Mailman 3 February 2004 - Twisted

[Twisted-Python] pb server how to get client IP address
by Martin Stenhård 14 Feb '04

14 Feb '04

Hi I am making a game server using twisted and using the pb both on the server and client. I have a question on how to get ip address of the clients that connects to the server. I want to log the client ip address on the server. Have anyone any idea on how to do this I cant find any information on this in the api documents. Thanks /Martin http://stenhard.net <http://stenhard.net/>

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[Twisted-Python] EXIT CGI kludge Sanity Check
by Harald.Nyman＠astrazeneca.com 13 Feb '04

13 Feb '04

We inherited this Apache/CGI app, with ~15 HTML pages, generated by CGI Python scripts importing a ton of modules each time. Not exactly lightning fast, plus the code's a total mix of Python with HTML fragments :( Awaiting a complete revamp of the app, we replaced Apache/CGI with a threaded Twisted TCP server, sitting memory-resident with "everything" imported, and sending back HTML as requested by javascript/tiny applet in the browser. Form <INPUT>s and cookies are passed from javascript to Python as text-represented dictionaries. The modifications to the Python code were minor; the performance boost is ... dramatic (the users are cheering). Comments? Anyone done something similar? What do we tell the purists? Thanks, Harald _____________________________________________ Harald Nyman MSc, AstraZeneca Mölndal, Sweden

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RE: [Twisted-Python] What is the "Twisted" way to kill stuck childprocess
by Schneider, Michael 13 Feb '04

13 Feb '04

Thank you, I just found the win32eventreactor code. Sorry to ask such a simple question,should I create a process protocol to use with the win32 reactor with spawnProcess? Thanks, Mike ---------------------------------------------------------------- Michael Schneider Senior Software Engineering Consultant UGS PLM Solutions - an EDS Company "The Greatest Performance Improvement Is the transitioning from a non-working state to the working state" > -----Original Message----- > From: twisted-python-admin(a)twistedmatrix.com > [mailto:twisted-python-admin@twistedmatrix.com]On Behalf Of Glyph > Lefkowitz > Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2004 10:21 PM > To: twisted-python(a)twistedmatrix.com > Subject: Re: [Twisted-Python] What is the "Twisted" way to kill stuck > childprocess > > > On Thu, 2004-02-12 at 11:50, Jp Calderone wrote: > > > I'm not certain of the status of spawnProcess on Windows. > If it really > > doesn't work, I suppose popen2 is about all you can do. > > > > Since you're mainly developing on Windows, I doubt I can > offer much more > > assistance, having never written any multiprocess Windows apps. > > > > If popen2 lets you get PIDs on Windows, and os.kill() > works with those > > PIDs on Windows, I think you should still be able to > timeout processes > > fairly easily. If they don't, maybe someone with more > Windows experience > > can chime in. > > If you want to use spawnProcess on windows, you must use the win32 > reactor. This has some limiting effects (but then, so does windows > itself). Don't use popen2 with Twisted - the SIGCHLD handler that > twistd installs will cause conflicts and crashes. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Twisted-Python mailing list > Twisted-Python(a)twistedmatrix.com > http://twistedmatrix.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/twisted-python >

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RE: [Twisted-Python] What is the "Twisted" way to kill stuck child process
by Schneider, Michael 13 Feb '04

13 Feb '04

Again, I could be taking the wrong approach: Here is the scenerao: 1) Why the pooling Each compute node can run 2 processes at the same time (big processes) The compute node must accept more jobs then it can run, and hold the waiting tasks in a queue. (logically similar problem to database connections, except, compute connections are used instead). 2) why not spawnProcess The code said that spawnprocess is broken on windows. (I could be looking in the wrong place, twisted is a big codebase :-) I fell back to using popen2 in a thead managed by the "thread pool" I am always open to refactoring a design. Windows is my prime platform, but I also must support the UNIX platforms. Hope this helps clairify what I am doing (not saying that I am taking the correct approach with twisted, but I am trying and willing to change to do it the twisted way :-) Thank you very much, Mike ---------------------------------------------------------------- Michael Schneider Senior Software Engineering Consultant UGS PLM Solutions - an EDS Company "The Greatest Performance Improvement Is the transitioning from a non-working state to the working state" > -----Original Message----- > From: twisted-python-admin(a)twistedmatrix.com > [mailto:twisted-python-admin@twistedmatrix.com]On Behalf Of > Jp Calderone > Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2004 10:27 AM > To: twisted-python(a)twistedmatrix.com > Subject: Re: [Twisted-Python] What is the "Twisted" way to kill stuck > child process > > > On Thu, Feb 12, 2004 at 08:57:07AM -0500, Schneider, Michael wrote: > > Hello All, > > > > > > I am making real progress with twisted. Thank you very much > > for the great project. > > > > > > I am creating a process launcher that runs on SGI, SUN, IBM AIX, > > HPUX, and windows 2000 and XP. > > > > > > I modified the adbapi.py file to pool jobs. It works great. > > > > Problem: > > Sometimes the launched c program will hang. (standard exe file). > > I want to launch a process with timeout value. > > > > > > Ex. I know that task X usually take 1200 seconds to run, but it > > will sometimes hang. If the exe has not finished running after > > 1500 seconds, I want to kill the job and notify the caller that > > their job timed out. > > > > > > What are some options for implementing this with twisted. > > > > NOTE: each process is launched in its own thread, so killing the > > thread is an option is that is required. > > > > I don't understand this. Are you using > reactor.spawnProcess() to start > these processes? If not, you should be. If so, it should be > called from > the main thread, and the process can be killed with the usual means, > os.kill(pid). The PID is available, though I forget exactly > where, probably > as processProtocol.transport.pid. You can use > reactor.callLater to set up a > simple timeout so that processes are killed if they run for too long. > > Jp > >

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[Twisted-Python] Beepy Twisted Library
by Mike Schneider 13 Feb '04

13 Feb '04

After reading the emails on the list I downloaded the Beepy Twisted BEEP library. I read the included docs, and looked at the test cases. I had a server and client up in less than an hour. Thank you for your work on this package. I am going to spend more time prototyping today. I like the development style: - simple short tests - test cases that serve as models for code development FYI. I am running Python2.3 on Windows, so I had to download PyOpenSSL from: This should be a very popular protocol for people developing peer-to-peer solutions. Thank you for your good work, Beepy is being used!!!!!!! Mike PS. The test cases were very valuable. If you have to choose between more docs and more testcases/examples. my +1 would be for more test cases/examples

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[Twisted-Python] What is the "Twisted" way to kill stuck child process
by Schneider, Michael 12 Feb '04

12 Feb '04

Hello All, I am making real progress with twisted. Thank you very much for the great project. I am creating a process launcher that runs on SGI, SUN, IBM AIX, HPUX, and windows 2000 and XP. I modified the adbapi.py file to pool jobs. It works great. Problem: Sometimes the launched c program will hang. (standard exe file). I want to launch a process with timeout value. Ex. I know that task X usually take 1200 seconds to run, but it will sometimes hang. If the exe has not finished running after 1500 seconds, I want to kill the job and notify the caller that their job timed out. What are some options for implementing this with twisted. NOTE: each process is launched in its own thread, so killing the thread is an option is that is required. Thanks, Mike ---------------------------------------------------------------- Michael Schneider Senior Software Engineering Consultant UGS PLM Solutions - an EDS Company "The Greatest Performance Improvement Is the transitioning from a non-working state to the working state

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[Twisted-Python] Why twisted.internet.error.TimeoutError and twisted.internet.defer.TimeoutError?
by Mike C. Fletcher 12 Feb '04

12 Feb '04

I realise there's arguments that you want to be able to distinguish between the two, so having a DeferredTimeoutError and a regular TimeoutError would make sense, but it would still seem that you'd want them to have a common base-class that lets you catch them together. Just a thought, Mike _______________________________________ Mike C. Fletcher Designer, VR Plumber, Coder http://members.rogers.com/mcfletch/

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RE: [Twisted-Python] System Requirements Request (Remedy 70699)
by Hedden James E Contr AFPC/DPDOSC 12 Feb '04

12 Feb '04

Thanks a lot for the info and for your time and trouble. I just need to fill in the squares on the form to satisfy local requirements and regs. Cheers! Jim -----Original Message----- From: Alexander Winston [mailto:alexander.winston@comcast.net] Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2004 3:16 PM To: twisted-python(a)twistedmatrix.com Cc: Auclair Dianne K Civ AFPC/DPDOSC; Martin Billy P Civ AFPC/DPDOSC; Bruderer Benjamin Contr AFPC/DPDOSC Subject: Re: [Twisted-Python] System Requirements Request (Remedy 70699) On Wed, 2004-02-11 at 15:51, Hedden James E Contr AFPC/DPDOSC wrote: > I've downloaded Twisted-1.1.1.win32-py2.3.exe for eval from your > website and also need some information for my eval sheet. I checked > your site, but couldn't find the following technical specifications / > requirements I need. Can you supply, or point me to thisinformation, > please? > > > > Operating Systems supported > > Type Processor required > > Memory requirements > > Hard Drive space required > > Other Hardware and Software requirements > > > > Is there also a more compact, simpler definition of the program; and a > simple list of functions? As far as operating systems go, I'm fairly certain that Twisted will run on any operating system on which Python will run. I don't know of any processor requirements; the only thing that's really required is Python.

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RE: [Twisted-Python] System Requirements Request (Remedy 70699)
by Hedden James E Contr AFPC/DPDOSC 12 Feb '04

12 Feb '04

Hi Cory, You're probably very right; I'm sure I am confused. I'm only the Tech who installs this once to make sure it will in Win2K and is compatible with our Network. What you described, though, does sound like what the folks here were looking for. I've cc'd the primary user here so he'll know if I've gotten the correct software downloaded. Thanks a lot for the info and for your time and trouble. Cheers! Jim -----Original Message----- From: Cory Dodt [mailto:corydodt@twistedmatrix.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2004 3:20 PM To: twisted-python(a)twistedmatrix.com Subject: Re: [Twisted-Python] System Requirements Request (Remedy 70699) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I think you might be a little confused; Twisted's primary purpose is as an application development framework. The installer you downloaded installs tools and libraries for developing applications in Python. Although there are some features that can be used standalone (twistd -f web.tap comes to mind), it is not an application unto itself and these tools are secondary to the purpose of Twisted which is as a developers' resource. As such, any minimum disk requirements would be only for the toolkit, not including Python (which is required). Minimum processor specs and memory requirements are meaningless outside of the context of an application. That said: * the installer you downloaded requires 65MB of disk space including the documentation which takes up most of the space. There is another installer at the same site that does not install doco, and requires 12MB installed. * Any support you get for any operating systems would be on a contract basis with the developers, as this is an open source project. However, Linux, Mac OS X 10.2 and 10.3 and Windows 98 and later are all known to work with Twisted, as well as various flavors of Unix. Basically, anywhere Python runs (http://python.org). See also: ~ Product page ~ http://twistedmatrix.com/products/twisted ~ FAQ ~ http://twistedmatrix.com/documents/howto/faq Wiki, etc... Hedden James E Contr AFPC/DPDOSC wrote: | Hi, | | | | I perform initial evaluations of software for the Air Force Personnel | Center. In that capacity, I install software to be evaluated onto a | test box solely to ensure the program is compatible with Windows 2000 | and our Network. Once that's established, the program is installed to | the user's computer (preferably another test computer) for the | user-level evaluation that only the actual user of the program can do. | | | | I've downloaded *Twisted-1.1.1.win32-py2.3.exe* for eval from your | website and also need some information for my eval sheet. I checked | your site, but couldn't find the following technical specifications / | requirements I need. Can you supply, or point me to this information, | please? | | | | Operating Systems supported | | Type Processor required | | Memory requirements | | Hard Drive space required | | Other Hardware and Software requirements | | | | Is there also a more compact, simpler definition of the program; and a | simple list of functions? | | | | Thank you very much for your time and trouble. | | | | Cheers! | | | | Jim Hedden, AFPC/DPDOSC | | Communications Support | | | -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3-nr1 (Windows 2000) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFAKpx13A5SrXAiHQcRAgqQAJ9xHDmcF0r/MPnLT2AAoDzk08Y5jgCdHRA9 Kpb3S21XVRo9rr32+3QrBQ0= =rRva -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Twisted-Python mailing list Twisted-Python(a)twistedmatrix.com http://twistedmatrix.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/twisted-python

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[Twisted-Python] System Requirements Request (Remedy 70699)
by Hedden James E Contr AFPC/DPDOSC 12 Feb '04

12 Feb '04

Hi, I perform initial evaluations of software for the Air Force Personnel Center. In that capacity, I install software to be evaluated onto a test box solely to ensure the program is compatible with Windows 2000 and our Network. Once that's established, the program is installed to the user's computer (preferably another test computer) for the user-level evaluation that only the actual user of the program can do. I've downloaded Twisted-1.1.1.win32-py2.3.exe for eval from your website and also need some information for my eval sheet. I checked your site, but couldn't find the following technical specifications / requirements I need. Can you supply, or point me to this information, please? Operating Systems supported Type Processor required Memory requirements Hard Drive space required Other Hardware and Software requirements Is there also a more compact, simpler definition of the program; and a simple list of functions? Thank you very much for your time and trouble. Cheers! Jim Hedden, AFPC/DPDOSC Communications Support

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