[Server-devel] ds-backup.py backup_url server check

[Dave Bauer]

On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 6:44 PM, Dave Bauer <dave at solutiongrove.com> wrote:

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> On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 5:52 PM, Carol Farlow Lerche <cafl at msbit.com>wrote:
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>> When the client references "schoolserver", it depends on client
>> configuration where and if it finds it.  Places that can affect this lookup
>> process are the configuration designating what is your DNS server, the
>> configuration of your resolver (e.g. does it supply a default domain if the
>> requested name is not fully qualified.  So if your local domain is
>> configured to be "mydom.com", schoolserver.mydom.com might be the actual
>> name that is looked up.  Finally if you have an /etc/hosts file you can
>> supply a local name for an arbitrary IP address, so you could have a line
>> there that gave "192.0.2.1 schoolserver"
>>
>> If your "schoolserver" is not named schoolserver in your same domain, just
>> add an /etc/host entry.
>>
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> Hi, yes i can connect to the XS at http://schoolserver, ping schoolserver
> etc. It does look like its configured correctly. The SoaS is getting a DHCP
> address from the XS.
>


I put print e.code in the HTTPError handler in check_server_availble and the
error code is "403" for Unauthorized. I can connect to Moodle with the magic
cookie in Browse so I am not sure what is expected for authentication for
the backup.

Dave


>
> Thanks
>
> Dave
>
>
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>> On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 1:58 PM, Dave Bauer <dave at solutiongrove.com>wrote:
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>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I have updated my XS to the lastest code and I have the ds-backup server
>>> code on there.
>>> I have ds-backup-client on my client (slightly modified SoaS).
>>>
>>> Now I am investigating how this works and I am reviewing ds-backup.py to
>>> see why my backups are not working.
>>>
>>> I am looking around line 114 and I see this
>>>
>>>    backup_url = 'http://schoolserver/backup/1'
>>>
>>> I see that the serial number from the client is appended to this.
>>>
>>> I don't see anything on the XS that responds on this URL. Should this
>>> respond or do I have the wrong version of this script or I am confused?
>>> If something should respond on this URL, is it part of Moodle, ds-backup
>>> server or something else?
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>> Dave
>>>
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>>
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> Dave Bauer
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