[Shake-dev] [EHPweb] PDL sender configuration

[Jeremy M Fee]

Hi Bruce and Pete,

The PDL client 1.6.5 and earlier included a default configuration  
file, but this led to confusion because it wasn't clear to users what  
was configured.  Unfortunately, removing this has also broken user  
expectations.

Current directory refers to the working directory for a process.  What  
that is really depends on how the shakemap processes are started, and  
how it executes transfer processes.


Jeremy


On Apr 3, 2012, at 1:57 PM, Bruce Worden wrote:

> Hi Pete,
>
> I don't know what is meant by "current directory." My understanding  
> is that the client comes with a default configuration file. Maybe  
> Jeremy can elaborate.
>
> There is an as-yet unannounced ShakeMap update in the repository.  
> One of the changes is the addition of a parameter "pdl_config" to  
> transfer.conf. The parameter is not documented in transfer.conf (at  
> the moment), but is available for use, and will set the --configFile  
> option for PDL.
>
> Bruce
>
>
> On Apr 3, 2012, at 10:55 AM, Peter Lombard wrote:
>
>> Bruce,
>>
>> Jeremy Fee reports a possible change to the way we are using PDL in
>> Shakemap. Specifically, he seems to be saying that we should set up a
>> configuration file when using ProductClient.jar to send products to  
>> USGS.
>>
>> It's not clear to me how if we are supposed to do this in ShakeMap;  
>> and if so,
>> how we do it.  According to the help built into ProductClient.jar,  
>> there is a
>> command-line option "--configFile=FILE" to identify the config  
>> file. Yet there
>> is no provision in transfer or transfer.conf for giving the file  
>> name. Without
>> this option, ProductClient attempts to read "config.ini" from the  
>> "current
>> directory". I have no idea what is the current directory when  
>> transfer invokes
>> ProductClient.jar, and I'm pretty sure there is no config.ini in  
>> any directory
>> that transfer might be using.
>>
>> Can you please clarify with Jeremy what ShakeMap producers are  
>> supposed to do
>> regarding ProductClient and its config file?
>>
>> Pete
>>
>>
>> Jeremy M Fee writes:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> Several users have reported problems sending products using the new
>>> PDL client (version 1.7.3).  If you only receive products using PDL
>>> this does not affect you.
>>>
>>>
>>> If you send products, please double check that senders and  
>>> trackerURL
>>> are configured explicitly in config.ini:
>>>
>>> - in the globals, set the senders list and trackerURL property:
>>>
>>> senders = ehppdl1, ehppdl2
>>> trackerURL = http://ehppdl1.cr.usgs.gov/tracker/
>>>
>>>
>>> - add sections for each sender
>>>
>>> [ehppdl1]
>>> type = gov.usgs.earthquake.distribution.SocketProductSender
>>> host = ehppdl1.cr.usgs.gov
>>> port = 11235
>>>
>>> [ehppdl2]
>>> type = gov.usgs.earthquake.distribution.SocketProductSender
>>> host = ehppdl2.wr.usgs.gov
>>> port = 11235
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Jeremy
>>>
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