[Opensim-users] OS services bundle info

[core]

at the bottom of the quick setup guide (below the sentence you
mentioned) i posted a link to the Moodle site containing simple cron
solutions for all 3 platforms.  the Windows specific link has 2 options,
the first being a quick-installing service which allows you to specify a
url to be 'pinged' at specific intervals.  it's called the 'Moodle chron
package' but it can be used for ANY web service, not just Moodle:

http://docs.moodle.org/20/en/Cron_with_Windows_OS

when you run the installer, after blowing past the legal stuff, the
first option will  ask you if you want to enable logging for the
service.  that's up to you.  if you just want to try it out, hit no. 
you'll avoid adding more jibberish to a system log most people never
touch anyway ;) 

the next window asks you how often in minutes you'd like the service to
ping the url.  the default is 10, which is fine to start with.  i don't
know what the optimal number is here since everyone's grid is different
as is the frequency with which they add content.  so, go with 10.

the next window is the important one.  here's where you enter the
url/php file to be pinged.  enter the path to your search module's
parser file:
http://<your.domain.or.IP.here>/os_services/search/parser.php - you get
the idea.

when it asks you if you want to add another site, just say no.  2 more
obligatory clicks and you're done.  now, the cron event will run
silently as a standard windows service and regularly ping the parser
file which will in turn update the information that the Data Snapshot
module needs.

[[note]] the second option on the Moodle page involves creating a
scheduled task which many people who already admin Windows servers are
familiar with.  it works just as well, takes a few more steps to set up
and might be more reliable for some.  the choice is yours.  i favor the
first option because it's easy to kill by simply uninstalling through
normal means.

hope this helps.

- core/jason

On 12/23/2011 12:15 PM, Wayne wrote:
> Thank you, Jason.
>  
> How would one go about, "This is accomplished by running the
> parser.php script in the Search Module web folder" on a Windows machine?
>
> On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 10:40 AM, core <core at odosys.net
> <mailto:core at odosys.net>> wrote:
>
>     i've updated the quick setup guide with some corrections and
>     additional
>     information which will hopefully help with a few of the issues brought
>     to my attention over the past few weeks.  here are the new (permanent)
>     file locations:
>
>     static download: http://opensim.odosys.net/files/ in
>     'OpenSim_Services'
>     github repo: https://github.com/anticore/os_services_bundle <--
>     fork away!
>
>     if you're upgrading from the original version posted prior to
>     December,
>     instructions are in the Documents folder.
>
>     happy holidays to all!
>
>     - core/jason
>
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