[AG-TECH] How setup a Beacon server?

[Christoph Willing]

On 28/06/2010, at 7:53 AM, Jesus Cea Oliva wrote:

>
> Hi everyone,
>
> I've been asked to install a beacon server for some multicast  
> network testing.
> We don't want to depend on external servers to do the testing so  
> we're building
> our own. I've been wandering around looking for some info but I've  
> only found how
> to install the client--not the server.
>
> Would anyone know the installation/configuration steps to get it  
> working?
>

Jesus,

In Asia-Pacific region, we're now using dbeacon:
     http://fivebits.net/proj/dbeacon/

There's a tarball link on that page as well as a link to the git  
repository.



Its different from the older multicast beacons in that its distributed  
in its action, rather than client/server; any client can also display  
the output matrix via a web server. For an example of output, see the  
Asia Pacific matrix at:
     http://syd-a-ext1.aarnet.net.au/matrix/

FAQ at:
     http://wiki.github.com/hugosantos/dbeacon/faq

Some additional info at:
     http://www.vislab.uq.edu.au/research/accessgrid/howto/dbeacon.html



chris


Christoph Willing                       +61 7 3365 8316
QCIF Access Grid Manager
University of Queensland