OSGi in saaj environment [duplicate] - osgi

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In my local environment I use the "start.bat" file to start application bundle.
This is like as follows:
java -jar -ea -Declipse.ignoreApp=true -Dosgi.clean=true -Ddebug=true plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.3.0.v20140415-2008.jar -console -noExit
OSGi is starting on the command prompt by the way I can list existing plugins. However the production will be a saaj environment and I think to start OSGi as a background process by installing a process manager package. Then my question is how to monitor it? How to start or stop the bundles? Do I need to use some monitoring tools such as Apache Felix web console to be able to make telnet connection? Is there an easy way (or common usage) to do on a cloud server?
Can someone inform me about this issue because I am new to OSGi concept?

After some further researches, I've found a solution for my situation. "-console" option of eclipse equinox (which is equivalent to "osgi.console") takes host and port parameters. So I 've changed my start script as follows(just added port number):
java -jar -ea -Declipse.ignoreApp=true -Dosgi.clean=true -Ddebug=true plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.3.0.v20140415-2008.jar -console 5555 -noExit
However this additional configuration needs some extra libraries and OSGi config changes. I had to place following jar files on the same folder with "org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.3.0.v20140415-2008.jar". That is the plugins folder in my environment.
org.apache.felix.gogo.command_0.10.0.v201209301215.jar
org.apache.felix.gogo.runtime_0.10.0.v201209301036.jar
org.apache.felix.gogo.shell_0.10.0.v201212101605.jar
org.eclipse.equinox.console_1.1.0.v20140131-1639.jar
Secondly I have configured my config.ini file. It should contain following key/values:
osgi.bundles=org.eclipse.equinox.console#start, org.apache.felix.gogo.command#start, org.apache.felix.gogo.shell#start, org.apache.felix.gogo.runtime#start
osgi.noShutdown=true
eclipse.ignoreApp=true
After these changes, I can pass commands to the OSGi runtime from the command line by simply using a telnet connection to the port given. A tricky point is OSGi is always up until you termşnate OSGi console by typing 'exit' even if you terminate your ssh connection.
Reference: OSGi Modularity - Tutorial

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