[Opensim-users] OpenSim and Windows 2008 RC

[M.E. Verhagen]

do you have the 8008 port open ?

2012/3/8, Joshua Rubeck <jrubeck1989 at gmail.com>:
> Thanks for the info Fleep,
>
> I have found no way to run Opennsim as a windows service either. I have
> tested the same things you have after finally getting it to work on the
> server.((Honestly IPSEC is a pain in the rear)). Fortunatly for us, we make
> our own policies on account accessing, so I can share the access with the
> other system admins, but I can see how that would be irritating to you.
> Right now I am trying to get a currency module running at the request of
> one of our clients. They are wanting their regions to have the currency
> module enabled and to allow for land buying/selling so their students and
> instructors can have parcels for their classes, instead of one region each
> etc. This is proving difficult as it seems most modules that were available
> have not been updated to 0.7.3. We are using DTLS/NSL MoneyServer for ours
> since it seems to be the only one that will partially work but land buying
> and Currency buying even as play money(IE what we need lol) wont work keeps
> returning a DNS error no matter what we have tried. Do you have any
> experience with this module or know a module that would work?
>
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 9:18 AM, Fleep Tuque <fleep513 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Joshua,
>>
>> I've tried running opensim as a windows service following the instructions
>> at
>> http://tmurlikiewicz.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29:how-to-run-opensi
>> to no success.
>>
>> Invariably when I try to start the service I get the error message "Error
>> 1053: The service did not respond to the start or control request in a
>> timely fashion."
>>
>> Finding some alternative methods to run applications as a windows service
>> from
>> http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/83272-how-to-run-a-program-as-a-service/ ,
>> I also tried the Launcher Service (option 3),  but I couldn't figure out a
>> way to get the configuration to accept a parameter - i.e. it would accept
>> c:\opensim\bin\robust.exe as an executable, but no way to add the "
>> -inifile=Robust.HG.ini" parameter (error was something about illegal
>> characters in the config file).
>>
>> I did get the Launcher Service to start up opensim.32bitlaunch.exe, but
>> the console appears on the Windows "interactive desktop" and if you close
>> that window I never did figure out how to get back to it.
>>
>> After much futzing and trying different permutations, I've given up on
>> running robust and opensim as a Windows service for now.  Which is kind of
>> inconvenient since I can't figure out a way to share access with another
>> sysadmin without giving them access to the windows account where the
>> application is running - a total violation of our campus security
>> policies.
>>  :(
>>
>> - Chris/Fleep
>>
>> Chris M. Collins (SL/OS: Fleep Tuque)
>> Center for Simulations & Virtual Environments Research (UCSIM)
>> UCIT Instructional & Research Computing
>> University of Cincinnati
>> 406A Zimmer Hall
>> 315 College Drive
>> PO BOX 210088
>> Cincinnati, OH 45221-0088
>> chris.collins at uc.edu
>> (513) 556-3018
>>
>> http://ucsim.uc.edu
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 2:16 PM, Joshua Rubeck
>> <jrubeck1989 at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> We recently purchased a new core server for our grid and decided to give
>>> Windows 2008 RC a try. We haven't set anything up yet we were wanting to
>>> get the best info so far. We have seen some pretty good reviews from
>>> people
>>> who ran Win 08 RC but I was wondering if you all could help us out with
>>> some issues:
>>>
>>> 1) Is there a windows Alternative to Monit that will restart an OpenSim
>>> Instance if it goes down? ( I think Watchdog might but I am not sure)
>>> 2) What ways is used to get OpenSim to run as a windows service so when
>>> we close out of the GUI it is still running? And can this be done if the
>>> remote desktop has multiple accounts?
>>> 3) What antivirus software (free or at least a decent price) would you
>>> guys recommend to help keep the server safe?
>>>
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