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

Sebastien Jourdain sebastien.jourdain at kitware.com
Thu Dec 5 14:48:50 EST 2013


I'm not sure to follow everything here, but you should be able to call a
method to refresh the pipeline.
In fact, you can exercise it by clicking on the "server" icon of the
pipeline browser.

Seb


On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 12:06 PM, Bogdan Daqui Herrera <bdaqui at simscale.de>wrote:

> Hi Seb,
>
> Thanks for the reply.
>
> One new follow-up on the transition to the latest revision.
>
> I have written a new openFile method in protocols.py which uses some
> custom python code to get a reader object. This reader object is then
> returned by my new openFile method.
>
> The openFile method is subsequently called from within javascript code
> in a similar manner as vtk:getPipeline is called in the Visualizer demo
> app.
>
> The idea being that a file will be open depending on some parameters,
> without having to browse through a list. Also, the client most not know
> any information concerning the actual path of the file.
>
> The problem I currently have is that the proxy object is not being
> automatically added to the pipeline browser. I can print the contents to
> the browser console and seems fine.
>
> Could you give please give me some hints on how to proceed?
>
> Kind regards,
> Bogdan
>
> On 04.12.2013 02:19, Sebastien Jourdain wrote:
> > Sorry to catch up so late but the possible reason why it was not working
> > before was the file generated does not have the same format.
> >
> > Seb
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 1:07 PM, Bogdan Daqui Herrera <bdaqui at simscale.de
> > <mailto:bdaqui at simscale.de>> wrote:
> >
> >     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>
> >     > <mailto: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>>
> >     >     <mailto: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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