Gyrex provides a platform on top of the Equinox OSGi framework to allow seamless and pain-free creation and operation of OSGi clusters.
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Based on JAX-RS, simply add resources to an OSGi bundle, build it with Maven or PDE and deploy it.
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No matter whether it's REST APIs or background jobs. Add or remove cluster nodes as needed at runtime.
Learn moreAny Gyrex based cluster can be administrated using a feature-rich web interface. In addition to the UI, a console is available that can be accessed locally or using SSH. It comes with an extensive set of commands to assist operators.
Diagnostic information and metrics are published for central system components. A simple API supports building custom monitors and benefiting from seamless integration with existing monitoring tools such as Nagios, New Relic, etc.
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Connect and manage server nodes using a powerful graphical administration console. Apache ZooKeeper is used out-of-the box for grouping and coordinating work among server nodes.
Publish bundles and features into a p2 repository right out of your Eclipse IDE and perform installations on all or a group of server nodes from the software provisioning console.
You can use the logging framework of your choice. Log messages from the OSGi LogService, Equinox ExtendedLogService, SLF4J, Apache Commons Logging, Java Logging, LOG4J will be collected automatically and handled by Logback.
Whether it's Java standard JMX or any other way of publishing diagnostic information and metrics for central system components - Gyrex supports them all. A simple API allows building custom monitors and benefiting from seamless integration with existing monitoring tools such as Nagios, New Relic, etc.
Gyrex is all about scalability - from scaling out web API requests accross to distributing background job processing in your cluster. With a simple using Gyrex node tags you can specify in detail, which nodes do which work.
Gyrex offers an web based administration UI, which enables you to control your Gyrex cluster, applications, tenants, job schedules and much more. It's based on Eclipse RAP and easy to extend with your application specific administration functionalities. Besides the web based admin UI Gyrex offers a shell console, which provides all of the admin functions on the command line (remote via ssh).
A contextual runtime implemented right at a platform level enables application developer to run business logic in multiple instances for multiple tenants. Customization and extensibility is support using OSGi Services and Equinox Extension Points.
Gyrex in an open source project and standard support is provided on a voluntary base. But sometimes you need answers faster. Professional support is available from the companies and experts working with and on Gyrex. Benefit from the knowledge of committers and adopters. The available options include workshops, trainings, software development and consulting services, application management, maintenance and a multitude of support packages.
AGETO provides e-business solutions based on Gyrex. They offer the full spectrum from software development till application management in your own data centers.
igniti has developed a medical application based on Gyrex. They offer software development services.
Latest Relase
http://download.eclipse.org/gyrex/1.2/
Upcoming Release
http://download.eclipse.org/gyrex/1.3/milestones/
Development Builds
http://download.eclipse.org/gyrex/1.3/integration/
Windows 64bit
gyrex-1.2.3-win32.win32.x86_64.zip
Mac OS X 64bit
gyrex-1.2.3-macosx.cocoa.x86_64.tar.gz
Linux 64bit
gyrex-1.2.3-linux.gtk.x86_64.tar.gz
The minimum requirement on all platforms to run Gyrex is Java 7. Please ensure that you have Java 7 installed and it's working.
We provide support to our community using the Eclipse Forums. It's a place to ask questions, reach out to committers and/or share your experiences with other members of the community.
Professional support is available from the companies and experts working with and on Gyrex.