Domains configured using itconfigure -multihome still seem to listen on the wildcard 0.0.0.0 address

Dominique Sacre · 2013-05-17T17:42:00+00:00

Summary Domains configured using itconfigure -multihome still seem to listen on the wildcard 0.0.0.0 address Article Number 13896 Environment All Supported Operating Systems Orbix 6.x Question/Problem Description Domains configured using itconfigure -multihome still seem to listen on the wildcard 0.0.0.0 addressServices configured to listen on a specific network card listen on all network cardsCannot get itconfigure -multihome to workitconfigure -multihome is not working correctly Clarifying Information Error Message Defect/Enhancement Number Cause The -multihome flag on itconfigure only configures the Orbix services, this does not configure any user written services. Resolution To configure user services to listen on a specific host the configuration for their ORB should be updated to set: policies:iiop:server_address_mode_policy:local_hostname = "listenhost"; policies:iiop:client_address_mode_policy:local_hostname = "listenhost"; Where listenhost is the hostname for the NW card they should listen on. This is covered in Chapter 3 - Advanced Configuration and Deployment " Configuring your Orbix applications for multi-homed hosts" in the Orbix 6 Deployment Guide available at: http://supportline.microfocus.com/productdoc.aspx Workaround Notes Attachment Created date: 06 September 2011 Last Modified: 13 February 2013 Last Published: 23 June 2012 First Published date: 09 September 2011 #KnowledgeDocs#Orbix

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Dominique Sacre
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Summary	Domains configured using itconfigure -multihome still seem to listen on the wildcard 0.0.0.0 address
Article Number	13896
Environment	All Supported Operating Systems Orbix 6.x
Question/Problem Description	Domains configured using itconfigure -multihome still seem to listen on the wildcard 0.0.0.0 address Services configured to listen on a specific network card listen on all network cards Cannot get itconfigure -multihome to work itconfigure -multihome is not working correctly
Clarifying Information
Error Message
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Cause	The -multihome flag on itconfigure only configures the Orbix services, this does not configure any user written services.
Resolution	To configure user services to listen on a specific host the configuration for their ORB should be updated to set: policies:iiop:server_address_mode_policy:local_hostname = "listenhost"; policies:iiop:client_address_mode_policy:local_hostname = "listenhost"; Where listenhost is the hostname for the NW card they should listen on. This is covered in Chapter 3 - Advanced Configuration and Deployment " Configuring your Orbix applications for multi-homed hosts" in the Orbix 6 Deployment Guide available at: http://supportline.microfocus.com/productdoc.aspx
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