[Opensim-dev] Working config using the new connector architecture?

[diva at metaverseink.com]

The mechanism for loading dlls is exactly the same in all processes -- 
simulator and server shell. The simulator is more complicated than the 
resource services, because it is the client of those services. In 
standalone mode, the simulator is both the services provider (at least 
internally, but also externally in HG) and their client.

Look at the end of OpenSim.ini in the [Architecture] section, and follow 
the two standalone architecture ini's (Standalone and 
StandaloneHypergrid) to see how it works.

Dickson, Mike (ISS Software) wrote:
> Ok, I've read the architecture page you pointed me at and I think I better understand things.  I'm still confused as to why a different mechanism to load and start services is required in standalone mode vs. grid mode.  
> 
> Let me rephrase my request.  Is there a working set of ini files that show how to use the new service connectors with OpenSim.exe in standalone mode? I'm assuming you'd have OpenSim.ini and then some number of other ini files for the new services. It might be also worthwhile to understand how you'd change the config to go from standalone to grid mode...
> 
> Mike
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: opensim-dev-bounces at lists.berlios.de [mailto:opensim-dev-bounces at lists.berlios.de] On Behalf Of diva at metaverseink.com
> Sent: Sunday, September 13, 2009 10:36 AM
> To: opensim-dev at lists.berlios.de
> Subject: Re: [Opensim-dev] Working config using the new connector architecture?
> 
> Sorry, I can't parse your question "the Standalone config emulates the 
> connector loading the server shell does in the standalone case". If you 
> rephrase or add parenthesis, I might be able to understand and answer.
> 
> The simulator server already had a plugin mechanism -- region modules. 
> We are using that plugin mechanism to load  the necessary resource 
> service dlls into the simulator when it runs in standalone.
> 
> Dickson, Mike (ISS Software) wrote:
>> So the Standalone config emulates the connector loading the server shell does in the standalone case? Is the intent to keep it that way or end up with just the connector mechanism in the future?  Why wouldn't you just use the connector mechanism in a standalone setup and simply load all the connectors into a single shell?
>>
>> Mike
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: opensim-dev-bounces at lists.berlios.de [mailto:opensim-dev-bounces at lists.berlios.de] On Behalf Of diva at metaverseink.com
>> Sent: Sunday, September 13, 2009 10:00 AM
>> To: opensim-dev at lists.berlios.de
>> Subject: Re: [Opensim-dev] Working config using the new connector architecture?
>>
>> Standalone doesn't use/need OpenSim.Server.ini. That .ini is for 
>> resource server shells (OpenSim.Server.exe), aka ROBUST. Resource server 
>> shells are processes that execute any resource services specified by 
>> DLLs in a configuration variable in OpenSim.Server.ini 
>> (ServiceConnectors). Resource services are things like asset, inventory, 
>> authentication, authorization, grid, login, etc. See
>> http://opensimulator.org/wiki/OpenSim_Services_and_Service_Connectors
>> for a general explanation of the architecture, and
>> http://opensimulator.org/wiki/ROBUST
>> for concrete information on how to configure one specific resource 
>> server shell that runs both an asset service and an inventory service.
>>
>> Standalones are single processes that execute the simulator and all 
>> resource services within the same process -- OpenSim.exe. The 
>> configuration is given in OpenSim.ini, as usual. OpenSim.Server.exe and 
>> OpenSim.Server.ini are not related to standalones.
>>
>>
>> Dickson, Mike (ISS Software) wrote:
>>> Does anyone have a working config using the new connector architecture?  
>>> There are bunches of example files in the bin directory for the "old 
>>> way" (OpenSIm.ini) and the "new way" (OpenSim.Server.in ... I think) and 
>>> honestly I'm not sure what has to be set up to use the connector style 
>>> and what isn't yet supported by it and must be done another way.
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>> I did get a Server exe running using OpenSim.server.ini and the exe 
>>> (needed to run it as administrator on Vista to avoid an error loading 
>>> dll's).  I think I got all the pieces set up but still couldn't log in 
>>> and the console had almost no supported commands listed.
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>> A little guidance is greatly appreciated.  Even just a set of functional 
>>> files is a start. FWIW I'm starting this simply standalone with one region.
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>> Mike
>>>
>>>
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Opensim-dev mailing list
>>> Opensim-dev at lists.berlios.de
>>> https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-dev
>> _______________________________________________
>> Opensim-dev mailing list
>> Opensim-dev at lists.berlios.de
>> https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-dev
>>
> _______________________________________________
> Opensim-dev mailing list
> Opensim-dev at lists.berlios.de
> https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-dev
>