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

[diva at metaverseink.com]

Yes, the defaults would end up producing that case.

Dahlia Trimble wrote:
> My only suggestion is that the experience for the new user setting up a 
> standalone should be no more difficult than with the current implementation.
> 
> On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 12:36 PM, <diva at metaverseink.com 
> <mailto: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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