[Paraview] Session Manager with Apache front-end - session.map

[Bogdan Daqui Herrera]

Hi Sebastian,

I have switched to Apache-2.4.7 and used the second configuration, as
you recommended. It works now exactly as expected.

Thanks for the help!
Bogdan

On 03.12.2013 15:55, Sebastien Jourdain wrote:
> Are you using Apache 2.4+ ? There is 2 ways to do web socket forwarding
> with Apache.
> 
> http://www.paraview.org/ParaView3/Doc/Nightly/www/js-doc/index.html#!/guide/apache_setup
> 
> and 
> 
> http://www.paraview.org/ParaView3/Doc/Nightly/www/js-doc/index.html#!/guide/paraviewweb_on_aws_ec2
> 
> But I would recommend the second one if you can choose.
> 
> Seb
> 
> 
> On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 7:26 AM, Bogdan Daqui Herrera <bdaqui at simscale.de
> <mailto:bdaqui at simscale.de>> wrote:
> 
>     Hi Seb,
> 
>     A follow-up on this. The session map file is created and it is written
>     correctly, so I can say the original issue is solved. However I am still
>     having some problems with the rest of the setup for the following
>     scenario:
> 
>     -Apache Front-end serving a page through an SSL secured connection on
>     port 443.
>     -Jetty session manager working on the server on ports 9000-9100 (which
>     are of course not encrypted, but are behind the apache front-end).
>     -The session url is specifiend in the default-config.properties file as:
>     pw.factory.session.url.generator.pattern=ws://mydomain:443/proxy?sessionId=SESSION_ID
> 
>     This does not work, though. There is no reaction on the browser and no
>     visible error message in the server logs. Changing to wss, yields a
>     connection which is closed instantly.
> 
>     If however generate the sessionURL on port 9000 (unencrypted) the remote
>     browser-based paraview session works with most browsers, except Firefox,
>     which gives a security error due to the https-ws(unsecured socket)
>     combination.
> 
>     My assumption is that with the Apache front-end all traffic would be
>     channelled through port 443 and the session manager would interact only
>     with it, not with the browser directly.
> 
>     Thanks again for the kind replies!
>     Bogdan
> 
>     On 26.11.2013 17:31, Sebastien Jourdain wrote:
>     > The answer is available in that online guide
>     >
>     >
>     http://www.paraview.org/ParaView3/Doc/Nightly/www/js-doc/index.html#!/guide/paraviewweb_on_aws_ec2
>     >
>     > In this section:
>     >
>     >
>     |pw.factory.proxy.adapter=com.kitware.paraviewweb.external.ApacheModRewriteMapFileConnectionAdapter|
>     >
>     > |
>     >
>     >
>     |pw.factory.proxy.adapter.file=/opt/apache-2.4.6/pv-mapping-file/mapping.txt|
>     >
>     > |
>     > Seb
>     >
>     > On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 9:22 AM, Bogdan Daqui Herrera
>     > <bdaqui at simscale.de <mailto:bdaqui at simscale.de>
>     <mailto:bdaqui at simscale.de <mailto:bdaqui at simscale.de>>> wrote:
>     >
>     >     Hello all,
>     >
>     >     I am also testing a deployment of ParaviewWeb with the Apache
>     front-end
>     >     and am encountering a problem with the configuration.
>     >
>     >     The guide describing the process makes reference to the file
>     >     session.map, which should be generated by the session manager.
>     >
>     >     The session manager does not generate one by default and have been
>     >     unable to find how and where in the settings its path can be
>     written or
>     >     whether it has to be created.
>     >
>     >     Looking through the source code of the session manager, there
>     are two
>     >     classes that should generate this file:
>     JsonFileProxyConnectionAdapter
>     >     and ApacheModRewriteMapFileConnectionAdapter.
>     >
>     >     Could you please help me with a quick explanation of how to
>     configure
>     >     the session manager so the session.map file is generated?
>     >
>     >     Kind regards,
>     >     Bogdan Daqui
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