[Opensim-users] Running opensim as a service
Garth FairChang
garth at fairchang.com
Mon Jan 7 19:58:04 UTC 2008
Hi and thanks for your replies
I feel we need a remote console (similar to games like quake, unreal
dedicated servers) to administrate our servers.
I see there are remote settings in the opensim.ini file. how do you use
that to contact/control the server?
What do the do?
Garth FairChang
Impalah wrote:
> Let me be pessimist about this method... I think (I haven't tried, of
> course, it's only experience) that you couldn't obtain access to the
> console in "operation" mode (if you configure the .bat as
> "interactive" you'll get the starting messages, but anything more).
> It's almost the same as ANYSRV...
>
> That's why I ask for the "Linux" guys. I supose in Linux the server is
> started after Linux boot but I don't know if they have access to the
> console.
>
> Unless there is some magic way for OS administration without the
> console we will be very limited in the future for install it into
> production servers. Tell a SysOp that you need to get your used logged
> "ad infinitum" in a server and watch his red burning killer eyes.
>
> Greetings
>
>
>
> 2008/1/7, Roger Schreiner <phillygeekx at gmail.com
> <mailto:phillygeekx at gmail.com>>:
>
> Curious to know the reasoning to run this as a service? If it is
> nothing more then to have the OS server start when the system
> reboots without login to the server, instead of running it as a
> service this can be run through a windows batch file and the NOS
> can be configured to run the batch file in a maximazed mode at
> start up prior to login, so it should load as cmd console
> application and provide you with administration control via this
> cmd console window. While this doesn't do much good for monitoring
> a service or restarting an application on failure, it should allow
> the server to start without intervention on the reboot.
>
> Running a batch File before login =
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q243486/
> Creating a batch file =
> http://home.att.net/~gobruen/progs/dos_batch/dos_batch.html
> <http://home.att.net/%7Egobruen/progs/dos_batch/dos_batch.html>
> I haven't tired it but when i find some time i will post a
> pastebin copy of the code and add the proceedure text when i can
> find some time.
>
> Tworsley
>
>
> On Jan 7, 2008 5:38 AM, Impalah <impalah at gmail.com
> <mailto:impalah at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> You won't have access in any case to the console if you launch
> OS as a service. OS will need a "configuration service" apart
> from the console.
>
> How Linux guys solve this problem??? They must not have access
> to the console, I supose.
>
>
>
> 2008/1/6, Garth FairChang <garth at fairchang.com
> <mailto:garth at fairchang.com>>:
>
> Hi and thanks
>
> I have tried that. But after a while OpenSim.exe just
> seems to close and if I use remote window it is not there.
>
> What do you have the idle time set at on plesk?
>
> Also I found a great application that works with Windows
> server 2003. http://www.application-as-service.com/
> I am testing the demo 14 day version. Works well but I
> have no access to the opensim window. It looks like you
> could load the other opensim servers in order as services
> before loading Opensim.exe :)
>
> Garth FairChang
> www.fairchang.com <http://www.fairchang.com/>
>
> jean-françois peri wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> I have Opensim running on plesk on Windows server 2003
>> and I have not this problem.
>> Simply when you leave windows on your local computer dont
>> stop it just click on the cross on the top right of your
>> screen.
>> Opensim server will continue to run
>>
>> Le 5 janv. 08 à 03:37, Impalah a écrit :
>>
>>> I haven't tried yet with OS but...
>>>
>>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/137890
>>> <http://support.microsoft.com/kb/137890>
>>>
>>> ANYSRV, to run any program as a service
>>>
>>>
>>> 2008/1/5, Garth <garth at fairchang.com
>>> <mailto:garth at fairchang.com>>:
>>>
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> Is it possible to run opensim.exe (and the database
>>> programs) as a windows
>>> service?
>>>
>>> I am using a windows 2003 server and every time I
>>> logout of the remote
>>> window (in plesk) after a short time the server is
>>> gone.
>>>
>>> I am guessing it is closing the session.
>>>
>>> Garth FairChang
>>>
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