On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 07:32:12PM +0100, mourad.alia@orange-ftgroup.com wrote: > I am working with Julien in the same project (see my previous email on > OpenVZ vs VServer) : > Our software is a java application representing a VoIP client which > able of managing multiple calls at the same time. This application > uses many server distributed over many servers (out of the scope here) > to create and to route calls. In our case, we are obliged to manage > such calls from one instance which is solely hosted on a VServer and > which is assigned to one client ID. Consequently, we should assign > many adresses to one guest. Everything is working fine without the JMX > component. When enabling JMX (part of the software) which uses the > socket 0.0.0.0.(all interfaces) only the first guest is started. what is 'the first guest'? > I hope this will help in udertanding our problem, maybe somebody could give an example what happens and what he 'thinks' that should happen instead :) TIA, Herbert > -- Mourad > ________________________________________ > De : Michael S. Zick [mszick@morethan.org] > Date d'envoi : vendredi 21 janvier 2011 18:32 > À : vserver@list.linux-vserver.org > Objet : Re: [vserver] VServer and Multicasting > > On Fri January 21 2011, Furgerot Julien wrote: > > Sorry for these obscures questions out of any context. > > It's a proprietary software developped by my firm. > > > > Hmm... > Guess that means it is unlikely that I designed and/or wrote it. ;-) > > > This software can > > manage multiple VoIP calls simultaneously, one per multicast address. > > > > Still don't see your problem, why not 256 vserver contexts, one per > each of 256 individual multicast address. > > > It's why we need to bind to several, dynamicaly assigned multicast IP > > addresses, not only one per guest. > > > > So go ahead and assign it, only one of the 256 vserver contexts will > handle the processing - nearly identical to having only one thread handle > the processing. > > > With your help, we find a workaround to addresses assignment by > > creating one interface by IP. > > > > Great, now do that another 255 times. > > Mike > > But now, we would like to force > > "any_addr" (0.0.0.0) binding to a choosen IP/interface, because a > > component in our software we don't manage (java JMX) bound to 0.0.0.0. > > In my experiments with vservers, only the first started vserver can > > bound to any_addr, so others can't bind to the same port. > > > > Maybe have I miss something with vserver configuration ? > > > > Sincerely, > > Julien Furgerot > > > > On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 5:47 PM, Michael S. Zick <mszick@morethan.org> wrote: > > > On Fri January 21 2011, Furgerot Julien wrote: > > >> Thank you for this reply. > > >> > > >> However, recall, that my software is a VoIP application which could > > >> use different (a range of) multicast adresses during its lifecycle. > > >> These addresses are allocated on demand by another software. Thus, > > >> each instance is configured to be potentially linked to one of these > > >> adresses. Furthermore, one can have many simultaneous VoIP > > >> communications where each one uses one given multicast address. Except > > >> if there is a solution to resolve this multiple multicast adresses > > >> bindings, I can't see how this could be handled. > > >> > > >> What do you think ? > > >> > > > > > > Still can not see your problem in your description above. > > > Does a single, VoIP call use multiple addresses during its lifetime? > > > > > > I would think not. Once the call is put up, it will use whatever > > > address it was assigned until the call is torn down. > > > > > > Or, at least that was the way they used to work. > > > > > > Do you mean by "my software" something you invented yourself? > > > Or do you mean "the software I am using"? What software? > > > > > > Mike > > > > > >> > > >> Julien > > >> > > >> On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 3:02 PM, Michael S. Zick <mszick@morethan.org> wrote: > > >> > On Fri January 21 2011, Furgerot Julien wrote: > > >> >> On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 5:47 PM, Herbert Poetzl <herbert@13thfloor.at> wrote: > > >> >> > services binding to 0.0.0.0 inside a Linux-VServer guest > > >> >> > will be automagically limited to the assigned IP addresses, > > >> >> > which in turn means, if you assign different IP addresses > > >> >> > to different guests, they will live happily side by side > > >> >> > even if the services inside the guests bind to 0.0.0.0 > > >> >> > > >> >> You are right, I have tested when the VM is bound to one IP address > > >> >> and it works fine ! > > >> >> > > >> >> However, in my configuration each VServer is bound to many IP > > >> >> addresses in order to be able to receive/send from/to many multicast > > >> >> addresses that are allocated on demand. Thus, I was wondering whether > > >> >> it is any hint so that to restrict sockets on 0.0.0.0 to be bound to > > >> >> only one of these associated IP addresses ? Is there any patch that > > >> >> can overcome this problem ? > > >> >> > > >> > > > >> > Why not just run a vserver per multicast address? > > >> > > > >> > Your whatever-it-is application is probably running an instance > > >> > per multicast address anyway (perhaps as a thread). > > >> > > > >> > If you "hashify" the on-disk files, you'll only have a single > > >> > copy of those files (on-disk and in-memory) - > > >> > So even running a few hundred context-per-address vservers would > > >> > probably not be all that resource intensive. > > >> > > > >> > Mike > > >> >> Again, thank you for all, > > >> >> > > >> >> Julien > > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ********************************* > This message and any attachments (the "message") are confidential and intended solely for the addressees. > Any unauthorised use or dissemination is prohibited. > Messages are susceptible to alteration. > France Telecom Group shall not be liable for the message if altered, changed or falsified. > If you are not the intended addressee of this message, please cancel it immediately and inform the sender. > ********************************