle stops the container when the bundle is stopped.
To configure eXtreme Scale container servers with Blueprint XML, complete the following steps: