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Setting fixed port for Orbix Naming service

  • April 28, 2015
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We are  using Orbix Iona 6.3 server configured using itconfigure. Recently we migrated our clients to different eviornments where we have many firewall constraints due to which only a few set of ports are open.

So the problem is that the Naming Service  listens on a random port each time it is started. Is there any way to use fixed ports for naming service.

orbix_ns_on_fixed_port

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  • Anonymous
  • April 28, 2015

We are  using Orbix Iona 6.3 server configured using itconfigure. Recently we migrated our clients to different eviornments where we have many firewall constraints due to which only a few set of ports are open.

So the problem is that the Naming Service  listens on a random port each time it is started. Is there any way to use fixed ports for naming service.

orbix_ns_on_fixed_port

#Orbix

Hey Anup,

If your Naming Service (NS) is starting on a random port then it must be indirect persistent, which means that the port of the locator is stored in the IORs. This would be 3075 by default. Requests go to the locator for the initial connection establishment and are then redirected to the NS. All subsequent requests go directly to the NS. The benefit of this approach is that the NS can be started on demand as needed and does not require ports to be reserved for it. However, as you have seen the ports assigned are random.

You have a couple of options here. You can reconfigure your domain to start the NS standalone at domain start-up on a persistent port and repopulate the contexts in the NS. If you do this you can simply configure the port that the NS listens on at that time. However, you do need to check how easily you can rebuild the context tree. The benefit of this would be you only need to make the port of the NS available through the firewall.

If you want to keep your current setup and make the Locator's port (3075) and the port of the NS available then you need to update your configuration and have the NS always listen on a persistent port. The config for this is:

plugins:naming:iiop:port

By default this is set to 0, which means pick a random port. Note you will need to ensure no other process takes this port or else your NS will not be able to start.

Finally don't forget that the services registered in the NS will also need their ports available through the firewall.

Hope that helps!

Martin

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We are  using Orbix Iona 6.3 server configured using itconfigure. Recently we migrated our clients to different eviornments where we have many firewall constraints due to which only a few set of ports are open.

So the problem is that the Naming Service  listens on a random port each time it is started. Is there any way to use fixed ports for naming service.

orbix_ns_on_fixed_port

#Orbix

Hi Martin,

     Which configuration file do we need to set this value.

In my domains directory ,I can see two cfg files

<domain>.cfg

and another cfr-<domain>.cfg

Also is this the way to set it

plugins:naming:iiop:port = "55234"

I tried to set the value as above in bothe above cfg files but still itnaming is listening to a different port.

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We are  using Orbix Iona 6.3 server configured using itconfigure. Recently we migrated our clients to different eviornments where we have many firewall constraints due to which only a few set of ports are open.

So the problem is that the Naming Service  listens on a random port each time it is started. Is there any way to use fixed ports for naming service.

orbix_ns_on_fixed_port

#Orbix

Hi Martin,

        I set the port using below itadmin command

itadmin variable modify -scope iona_services.naming.omisX -type string -value 55425 plugins:naming:iiop:port

but still client is getting a different port other than the one I set ,After analyzing the itnaming process I could see naming service is listening to 6 other ports apart from the port which I set. and server is giving  one of those ports.

Is there any way to set at least the range of ports  for the naming service.

Thanks a lot for your time.

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  • Anonymous
  • April 29, 2015

We are  using Orbix Iona 6.3 server configured using itconfigure. Recently we migrated our clients to different eviornments where we have many firewall constraints due to which only a few set of ports are open.

So the problem is that the Naming Service  listens on a random port each time it is started. Is there any way to use fixed ports for naming service.

orbix_ns_on_fixed_port

#Orbix

Hi Anup,

How are you distributing the IOR to the clients you may also need to update the new IOR for the NS in the configuration plugins:NameService:initial_reference.

You can find the IOR you should update this with by doing an itadmin ns resolve

This will return the IOR for the root context. You can double check with iordump that this is updated with the new port.

Regards,

Martin

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  • Anonymous
  • April 29, 2015

We are  using Orbix Iona 6.3 server configured using itconfigure. Recently we migrated our clients to different eviornments where we have many firewall constraints due to which only a few set of ports are open.

So the problem is that the Naming Service  listens on a random port each time it is started. Is there any way to use fixed ports for naming service.

orbix_ns_on_fixed_port

#Orbix

Sorry that config is initial_references:NameService:reference, I was working from memory when I typed it earlier.

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We are  using Orbix Iona 6.3 server configured using itconfigure. Recently we migrated our clients to different eviornments where we have many firewall constraints due to which only a few set of ports are open.

So the problem is that the Naming Service  listens on a random port each time it is started. Is there any way to use fixed ports for naming service.

orbix_ns_on_fixed_port

#Orbix

I did itadmin ns resolve .

old and new IOR are still the same. also both are giving the same  port for NamingContext

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  • Anonymous
  • May 5, 2015

We are  using Orbix Iona 6.3 server configured using itconfigure. Recently we migrated our clients to different eviornments where we have many firewall constraints due to which only a few set of ports are open.

So the problem is that the Naming Service  listens on a random port each time it is started. Is there any way to use fixed ports for naming service.

orbix_ns_on_fixed_port

#Orbix

Are you certain your NS is starting using -ORBname iona_services.naming.omisX ?

Check your start_<domain>_services script to be sure of this.

I assume you have restarted your NS? You need to do this to get it to pick up any new configuration.

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We are  using Orbix Iona 6.3 server configured using itconfigure. Recently we migrated our clients to different eviornments where we have many firewall constraints due to which only a few set of ports are open.

So the problem is that the Naming Service  listens on a random port each time it is started. Is there any way to use fixed ports for naming service.

orbix_ns_on_fixed_port

#Orbix

Hi Martin,

           We are not invoking NS inside the domain script. I can see NS service comming up when client call is made to server.

Thanks

Anup

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  • Anonymous
  • May 6, 2015

We are  using Orbix Iona 6.3 server configured using itconfigure. Recently we migrated our clients to different eviornments where we have many firewall constraints due to which only a few set of ports are open.

So the problem is that the Naming Service  listens on a random port each time it is started. Is there any way to use fixed ports for naming service.

orbix_ns_on_fixed_port

#Orbix

Hi Anup,

Are you certain that the NS was restarted after you made this change? What is the exact Service Pack of Orbix that you are on? The latest is Service Pack 7.

I tested this on my side and it is working fine for me.

Regards,

Martin

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We are  using Orbix Iona 6.3 server configured using itconfigure. Recently we migrated our clients to different eviornments where we have many firewall constraints due to which only a few set of ports are open.

So the problem is that the Naming Service  listens on a random port each time it is started. Is there any way to use fixed ports for naming service.

orbix_ns_on_fixed_port

#Orbix

Hi Martin,

           I am using Iona 6.3.3. I modified the ports used by naming using itadmin

itadmin variable modify -scope iona_services.naming.omis277 -type string -value "53000:53100" policies:iiop:server_address_mode_policy:port_range

THen I restarted the iona services and I could see NS comming in the range of 53000-53100 ......

BUT now i am in different issue....when i started my application ...it is started in different port outside my range.

so now when client is trying to connect to server ,it is failing creation of  naming context by saing it is not able to connect to my application port.

what could be the possible issue.

Thanks for your time.

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  • Anonymous
  • May 8, 2015

We are  using Orbix Iona 6.3 server configured using itconfigure. Recently we migrated our clients to different eviornments where we have many firewall constraints due to which only a few set of ports are open.

So the problem is that the Naming Service  listens on a random port each time it is started. Is there any way to use fixed ports for naming service.

orbix_ns_on_fixed_port

#Orbix

Hi Anup,

The -scope argument that you pass in matches the -ORBname parameter passed to any Orbix application. In this case you will only set the port_range for the NS and not for any of your other Orbix applications. If you want you can set this at the global scope by not passing in the -scope argument to the itadmin variable command. This will then set it for all applications not just the NS.

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We are  using Orbix Iona 6.3 server configured using itconfigure. Recently we migrated our clients to different eviornments where we have many firewall constraints due to which only a few set of ports are open.

So the problem is that the Naming Service  listens on a random port each time it is started. Is there any way to use fixed ports for naming service.

orbix_ns_on_fixed_port

#Orbix

Hi Martin

        I got below error while removing scope.

itadmin variable modify -type string -value "53000:53100" policies:iiop:server_address_mode_policy:port_range

Error - ConfigException (IDL:iona.com/IT_ConfigPDK/ConfigException:1.0) .

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  • Anonymous
  • May 8, 2015

We are  using Orbix Iona 6.3 server configured using itconfigure. Recently we migrated our clients to different eviornments where we have many firewall constraints due to which only a few set of ports are open.

So the problem is that the Naming Service  listens on a random port each time it is started. Is there any way to use fixed ports for naming service.

orbix_ns_on_fixed_port

#Orbix

Can you try itadmin variable create? It probably doesn't exist already

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We are  using Orbix Iona 6.3 server configured using itconfigure. Recently we migrated our clients to different eviornments where we have many firewall constraints due to which only a few set of ports are open.

So the problem is that the Naming Service  listens on a random port each time it is started. Is there any way to use fixed ports for naming service.

orbix_ns_on_fixed_port

#Orbix

Hi Martin,

          I created the variable...one of my client is working perfectly...Other one is giving below error.

May 11, 2015 9:47:05 AM com.sun.corba.se.impl.orb.ORBImpl finishedDispatch

WARNING: "IOP00710261: (INTERNAL) Number of invocations is already zero, but another invocation has completed"

Do you know why this error....

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  • Anonymous
  • May 14, 2015

We are  using Orbix Iona 6.3 server configured using itconfigure. Recently we migrated our clients to different eviornments where we have many firewall constraints due to which only a few set of ports are open.

So the problem is that the Naming Service  listens on a random port each time it is started. Is there any way to use fixed ports for naming service.

orbix_ns_on_fixed_port

#Orbix

Hi Anup,

I've been out of the office for the last few days, so I'm only getting a chance to reply to this now. You are picking up the ORB that ships with the JDK here. You need to set the ORBSingleton and ORBClass properties to pick up Orbix:

java -Dorg.omg.CORBA.ORBClass=com.iona.corba.art.artimpl.ORBImpl -Dorg.omg.CORBA.ORBSingletonClass=com.iona.corba.art.artimpl.ORBSingleton .....

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We are  using Orbix Iona 6.3 server configured using itconfigure. Recently we migrated our clients to different eviornments where we have many firewall constraints due to which only a few set of ports are open.

So the problem is that the Naming Service  listens on a random port each time it is started. Is there any way to use fixed ports for naming service.

orbix_ns_on_fixed_port

#Orbix

Hi Martin

           Thanks a million....My issue got resolved....

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