[Opensim-users] OpenSim and Windows 2008 RC

[Joshua Rubeck]

Yeah its open

On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 11:02 AM, M.E. Verhagen <marceled9 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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