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List:       avalon-dev
Subject:    Re: project status 'n stuff
From:       Paul Tetley <paul () bdg ! com ! au>
Date:       2002-02-28 8:30:18
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Leo Simons wrote:
> my name's not Peter, but....
> 
> 1) On the server side, there are various components that are exported
> to an MBeanServer. This needs some refactoring 'n stuff, but the
> basic idea is there. Peter or I will probably get to this pretty
> soon.
> 
> 2) Then there needs to be a thin http server layer which maps commands
> received over http (using POST, probably) to commands to the
> MBeanServer, and sends the results back.
> 
> 3) On the client side, you need what the JMX spec calls an adapter.
> We're doing this over http as that is by far the easiest. This
> is a standard-issue html client that talks to the aforementioned
> thin http server.

I've downloaded the JMX stuff from Sun.  But haven't had time to look at 
it yet...

> 4) we need some simple security measures implemented in 2 & 3.
> The server should check whether the client is from the localhost.
> If it is not, a uname/password should be provided by the client
> (probably using http_auth).

Sounds good.  For our purposes I think we'd want an SSL option too.

> There are some utility classes to help with (2) in the phoenix cvs
> under /console/src/java, and a mock http client under /console/src/mockui.
> 
> Any help is appreciated a lot (we've been kicking the beastie for
> a while now); send your engineer over to the Avalon Phoenix
> Developers List and we'll hammer it out :-)

OK - He (or I) will be available in a few days if all goes well. 
Meanwhile we can start some reading - thanks.

PT


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