pingpongclient(8)

NAME

pingpongclient -- RSerPool Client (PU) for the PingPong service

SYNOPSIS

pingpongclient [-poolhandle=pool_handle] [-interval=milliseconds]
               [-cspinterval=milliseconds] [-cspserver=address:port]
               [-logappend=filename] [-logcolor=on|off]
               [-logfile=filename] [-loglevel=0-9]

DESCRIPTION

pingpongclient is a Reliable Server Pooling (RSerPool) pool user (PU) for the PingPong service. It is a simple example service for testing RSerPool and its failover functionalities.

ARGUMENTS

The following options are available:

-poolhandle=pool_handle

Sets the PH to a non-default value; otherwise, the default setting is "PingPongPool".

Service Parameters:

-interval=milliseconds

Sets the request interval in milliseconds.

Component Status Protocol (CSP) Parameters:

-cspinterval=milliseconds

Sets the interval for the CSP status updates in milliseconds. By default, the content of the environment variable CSP_INTERVAL is used. If not defined, no CSP status
reports will be sent.

-cspserver=address:port

Sets the address of a CSP monitor server. By default, the content of the environment variable CSP_SERVER is used.
If not defined, no CSP status reports will be sent.

Logging Parameters:

-logappend=filename

Write logging output to a file (default is stdout); output will be appended to given file.

-logcolor=on|off

Turns ANSI colorization of the logging output on or off.

-logfile=filename

Write logging output to a file (default is stdout); given file will be overwritten.

-loglevel=0-9

Sets the logging verbosity from 0 (none) to 9 (very verbose). It is recommended to use at least a value of 2 to see possibly important error messages and warnings.

ENVIRONMENT

pingpongclient uses the environment variables CSP_SERVER and CSP_INTERVAL to define a CSP server to send reports to in the specified interval.

DIAGNOSTICS

If loglevel>0, log messages will be printed to stdout or into a specified log file.

SEE ALSO

For a detailed introduction to RSerPool, see:
http://duepublico.uni-duisburg-essen.de/servlets/DerivateServlet/Derivate-16326/Dre2006-final.pdf

Thomas Dreibholz's RSerPool Page:
http://tdrwww.iem.uni-due.de/dreibholz/rserpool/

AUTHORS

Dr. Thomas Dreibholz
http://tdrwww.iem.uni-due.de/dreibholz/rserpool/
mailto://dreibh@iem.uni-due.de

PingPong Client September 11, 2007 PingPong Client