Pyro: ProtocolError('connection failed')

[Diez B. Roggisch]

jamitwidme at gmail.com schrieb:
> Hello everyone
> Can someone help me fix this problem?
> 
> I am using an example from Pyro(Python Remote Object) website
> directly.
> It is the last example from
> http://pyro.sourceforge.net/manual/8-example.htm
> 
> I have two computers to run Server and Client.
> ############################################
> server.py
> 
> import Pyro.naming
> import Pyro.core
> from Pyro.errors import PyroError,NamingError
> 
> 
> ###### testclass Pyro object
> 
> class testclass(Pyro.core.ObjBase):
>     def mul(s, arg1, arg2): return arg1*arg2
>     def add(s, arg1, arg2): return arg1+arg2
>     def sub(s, arg1, arg2): return arg1-arg2
>     def div(s, arg1, arg2): return arg1/arg2
> 
> ###### main server program
> 
> def main():
>         Pyro.core.initServer()
>         daemon = Pyro.core.Daemon()
>         # locate the NS
>         locator = Pyro.naming.NameServerLocator()
>         print 'searching for Name Server...'
>         ns = locator.getNS(host='drizzle.des.hep.uiuc.edu', port=9090)
>         daemon.useNameServer(ns)
> 
>         # connect a new object implementation (first unregister
> previous one)
>         try:
>                 # 'test' is the name by which our object will be known
> to the outside world
>                 ns.unregister('test')
>         except NamingError:
>                 pass
> 
>         # connect new object implementation
>         daemon.connect(testclass(),'test')
> 
>         # enter the server loop.
>         print 'Server object "test" ready.'
>         daemon.requestLoop()
> 
> if __name__=="__main__":
>         main()
> 
> ###################################
> 
> ###################################
> client.py
> 
> import Pyro.naming, Pyro.core
> from Pyro.errors import NamingError
> 
> # locate the NS
> locator = Pyro.naming.NameServerLocator()
> print 'Searching Name Server...',
> ns = locator.getNS(host='drizzle.des.hep.uiuc.edu',port=9090)
> 
> # resolve the Pyro object
> print 'finding object'
> try:
>         URI=ns.resolve('test')
>         print 'URI:',URI
> except NamingError,x:
>         print 'Couldn\'t find object, name server says:',x
>         raise SystemExit
> 
> # create a proxy for the Pyro object, and return that
> test = Pyro.core.getProxyForURI(URI)
> 
> print test.mul(111,9)
> print test.add(100,222)
> print test.sub(222,100)
> print test.div(2.0,9.0)
> print test.mul('*',10)
> print test.add('String1','String2')
> #######################################
> 
> It does not matter which computer Pyro NameServer is located.
> When Server and Client are in a same computer, it works perfectly
> fine.
> But whenever Server and Client run in different computers, I get a
> following error message.
> 
> 
> ########################################
> Pyro Client Initialized. Using Pyro V3.7
> Searching Name Server... finding object
> URI: PYRO://127.0.0.1:7888/7f000001193649ab6a89d5592bc843bb
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>  File "client.py", line 22, in <module>
>    print test.mul(111,9)
>  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Pyro/core.py", line
> 390, in __call__
>    return self.__send(self.__name, args, kwargs)
>  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Pyro/core.py", line
> 467, in _invokePYRO
>    self.adapter.bindToURI(self.URI)
>  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Pyro/protocol.py", line
> 255, in bindToURI
>    raise ProtocolError('connection failed')
> Pyro.errors.ProtocolError: connection failed
> ########################################
> 
> Thanks a lot.

THis is just a guess - but it seems that somehow you don't bind your 
pyro objects to the NIC's IP address, but to localhost (127.0.0.1) - 
which of course won't work. That never happened to me though, try and 
see the pyro docs on how to prevent/control to which IP a proxy is bound.

Diez