[Opensim-users] r8525: no more remoting

[James Stallings II]

This is incredible news, as not only does it simplify the opensim
communications architecture, it opens the door to opensim regions and grid
components that are written in languages other than .net :D

Cheers
James

On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 5:25 AM, Chris Hart <Chris at codetorque.co.uk> wrote:

> I would recommend including a bit more detail when posting to the users
> list about what a change like this means - don't expect everyone to be a
> developer :)
>
> From what I understand (Diva, others, please correct me if wrong), as of
> SVN 8525, you no longer need to listen on port 8895 (or whatever you
> have set up your server to listen on because this is configurable) when
> connecting a region server to a grid (like hooking up a region to OS
> Grid), hence
>
> remoting_listener_port = 8895
>
> can be removed from the ini, and you can hence close that port on your
> router because it isn't used any more.
>
> Remoting is just one method of communicating with other stuff over the
> internet, and has until now required OpenSim to use an extra port for
> interregion communication. Now, instead of using Remoting, Diva's
> changes mean that HTTP is used instead, and this means the main HTTP
> port set in your ini:
>
> http_listener_port = 9000
>
> (or, again, whatever port number you are configured to listen on) is now
> also used for interregion communications (joining a grid successfully).
>
> XML RPC is a protocol that is used by the remote administration tools
> that many people use. It operates over the main http_listener_port
> setting, hence the default of 9000 is also used for this sort of
> communication. Those tools will be unaffected by this change.
>
> What this also means, which Diva stated, is that you can't mix and match
> between older OpenSim instances and this newer OpenSim code. You can't
> have regions expecting communication on port 8895 and not hearing
> anything back - you need to be on a similar version of OpenSim (>= 8525)
>
> Diva or others, please correct me if I have misunderstood or
> mistranslated any of this :)
>
> Chris
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: opensim-users-bounces at lists.berlios.de
> [mailto:opensim-users-bounces at lists.berlios.de] On Behalf Of Diva Canto
> Sent: 20 February 2009 04:57
> To: opensim-users at lists.berlios.de
> Subject: [Opensim-users] r8525: no more remoting
>
> Just a heads-up to let everyone know that r8525 departs from .NET
> Remoting for good.
> Post-r8525 sims no longer listen on remoting ports, they use http
> exclusively. This means that those of you who haven't updated your sims
> in the past month or so won't be able to go to places that are
> up-to-date.
>
> The UCI Hypergrid gateways are up-to-date.
>
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