[Sugar-devel] Sugar-Server enhancement

[Jerry Vonau]

Manash,

> On April 13, 2016 at 1:58 PM Manash Raja <mpdmanash at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> Hello Jerry,
> 
> Thank you for your help. It worked! As you said, the _REGISTER_URL was
> getting overridden by what was set in network control panel.
> 

Cool, glad it was that easy to fix. 

> I am visiting IRC chat room through http://webchat.freenode.net/ in
> browser
> as I am facing some troubles with clients due to my proxy enabled
> internet
> connection. Hence, I am not able to stay logged in into IRC for long.
> Hence
> apologize for the same. I am getting a Raspberry pi though to use openvpn
> and then I can stay logged in for long :)
>

No worries.
 
> I will document the steps I went through for the setup in virtualbox if
> it
> might help new developers.
> 

That will help others immensely. 

> Okay, so registration is done. What I find in cpsection/network/model.py
> is
> that to clear the registration the schema org.sugarlabs backup-url is set
> to blank in clear_registration() method. 

Please don't forget jarabe/desktop/schoolserver.py is involved, I
personally would prefer that code to be moved into control-panel/network.
Others please chime with your thoughts on this one. 

> I am setting up another XS now to
> register with. 

Off topic, what steps did you take and how did you find the install?

> So is only the value in org.sugarlabs backup-url is specific
> to a server? 

Yes, idmgr should return that value once registered. This value is read by
the olpc backup client backend to find its 'mothership' This would rpm
would not be installed on SoaS. 

> And of we can provide option to the user for the same, will it
> solve the issue as it seems?
>

Yes, that would be the forward facing UI. The other advanced tasks would be
to figure out a non-olpc client backend and corresponding service for the
XSCE. Tony should have some ideas on that.

Jerry    

 
> On Thu, Apr 14, 2016 at 12:03 AM, Jerry Vonau <me at jvonau.ca> wrote:
> 
> > Just had a thought, SoaS might have the collaboration server already
> > set in
> > the control-panel -> network, this is different from XOs that have this
> > field blank. Having that field populated would cause jabber_server to
> > override the predefined _REGISTER_URL in
> > src/jarabe/desktop/schoolserver.py.
> >
> > I would ensure that logging is enabled, collaboration server is blank,
> > and
> > try registration again. Should that fail the logs would be useful to
> > have a
> > look at.
> >
> > Jerry
> >
> >
> >
> > > On April 13, 2016 at 11:49 AM Jerry Vonau <me at jvonau.ca> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > Hello Manash,
> > >
> > > I'll have a bunch of questions, because my crystal ball is in the
> > > repair
> > > shop. ;)
> > >
> > > > On April 13, 2016 at 10:45 AM Manash Raja <mpdmanash at gmail.com>
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I have installed XSCE schoolserver on CentOS running in Virtualbox.
> > > >
> > >
> > > I saw your question in the chat-room, please be patient for a reply,
> > > timezones come into play.  Does this XSCE VM have one or two network
> > > interfaces? I'm asking as iptables comes into play with 2 or more
> > > interfaces.
> > >
> > > >    1. Sugar running on another Virtualbox instance can visit
> > > >    http://schoolserver from its browser, but server registration is
> > > > failing
> > > >    in Sugar if I try clicking on "XO" and then "Register".
> > >
> > > This could be related to dns resolution with a single interface or
> > > iptables
> > > with 2+ interfaces.
> > >
> > > >    2. It seems that sugar registers at http://schoolserver:8080 .
> > > >    3. When I visited http://schoolserver:8080, it showed me page
> > > > not
> > > > found
> > > >    error.
> > > >    4. I configured XSCE server to support XO registration and
> > > > backup
> > > > from
> > > >    its menu.
> > > >    5. Now when I visit http://schoolserver:8080, I see a different
> > > > error
> > > >    "Error 501."
> > > >
> > > > Please help me to get sugar registered on XSCE server and how do we
> > > > configure the XSCE server for sugar. (Any specific config files or
> > > > ports)
> > > >
> > >
> > > There really is nothing to open up, with a single interface the
> > > server is
> > > wide open and if there is more than one, all connections from the LAN
> > > are
> > > allowed with http and ssh allowed from the WAN.
> > >
> > > > Thanks
> > >
> > > Can you start with the number of network interfaces on the XSCE, and
> > > the
> > > and the contents of /etc/hosts from the sugar client please.
> > >
> > > Jerry
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Manash Pratim Das
> > > >
> > > > On Mon, Apr 4, 2016 at 3:31 AM, James Cameron <quozl at laptop.org>
> > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > The ticket is up to date.
> > > > >
> > > > > Your task would be to set up a server, e.g. XSCE,
> > > > > http://schoolserver.org/ and then register to it; which is a UI
> > step.
> > > > >
> > > > > Then set up a second server, and register to it; which is a
> > > > > manual
> > > > > process.
> > > > >
> > > > > Then design a UI and UX for either switching registration or
> > > > > detecting
> > > > > environment and testing server connection.
> > > > >
> > > > > On Sun, Apr 03, 2016 at 04:32:02PM +0530, Manash Raja wrote:
> > > > > > Hello everyone,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I was looking at this bug
> > > > > > [1]https://bugs.sugarlabs.org/ticket/362
> > > > > > ,
> > > > > but I
> > > > > > couldn't understand its status quite well. I am interested to
> > > > > > work
> > > > > > on
> > > > > this
> > > > > > enhancement as it is related to my proposed GSoC 2016 proposal
> > > > > > and
> > > > > > would
> > > > > give
> > > > > > me a head start on understanding the present Sugar-Server
> > > > > > integration.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > So, I would appreciate if someone can help me to start and
> > > > > > direct
> > > > > > me
> > > > > where I
> > > > > > should focus on right now.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Thanks.
> > > > > > Regards.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Manash Pratim Das (ManashRaja)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > References:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > [1] https://bugs.sugarlabs.org/ticket/362
> > > > >
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