Indexes and Groups query - [Solved]

[Pastim]

(28-11-2015 19:05)simoncn Wrote:  

(28-11-2015 14:30)Pastim Wrote:  I have now found, both by trial (and lots of error) and by reading more on the forum that multiple copies of the server can't be run on one linux system. Is that really true?

No, this isn't true. I don't think the Linux installation page says or implies this. Were you looking at a very old forum post?

You can run multiple instances on Linux by installing them in different directories and setting different values for http.port, ohnet.port and displayName. If you enable both instances for autostart using minimserver/bin/setup, they will both be started when you boot the system. I will update the Linux install page to clarify this.

Quote:I did test that I can re-configure minimserver to avoid using Groups without having to re-tag, and that works, so that part of my solution is OK.

minimserver is running on a (normally) headless system, and is started at boot time. I don't really need to run one with groups and one without groups at the same time. Is there some way I could decide which I wanted to switch to dynamically and remotely, having started one at boot time?

I get so close to my ideal solution, but somehow there's always a wrinkle

You will need to run both instances all the time and use your UPnP control point to switch between them. Unless your Linux machine is very short of RAM, this shouldn't cause any problems.

I saw the recent stuff on QNAP and assumed it was similar, plus this thread - https://forum.minimserver.com/showthread...#pid18147. Maybe that was just for windows.

Anyhow, I installed a second copy in another directory. It was a bit of a challenge to get the ports adjusted without using minimwatch (since the 2nd minimserver wouldn't start). Is there a proper way to do set this up? I could find one.

However, using minimwatch (on ubuntu 14.04) I still see one or other of the minimservers but not both. I've 2 sets of ports, the firewall allows them all, and the names are different. I'm sure I've done something stupid but I've so far failed to get to see both. It may be something I did when trying to get both to run - I copied the old config one to the new one, with minimserver stopped, edited in the ports and name change.

The two jars are running on the server. I'll keep trying...

Edit: OK - got it working now. I shouldn't have tried to copy the configuration.