[Opensim-users] OS services bundle info

[Wayne]

Thank you very much for this excellent explanation. I'm sure this will help
many Windows users.
 On Dec 23, 2011 4:33 PM, "core" <core at odosys.net> wrote:

> 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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