How to create a RemoteUI project in Linux with server in Windows

[ragrawal]

Hello,
I want to connect to the server project running on windows from a remote UI client project.
I have a nfs server running on the Windows machine and it is exporting the server project path. On the Linux machine I have mounted the server project directory.
While creating the client project on the Linux machine I am getting the message ..." warning attention local computer will be set as server host..... please go to previous and use /nfs/-path to select the remote computer"

Please let me know the exact procedure for it.

Thanks.

[mkoller]

To run a remote UI on any OS, you do not need to NFS mount the project dir, when you just want to have a runtime-UI (not a gedi).

Start the UI manager on the remote-UI machine and pass it the commandline argument: -server http://host.of.project.server

This uses the HTTP mechanism to download all needed project files, therefore no NFS is needed.
For this to work you need to have a running HTTP Server on the project server using the webclient_http.ctl script

[ragrawal]

Thanks for the reply. I donot have the HTTP server on the server project and I also want to have a remote UI with parameterisation on the Linux machine.

[ragrawal]

Dose anybody has done this configuration? Please reply for the issue.
regards,
Rajesh

[Gertjan van Schijndel]

Since 3.11 the webclients on linux are officially only supported with a linux server. However the full client is supported in a cross platform configuration.

The steps to create a remote ui project are as follows:
[ol][*]Copy the project (and possible subprojects) to the client[*]
[*]Optional: Delete db directory and contents of log directory[*]
[*]Make sure the paths to the subprojects are correct[*]
[*]Registrate project on client[*]
[*]Modify the managers in the console/progs file for a client[*]
[*]Start the project[*][/ol]

[leoknipp]

Hello,

if you want to establish the connection to the data- and event-manager running on a remote host you have to define the folllowing entries in the [general]-section in the config-file:

data = "server-hostname
event = "server-hostname

The port numbers are optional and you have to define them when the have been modified at the server project.
In case of redundant servers you have to define both servers and redundant network connections (if available).

Best Regards
Leopold Knipp
Senior Support Specialist