[Opensim-users] r8525: no more remoting

[BlueWall Slade]

The region<<---->>region communications no longer use it. But,  the
grid<<---->>region communications still use it. So, probably best to leave
that in your OpenSim.ini for time being.

BlueWall

On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 6:25 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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