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

[Sebastien Jourdain]

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>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>> 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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