How to start and debug opennms using Eclipse - opennms

Question

I'm new with opennms. And I'm working in EMS development.
My team plan to move from current EMS to opennms.
I was successfully configure it using Eclipse but don't know how to start opennms and debug from Eclipse.
Actually, I have succeeded compile and assemble using the command /compile.sh and assemble.sh
But I need to know how to debug, compile and start the opennms using Eclipse.
Thanks,
Alya

Answer 1

To start OpenNMS you have to use the "opennms script". This is located in ${opennms.home}/bin
With the script you can then tell OpenNMS to run in debug mode, like so:
sudo ./opennms -t start
OpenNMS then tells you what the remote debugger port is (default is: 8001).
In eclipse you can then "remote debug" OpenNMS.
How to do this, you can e.g. follow this instruction (http://javarevisited.blogspot.de/2011/02/how-to-setup-remote-debugging-in.html)
I usually start opennms in verbose and debug mode : sudo ./opennms -vt start
opennms usage
Usage: ./opennms [-n] [-t] [-p] [-o] [-c timeout] [-v] [-Q] <command> [<service>]
command options: start|stop|restart|status|check|pause|resume|kill
service options: all|<a service id from the etc/service-configuration.xml>
defaults to all
The following options are available:
-n "No execute" mode. Don't call Java to do anything.
-t Test mode. Enable JPDA on port 8001.
-p Enable TIJMP profiling
-o Enable OProfile profiling
-c Controller HTTP connection timeout in seconds.
-v Verbose mode. When used with the "status" command, gives the
results for all OpenNMS services. When used with "start", enables
some verbose debugging, such as details on garbage collection.
-Q Quick mode. Don't wait for OpenNMS to startup. Useful if you
want to watch the logs while OpenNMS starts up without wanting to
open another terminal window.
"opennnms script" examples
To start opennms: sudo ./opennms start
To start opennms in verbose mode: sudo ./opennms -v start
To start opennms in verbose and debug mode: sudo ./opennms -vt start
To stop opennms: sudo ./opennms stop
Assuming you are in folder ${opennms.home}/bin