[Opensim-dev] load region information/data from online (grid mode only of cource)

[Michael Heilmann]

On MOSES, we had been loading the configuration files across the network 
1-2 years back.  However, it was unreliable (failing to load the url for 
unknown reasons), and sometimes did not behave as expected (some values 
did not appear to be respected).  The functionality appears to be rarely 
used by other grids, so the testing is low.  We now have a monitoring 
process on our region host that pulls the remote config from the url, 
and then writes the expected OpenSim.ini file before starting 
OpenSim.exe.  The reliability and behaviour improved when we made the 
switch.

Michael Heilmann
Research Associate
Institute for Simulation and Training
University of Central Florida

On 03/18/2015 03:56 PM, André Verwijs wrote:
> Question:
>
> would it possible to load region information/data from online (grid mode
> only of cource)  when setting up a "clean" instance (new database)
>
> opensim.ini:
>     ;# {regionload_webserver_url} {region_info_source} {URL to load
> region from?} {}
>     ;; Determines the page from which regions xml is retrieved if you are
>     ;; loading these from the web.
>     ;; The XML here has the same format as it does on the filesystem
>     ;; (including the <Root> tag), except that everything is also enclosed
>     ;; in a <Regions> tag.
>      ; regionload_webserver_url = "http://example.com/regions.xml";
>
> ..
>
> maybe experiment with this..??
>
>
> André
>
> ______________________________________________________________________________________
> My Twitter Page:
> http://twitter.com/OpenSimFan
>
> My Facebook page (be my friend, please )
> http://www.facebook.com/andre.verwijs
>
> My Google+ page (follow me please )
> André Verwijs - Google+ https://plus.google.com/111310545842863442992
>
> _______________________________________________
> Opensim-dev mailing list
> Opensim-dev at opensimulator.org
> http://opensimulator.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/opensim-dev