VPS Deployment

vinsnash

I have a prototype application I would like to get deployed on a Windows VPS. Reading the documentation on that I see that I am clueless. Can anyone recommend a service that is familiar with AwareIM that can guide me through the process.

I'm also assuming that I can deploy the application and continue development with the single PC setup I'm using now. Is that correct?

Thanks

Vins nash

rocketman

I run AwareIM on a VPS - What would you like to know.

First things first - I assume you can remote desktop into the VPS. You'll need to install AwareIM on the server, just like any other machine - and depending on what version/license you have, you'll need a license key from Aware for that specific server. Using your PC key won't work.

You can install the 30 day eval vesion first if you just want to test the BO

Practicalities - remote desktop into the server and fire up IE or whatever actually on the server. Download and install directly onto the VPS rather than try to transfer over from your PC (unless you have a T1 or better)

With Remote desktop - just treat the server like any other machine - you'll be fine

Of course .... I've made a really big assumption here - that you're using a windows version. If you're using Unix - then I'm afraid I'm as clueless as you 🙂

vinsnash

Thanks for the info. I am using a Windows version and we have a "Department" license. I'm having a hard time distinguishing between the 'application' I develop and the interactive development environment or 'Configuration' tool. I just want to deploy the application on the web site. Is it an all or nothing proposition, if I install on a web site then I have to do the application development from there as well?

Thanks again.

Vins Nash

rocketman

When you install on the VPS, aware will install everything. If you look in the bin directory, you will see a file called installservice.bat

Run that and this will install Tomcat, jboss and AwareIM as Windows Services. Then you'll need to start them in the order Tomcat, then jboss then AwareIM. Make sure they are set to start automatically justy in case you need to do a server restart ever. I found that I needed to tweak the recovery option on the aware service, so after a failed attempt, it will wait 2 minutes then try again.

I found I needed to do this because after a restart, Aware was trying to start too quickly before Tomcat and/or jboss was ready. It came up with "Port 9000 not available" errors

When you've done that, find another file in the bin directory called ClientStarter.bat, also logviewer.bat - you might like to drag them both to the desktop

clientstarter will fire up the configuration app, which you will need to import any BO's you develop locally. Create a Business Space with the name you want to use in the live app, then import your developed app into that space. It doesn't need to have the same name as the developement version. I for example have a space called DLGC but I also have an area where my members can play with new functionality before I let them screw up the live system. This area is called Freeflight. All I do is export the DLGC space and then import it into FreeFlight.

Not sure whether any of this is going to be useful to others so I suggest you PM me if you have any more questions