Task #11047
closed
Install PhotoScan license server on dlib8x.dom0.research-infrastructures.eu (rename the host)
100%
Description
Software can be downloaded from here:
it should be sufficient to run the "rlm" executable and open port 5054. The server should restart when the machine reboots. I will later configure it through a http interface.
The server should be visible to the CNR and Garr networks, included "our" office computers (in order to access the http admin interface).
Updated by Andrea Dell'Amico over 7 years ago
- Status changed from New to In Progress
Updated by Andrea Dell'Amico over 7 years ago
- Status changed from In Progress to Feedback
- % Done changed from 0 to 100
We now have a working role and a playbook and the software has been installed, but there's a huge problem:
01/26 19:17 (rlm) RLM License Server Version 12.0BL2-p2
Copyright (C) 2006-2015, Reprise Software, Inc. All rights reserved.
01/26 19:17 (rlm) License server started on access
01/26 19:17 (rlm) Server architecture: x64_l1
01/26 19:17 (rlm) License files:
01/26 19:17 (rlm) /opt/agisoft/photoscan_lm/agisoft-rlm-server/agisoft.lic
01/26 19:17 (rlm)
01/26 19:17 (rlm) Web server starting on port 5054
01/26 19:17 (rlm) Using TCP/IP port 5053
01/26 19:17 (rlm) ... adding UDP/IP port 5053
01/26 19:17 (rlm) Starting ISV server agisoft on port 60170
01/26 19:17 (agisoft) RLM License Server Version 12.0BL2-p2 for ISV "agisoft"
01/26 19:17 (agisoft) Settings from RLM Version 12.0BL2 for ISV "agisoft"
01/26 19:17 (agisoft) Server architecture: x64_l1
Copyright (C) 2006-2015, Reprise Software, Inc. All rights reserved.
RLM contains software developed by the OpenSSL Project
for use in the OpenSSL Toolkit (http://www.openssl.org)
Copyright (c) 1998-2008 The OpenSSL Project. All rights reserved.
Copyright (c) 1995-1998 Eric Young (eay@cryptsoft.com) All rights reserved.
01/26 19:17 (agisoft) This server does not run on virtual machines, exiting
01/26 19:17 (agisoft) This server does not run on virtual machines, exiting
01/26 19:17 (rlm)
01/26 19:17 (rlm) agisoft initialization error: 5, not restarting
01/26 19:17 (rlm)
01/26 19:17 (rlm) The ISV server is running on the wrong host.
01/26 19:17 (rlm)
01/26 19:17 (rlm) This can happen if:
01/26 19:17 (rlm) The hostid of this machine doesn't match any license file
01/26 19:17 (rlm) - or -
01/26 19:17 (rlm) You are attempting to run the server on a virtual machine
We could dedicate an old machine to it, but it seems a very stupid behaviour to me. The web interface is active, you can always try and see if the license manager works despite that message.
Updated by Andrea Dell'Amico over 7 years ago
To start/stop the service, or to verify its status you have to run, as root:
start rlm stop rlm status rlm
The service run as an unprivileged user, so stick to those commands.
Updated by Gianpaolo Coro over 7 years ago
Unfortunately it does not work and this depends on the fact we are using a VM. Yes, this is stupid behaviour. One alternative would be that I keep it running on my Desktop machine, but I don't trust my office plugs very much...what do you suggest?
Updated by Andrea Dell'Amico about 7 years ago
Gianpaolo Coro wrote:
Unfortunately it does not work and this depends on the fact we are using a VM. Yes, this is stupid behaviour. One alternative would be that I keep it running on my Desktop machine, but I don't trust my office plugs very much...what do you suggest?
In no way we should rely on services running on desktops or on any hardware outside our data center. We can put it on one of the to-be-dismissed SUN V20Z servers.
@tommaso.piccioli@isti.cnr.it is it OK for you?
Updated by Andrea Dell'Amico about 7 years ago
- Status changed from Feedback to In Progress
- % Done changed from 100 to 60
Updated by Andrea Dell'Amico about 7 years ago
Tommaso is proposing to reuse dlib8x.dom0.research-infrastructures.eu. Can it be reinstalled with a more modern distribution so that we can keep up with the updates? virtualisation is not needed.
Updated by Andrea Dell'Amico about 7 years ago
- Status changed from In Progress to Feedback
- % Done changed from 60 to 100
Andrea Dell'Amico wrote:
Tommaso is proposing to reuse dlib8x.dom0.research-infrastructures.eu. Can it be reinstalled with a more modern distribution so that we can keep up with the updates? virtualisation is not needed.
The license manager is running on dlib8x.dom0.research-infrastructures.eu. next week we'll need at least a couple of hours of downtime to reinstall the machine with a modern distribution.
Updated by Gianpaolo Coro about 7 years ago
The server needs to write a file on the local file system, could you give me a path where it has writing rights?
Updated by Gianpaolo Coro about 7 years ago
I also need to get the /tmp/licence.lic file. Overall, may I have access to the machine please?
Updated by Tommaso Piccioli about 7 years ago
PhotoScan license server is again on Gianpaolo's pc, there is some problem on linux.
rlm boot startup disabled on dlib8x
Updated by Andrea Dell'Amico about 7 years ago
- Status changed from Feedback to Paused
What kind of problem, anyway? Can it be related to the relatively old distribution installed?
Updated by Gianpaolo Coro about 7 years ago
The problem I had was the following: the license server writes into OS folder it creates. These folders are unknown to me and the installation indeed requires root privileges. I tried to use the online interface of the service, which runs using a non-root user. I asked Tommaso to grant the server access to a number of folders I discovered while I was trying to activate the license and was getting writing privileges errors. After some attempts, my licence went corrupted and I had to ask for another licence to the software providers who accused me of fraud. Finally, I managed to get another licence and decided to run the licence service on my machine with admin privileges. Unfortunately, my machine is not so stable and some experiments sometimes give error because of license service failures. Do you think it would be possible to run the license server with root privileges?
Updated by Andrea Dell'Amico about 7 years ago
I don't know why a license manager must run as root. But yes, we can do it. We must reinstall that server anyway, because we have to dismantle the hypervisor configuration. @tommaso.piccioli@isti.cnr.it can you work on that? CentOS 7 perhaps, so that we start to converge on the same distribution for the bare metal?
Updated by Andrea Dell'Amico about 7 years ago
- Subject changed from Install PhotoScan license server on access.d4science.org to Install PhotoScan license server on dlib8x.dom0.research-infrastructures.eu (rename the host)
Updated by Gianpaolo Coro about 7 years ago
- Status changed from Paused to Closed
