topic Re: remote virtualization server in Alfresco Archive

remote virtualization server

sbzoom — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 14:52:07 GMT

I am trying to run the virtualization instance of Tomcat on a different server than the server that Alfresco is running on. I thought this would be an extremely trivial task but I seem to be missing something.I was hoping someone could point me to the few config files that I would need to change to

Re: remote virtualization server

sbzoom — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 17:59:18 GMT

The magic must be in the alfresco-shared.properties file. But I cannot figure out what I am doing wrong. Should the two files match? Or should they be different?

My server running Alfresco is 10.4.4.34. My server running the virtualization server is 10.4.4.36.

So, should the <alf_home>/WEB-INF/classes/alfresco/alfresco-shared.properties file have:


avm.remote.host=10.4.4.34

or

avm.remote.host=10.4.4.36
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And then, should the virtualization server's
<virt_home>/conf/alfresco-shared.properties file have:


avm.remote.host=10.4.4.34

or

avm.remote.host=10.4.4.36
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So, should each server point at the other? Should they both point at the virtualization server's IP? Should they both point to the Alfresco server's IP?

Thanks for the help.

Charlie

Re: remote virtualization server

marcus — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 11:13:39 GMT

Are you running a firewall at all?

Re: remote virtualization server

sbzoom — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 13:32:16 GMT

Both machines are behind the same firewall. I can't say with 100% certainty that there is not something killing traffic between them, but I am 99% sure. They are sitting next to each other in a cage and in the same IP class. More tellingly, I can telnet to 10.4.4.34:50500 no problem. That means that I can see the machine and that port. So I'm not sure what the problem might be. It must be in how I am setting up the config files.

When both alfresco-shared.properties files point to "localhost" it works fine. So, now that they are on different machines, how should they be configured?

Thanks.

Re: remote virtualization server

gennaromonaco — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 14:54:23 GMT

Does anyone with a remote virtualization server up and running care to share their .properties files so we can see an example of how this should be configured?

Thanks!
- Gennaro

Re: remote virtualization server

gennaromonaco — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 16:19:48 GMT

Still no word from any of the engineers on this, huh?

Re: remote virtualization server

jcox — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 19:25:04 GMT

gennaromonaco,

This question has been asked/answered before,
but just to double-check, did you get an answer?
I'm in the midst of walking through old forum
posts looking for loose ends, and am hoping
you're all set now. If not, please let me know.

Thanks,
-Jon

Re: remote virtualization server

gennaromonaco — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 19:35:43 GMT

Hi Jon,
We've been unsucessful in setting up remote virtualization this far, so we just wanted to have a look at some example .properties files where this was done. Have any examples?
Thanks!
- Gennaro

Re: remote virtualization server

gennaromonaco — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 19:36:51 GMT

I'm working with sbzoom on this issue, so please have a look at the messages posted above for further details.
Thanks Jon!
- G

Re: remote virtualization server

jcox — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 20:07:48 GMT

One issue was that prior to the resolution of
http://issues.alfresco.com/browse/WCM-750
you had to either start the virt server after the
alfresco webapp, or put it in a retry loop.

This has since been fixed in 2.1 ENTERPRISE,
and should make it into other branches some time
in the not too distant future.

Re: remote virtualization server

sbzoom — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 21:20:11 GMT

Jon,

We are now signed up for the Enterprise license but we could swear that 2.1 is not yet available as Enterprise, only Community. Am I nuts or do I just have to take a better look at the Enterprise download page?

Thanks.

Charlie

Re: remote virtualization server

jcox — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 22:09:50 GMT

Charlie,

What I meant to say is that the fix has been checked into the 2.1E branch.
When 2.1E ships, the fix will be there.

Cheers,
-Jon

Re: remote virtualization server

sbzoom — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 22:11:18 GMT

Awesome!! Thanks so much.