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Re: Auto Server Setup with Multiple Servers
From: Dave Tanguay
Date: Thursday, April 15, 1999
Time: 6:56:25 pm
-Dave
Aaron Lynch wrote:
> this is so obvious it never occured to me! thank you!!!!!
>
> -Aaron
>
> I'm going to take a shot in the dark here. You hear the word moron quite often, don't you? -John Frazier
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-isp-list@data-point.com
> > [mailto:owner-isp-list@data-point.com]On Behalf Of Troy Harris
> > Sent: Thursday, April 15, 1999 5:30 PM
> > To: Optigold ISP List
> > Subject: Re: [Optigold-ISP] Auto Server Setup with Multiple Servers
> >
> >
> > One of Optigold's best features is it's auto server functions.
> >
> > Optigold's system is very simple and I can't think of any other way it
> > could be better (In fact, I can't for the life of me figure
> > out why other
> > billing packages don't do what Optigold does. Very simple,
> > yet powerful).
> >
> > What we would do, for the situation you are talking about, is set up
> > different Account Types for the different servers.
> > We would use the command line function in the Auto Server setup to rsh
> > into the Linux machine with the scripts set up.
> >
> > The scripts (we would probably use python, but you could use
> > whatever you
> > wanted) would look at account type and see what server it
> > should create
> > the account on, and do it accordingly. With Optigold's access to the
> > command line and scripts, you can do just about anything you
> > want without
> > Shawn having to code in extra features. :)
> >
> > -troy
> >
> > sig = ["Troy Harris", "Digitaldune Networks"]
> > ----------------------------------------------------
> > Under Bill s.1618 TITLE III passed by the 105th
> > U.S. Congress this letter can not be considered spam
> > ----------------------------------------------------
> >
> > On Thu, 15 Apr 1999, Shawn Hogan wrote:
> >
> > > Dave Tanguay wrote:
> > >
> > > >I have 2 different Linux servers with accounts on them and
> > I use 1 copy of
> > > >Optigold ISP on my NT machine.
> > > >The scripts I use for the auto server setup are the same
> > on both machines
> > > >
> > > >Within the 'Auto Server Setup' you can specify the IP# of
> > the Linux server.
> > > >Would it be possible to list more than 1 IP# for the
> > scripts to use? Like
> > > >before the script executes it prompts you 'Use Server 1 or 2?'
> > > >
> > > >Better yet, can you put this 'Server IP' as a field for
> > each customer? So it
> > > >would never ask you what machine to put it on, it would be
> > in the field
> > > >'Server IP'
> > > >This would allow the Auto Server Signup portion of
> > Optigold to activate
> > > >accounts/features on multiple servers.
> > > >
> > > >Or maybe this was thought of already?
> > > >
> > > >Or maybe this just wouldn't work?
> > >
> > > Well, it *is* something I thought of a long time ago... but then I
> > > realized that I would have to define a set number of
> > possible servers (no
> > > biggy), but say I defined 5, and an ISP needs a 6th, they
> > couldn't do it
> > > without me defining even more. So there are 14 possible
> > scripts as it is
> > > now, 5 possible on each one would bump it up to 70. Which
> > is a lot of
> > > work. :-)
> > >
> > > So, what people usually do is have a custom script on their
> > server.
> > > Optigold ISP passes a field they use to track what server
> > it should be
> > > setup on to their custom script. The custom script
> > collects the info,
> > > including what server it goes to, and then that custom
> > script does the
> > > setup on whatever server is needed.
> > >
> > > It's a little more work on your end I know, but it makes it
> > worth it
> > > because it's more flexible, you aren't limited to 2 (or 5)
> > different
> > > servers. You can have an number of servers you want.
> > >
> > > - Shawn
> > >
> > > -------------------------------
> > > Shawn D. Hogan
> > > President, Digital Point Solutions
> > > http://www.digitalpoint.com
> > > (619) 452-3696
> > >
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