[Opensim-users] Loading regions configuration from a webserver...

[Olish Newman]

Justin Clark-Casey a écrit :
> Olish Newman wrote:
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>> Hello !
>>
>> I'm not sure, but is it possible to load a region config file 
>> (/Regions/default.xml) from a webserver. Does one of the command line 
>> option for the opensim.exe is used for this ?
>> -config or -configfile or another ?
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> Curiously, there is a mechanism for this but I've never seen it used. 
> The code is contained in the OpenSim.Framework.RegionLoader.Web 
> namespace.  To make OpenSim use this rather than the usual file loader 
> it looks like one would need to set something like
>
> region_info_source = "web"
> region_webserver_url = "http://site/your-region-file.xml";
>
> in OpenSim.ini (neither of these switches appear in OpenSim.ini.example)
>
> The xml file itself would contain all the usual region xml, but that 
> would be wrapped up in a <Regions> tag (rather than the <Root> tag, I 
> suspect).  However, I'm purely guessing from just reading the code.
>
> I'm not sure how much this is supported or whether it even works 
> currently.  I'm interested Olish, could you explain further how this 
> would make things easier to manage?
>   

Thanks for the informations Justin :)

In fact, using a webserver to tell simulators which regions to run can
be very useful because a webserver with PHP can dynamically tell each
simulator which region to run or not, and on which server.

As an example, I can have many servers hosting simulators. If I want to
host a simulator on another server, or if I want a region to be hosted
on another simulator, I can just tell on which server I want them to be
hosted, and an automation script made with PHP + Cron (PHP because it is
multiplatform) can make an opensim instance to be installed, then
configured, then started with its region file pointing to a 
PHP file that would return the region config file according to which regions
I want to run on this simulator...

I hope I am clear enough on my explanations :s

There are surely many applications possible using such methods...

This week, I will start to develop some PHP application melting Cron,
RemoteAdmin, and region files hosted on a webserver to make an exapmple
and show the result. ;)


Kind regards,
Olish.


> Also, is anybody currently using this facility?  Would this be a 
> generally useful facility for other people too?
>
>   
>> As an example, a region config file is hosted on a local webserver at 
>> http://localhost/myfile.xml and this file could be :
>>
>> <Root>
>>   <Config sim_UUID="b19966b7-6264-4e1f-ade8-b4ebca894ee4" sim_name="My 
>> Island" sim_location_x="1000" sim_location_y="1000" 
>> internal_ip_address="0.0.0.0" internal_ip_port="9000" 
>> allow_alternate_ports="false" external_host_name="127.0.0.1" 
>> master_avatar_uuid="00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000" 
>> estate_covanant_uuid="4a439117-d3f1-417f-9d8c-7c466c298f7e" 
>> master_avatar_first="Test" master_avatar_last="User" 
>> master_avatar_pass="Password" />
>> </Root>
>>
>> This way it would be easier to manage.
>> Any help is much appreciated. Thanks in advance. :)
>>
>> Kind regards,
>> Olish.
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