Re: Beacon 1.3 released
My beacon newtexta.ucc.usyd.edu.au was working fine under 1.1 but Ive
just upgraded to 1.3 and now I don't appear on the central server,
my local pages show that I see nearly everybody and about half see me.
Ive changed the CENTRALSERVER to be jhereg.ncsa.uiuc.edu but I'm still
not appearing on the central server page and I get these messages
from the beacon program:
Getting configuration information from file "/usr/local/etc/beacon.conf".
Opening session on default interface.
Starting Beacon "1.3-0" as "beacon" on Tue Aug 30 16:18:58 2005.
This host is "newtexta.ucc.usyd.edu.au", ssrc = 0x67420881, PID = 5837.
Multicast Group = 233.4.200.18, Port = 10002, TTL = 127. OS = "linux"
Output files being written to "/var/www/beacon1/"
Alarm/Notification notices will be sent to stephen@usyd.edu.au
when those features are implemented.
Go to http://jhereg.ncsa.uiuc.edu"; to see this Beacon's output.
Opening client connection
Client is not defined
Opening client connection
Client is not defined
Opening client connection
Client is not defined
Opening client connection
Client is not defined
Opening client connection
Client is not defined
Opening client connection
Client is not defined
On Mon, Aug 29, 2005 at 09:12:19AM -0500, Mitch Kutzko wrote:
> Hi, Derek -- Good question.
>
> We're chasing a bug right now in the TCP connection code that causes the
> use of a CNAME entry to throw an error. For now, you need to use the
> actual real name of the Central Server you're reporting to when you set up
> beacon.conf.
>
> So for now, that means you need to use "jhereg.ncsa.uiuc.edu". Jhereg will
> remain the Central Server from now on, so you won't have to change it
> later, although we do hope to have a patch out for this bug shortly,
> allowing the use of CNAMES later.
>
> Hope this helps!
>
> Mitch
>
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Just a question, since the config in the latest .tar.gz of the beacon
> > has 'jhereg.ncsa.uiuc.edu' as the beacon name, should we leave it as
> > that or use 'beacon2.ncsa.uiuc.edu', or after 9/7 should we specifically
> > change it to 'beacon.ncsa.uiuc.edu' or 'beacon.dast.nlanr.net'. I know
> > at the moment beacon2 is just a CNAME for jhereg but I didn't know if
> > the current main server 'morollan' will take over and jhereg will be the
> > 'test/beta server'?
> >
> > Derek
> >
> > Mitch Kutzko wrote:
> > > Hi -- Beacon 1.3 has been released. You can get it at:
> > >
> > > http://dast.nlanr.net/projects/beacon/
> > >
> > > In addition, the 1.1 Beacon will be retired on September 7th in
> conjunction
> > > with a physical move of the server to a new building. Please update to the
> > > new 1.3 Beacon by that time.
> > >
> > >
> > > The 1.3 Beacon Central Server is running right now at
> > >
> > > http://beacon2.ncsa.uiuc.edu
> > >
> > > After the 1.1 server is taken down on 9/7/05, the beacon.ncsa.uiuc.edu and
> > > beacon.dast.nlanr.net aliases will be changed to point to the 1.3
> server as
> > > well.
> > >
> > > As always, please let us know if you encounter any problems or have any
> > > feedback for us.
> > >
> > > Enjoy!
> > >
> > > Mitch
> > > --
> > > Mitch Kutzko | mitch@dast.nlanr.net | mitch@ncsa.uiuc.edu | 217-333-1199
> > > Project: http://dast.nlanr.net | Personal: http://hobbes.ncsa.uiuc.edu
> > >
> > >
> >
> > --
> > Derek Piper - dcpiper@indiana.edu - (812) 856 0111
> > IRI 323, School of Informatics
> > Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
> >
> >
> --
> Mitch Kutzko | mitch@dast.nlanr.net | mitch@ncsa.uiuc.edu | 217-333-1199
> http://hobbes.ncsa.uiuc.edu/
>
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