[Opensim-dev] moving away from grid vs. standalone

[Melanie]

Hi,

looks like what I have wanted to do for a long time. Finally get eid 
of that pesky monolithic "mode" switch and straighten out the bent 
code paths.
However, groups is a region module. It would not have a 
configuration there, it has it's own section. Apart from that, +1000

Melanie

diva at metaverseink.com wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> I am now at a point where the current grid vs standalone issue, along 
> with the communications dlls that go with it, is a major obstacle to 
> progress. Been thinking about this for the past 3 weeks, and I now have 
> a vision of what we could do; details are still up for discussion...
> 
> Basically, the formulation "grid vs. standalone" is a packaged division 
> that needs to be unpacked. What's really going on is "local vs remote 
> services" -- this formulation being as old as distributed computing came 
> around.
> 
> So - let me start from the top, because it tells the story (refer to 
> http://opensimulator.org/wiki/Virtual_World_Model). Below is a draft of 
> what OpenSim.ini could look like. Thoughts?
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------
> 
> [RegionResourceServices]
> 
> grid_server_url = "http://192.168.1.101:9000"
> grid_send_key = "null"
> grid_recv_key = "null"
> ; are we to optimize for a standalone grid?
> LocalGridService = {True|False}
> 
> user_server_url = "http://192.168.1.101:9000"
> user_send_key = "null"
> user_recv_key = "null"
> ; are we to optimize for a standalone grid?
> LocalUserService = {True|False}
> 
> asset_server_url = "http://192.168.1.101:9000"
> ; are we to optimize for a standalone grid?
> LocalAssetService = {True|False}
> 
> inventory_server_url = "http://192.168.1.101:9000"
> ; are we to optimize for a standalone grid?
> LocalInventoryService = {True|False}
> 
> messaging_server_url = "http://192.168.1.101:8006"
> ; are we to optimize for a standalone grid?
> LocalMessagingService = False; because no one has done a local one yet
> 
> group_server_url = "http://server.mcortez.com:8005"
> ; are we to optimize for a standalone grid?
> LocalGroupService = False; because no one has done a local one yet
> 
> ... other services ...
> 
> [Security]
> 
> SessionAuthentication = {True|False}
> KeyAuthentication = {True|False}
> 
> AllowHyperlinksToThisSim = {True|False}
> 
> AllowGuestUsers = {True|False}
> DisplayTOS = {True|False}
> TOSMessage = "Please behave or go away!"
> 
> ; this should also be in the user server configs
> AllowLocalUsersOutside = {True|False}
> 
> [LocalServicesConfiguration]
> 
> What's currently under Standalone
> 
> 
> 
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