[Backgroundrb-devel] Can't Connect to BackgroundRB

[Ezra Zygmuntowicz]

Erik-
	
	I think thats a good setup, you should be all set.

Cheers-
-Ezra

On Sep 24, 2006, at 3:07 PM, Erik Morton wrote:

> I got it working with the following ACL:
>
> acl:
>   deny:
>   allow: localhost 127.0.0.1 XXX.XX.XXX.51
>   order: allow,deny
>
> I have iptables blocking port 22222 to all hosts except for the web  
> server. Please let me know if you think this is a bad idea...
>
>
> Thanks again
>
> Erik
> On Sep 24, 2006, at 5:07 PM, Ezra Zygmuntowicz wrote:
>
>> Hey-
>>
>> 	Hrmm, if all your servers are in the same subnet or vlan then you  
>> should be able to put the drb anywhere. Mongrel on the web server  
>> is fine if the app server is loaded. ANd drb should work fine  
>> wherever you put it. I'm not sure what the problems you are having  
>> are all about, I have a 5 server setup with one of the servers  
>> only running drb processes and it talks to the other 4 servers in  
>> the subnet fine.
>>
>> 	It will be quicker if you put the mongrels and drb on the same  
>> server, but I don't think it should meka to much difference on a  
>> local network.
>>
>> -Ezra
>>
>> On Sep 24, 2006, at 1:59 PM, Erik Morton wrote:
>>
>>> Interesting. I have a three server setup at a colo and they are  
>>> all running out of the box firewalls from RedHat EL4. Normally I  
>>> would put my Mongrels on the "app" server with BackgroundRB. In  
>>> this case however my app server is a bit overloaded with a  
>>> HylaFAX installation, so I have my mongrels on the "web" server.
>>>
>>> Would you consider it a best practice to keep the mongrels and  
>>> BackgroundRB on the same server?
>>>
>>> Erik
>>> On Sep 24, 2006, at 4:40 PM, Ezra Zygmuntowicz wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hey Eric-
>>>>
>>>> On Sep 24, 2006, at 8:21 AM, Erik Morton wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I'm having trouble getting backgroundrb up and running in a
>>>>> production environment.
>>>>>
>>>>> Here's my backgroundrb.yml:
>>>>> ---
>>>>> port: "22222"
>>>>> timer_sleep: 60
>>>>> load_rails: true
>>>>> environment: production
>>>>> host: XXX.XX.XXX.50
>>>>> database_yml: config/database.yml
>>>>> acl:
>>>>>    deny: all
>>>>>    allow: localhost 127.0.0.1 XXX.XX.XXX.51
>>>>>    order: deny,allow
>>>>>
>>>>> I start BackgroundRB from XXX.XX.XXX.50 with script/backgroundrb/
>>>>> start -d
>>>>> I can then telnet localhost 22222 and connect to the drb server
>>>>> However when I: telnet XXX.XX.XXX.50 22222 from the same machine I
>>>>> get connection refused.
>>>>>
>>>>> Does this sound like an ACL issue or perhaps my iptables?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks in advance,
>>>>> Erik
>>>>
>>>> 	It could be an acl issue but I rather think it might be a  
>>>> network issue, drb is fidgety with NAT and firewalls. IS the  
>>>> other server behind NAT or a firewall? If so you may want to  
>>>> look  at DRbFire, its an add on to drb to help it navigate  
>>>> firewalls and nat.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Cheers-
>>>> -Ezra
>>>
>>
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