[Opensim-dev] Command Server, good idea ?

[Mike Mazur]

Hi,

On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 9:40 PM, Lc <lcc1967 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Is it a good idea to create a "command server" that will contains all the
> commands from all the servers ?
> That will allow us to implement some administrative levels, a better
> interface.
> It will avoid to navigate from one console to another one and certainly make
> web interface or in-world interface more efficient.
> good idea or "drop it" ?

I think this is a good idea for a third-party project. Somehow the
services would have to support receiving commands from the command
server.

Think of having a command server that receives the commands and relays
them to the respective services. Instead of a front end, design an API
to the command server that allows any kind of front end to be attached
-- command line, web, GUI, mobile, etc.

See the xmms2 architecture[1] for an example of this.

Mike


[1] http://wiki.xmms2.xmms.se/wiki/Design_of_XMMS2