Sebastian I am new to OpenMeetings but like Alexander I am trying install OM2 on Amazon's (AWS) EC2 cloud. Like Alexander ... I can get everything installed but OpenMeetings is NOT reachable from the internet.
You may not be familiar with AWS but when you launch a Server on AWS EC2 it gets 2 IP addresses, and a PUBLIC DNS name. There is a PUBLIC IP address that can connect to the server from the internet. However, there is also a PRIVATE IP address that is INTERNAL to the AWS cloud and NOT reachable by the internet. my example server: *Public DNS: ec2-23-23-198-151.compute-1.amazonaws.com* *Private DNS: ip-10-76-175-149.ec2.internal* *Private IP Address: 10.76.175.149* Any application trying to reach my server across the internet would point their URL to the PUBLIC DNS (which by the way the 23-23-198-151 is also the PUBLIC IP just substitute DOTS for the DASHS) An application on the internet could NOT access the Private DNS *ip-10-76-175-149.ec2.internal (or 10.76.175.14) as that is internal to the AWS cloud only *However, ANY application *running ON that server* which is set to use either LOCALHOST -or- the PUBLIC DNS -or- the PUBLIC IP ... will automatically be redirected by the AWS Cloud virtualzation itself to the PRIVATE INTERNAL IP Address.... which is NOT reachable by the Internet.* For example if I am logged into that openmeetings server and I ping its PUBLIC DNS ec2-23-23-198-151.compute-1.amazonaws.com... I will really be pinging 10.76.175.149 ... the internal private IP. Therefore my OpenMeeting server (and I assume xander's) is NOT reachable from the internet the way OpenMeetings is configured and I get this screen when attempting to access it. It stays at this message forever. Yes, I have checked mysql password, userID and host and they are all correct. **http://23.23.198.151:5080/openmeetings/install* * * *OpenMeetings - Loading ...* * The server is not yet completely initialized. Please try again in a couple of seconds.* * If this message persists for several minutes contact your Sys-Administration.* * If that message stays forever you should check the logs located in * *openmeetings_install_dir/log* folder, probably your database user/pwd/host is wrong! I have also tried changing "hostname" in these files:* * - */etc/init.d/red5* - * /usr/lib/red5/webapps/openmeetings/WEB-INF/classes/META-INF/persistence.xml * - *and in the mysql openmeetings database * to the PUBLIC IP address of the AWS server and restarted everything and I still end up with the above message... waiting forever. So although I can reach something on the AWS Openmeetings server... there is something in the application configuration that is not communicating correctly in the AWS cloud environment. * *Any ideas or other configuration items I should be checking? Brian Mullan* * On Saturday, July 2, 2011 3:40:38 AM UTC-4, Sebastian Wagner wrote: > > Hi Alexander, > > the installation on EC2 is not really different from installing > OpenMeetings on any other dedicated server. > You can simply use the normal Installation Instructions. > > The Automatic Install Script is also not that up-to-date with the > latest version of OpenMeetings. > But why this line of the script: > Done!! open the website at your browser: http://$(ifconfig eth0 |grep > "inet addr:" |cut -d : -f 2 |cut -f1 -d" "):5080/openmeetings/install > > Does not return your IP ... I mean you know what IP / domain you got, > why not simply enter that address? > > Sebastian > > > 2011/7/1 Xander Dumaine <[email protected]>: > > I created an instance on Amazon EC2 server running Debian 5.0. I used > > the automated script install found here: > > > http://code.google.com/p/openmeetings/wiki/Automatic_script_installation_for_Debian > > > > the installation says it was successfull, but I am unable to use the > > url it provided to me at the end of install, and also unable to use > > the dynamic url provided by amazon. Can anyone help me to figure out > > how to resolve this issue? If it is a setting I need to change, can > > you help me with that? Thanks, > > Xander > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "OpenMeetings User" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/openmeetings-user?hl=en. > > > > > > -- > Sebastian Wagner > http://www.webbase-design.de > http://openmeetings.googlecode.com > http://www.wagner-sebastian.com > [email protected] > > On Saturday, July 2, 2011 3:40:38 AM UTC-4, Sebastian Wagner wrote: > > Hi Alexander, > > the installation on EC2 is not really different from installing > OpenMeetings on any other dedicated server. > You can simply use the normal Installation Instructions. > > The Automatic Install Script is also not that up-to-date with the > latest version of OpenMeetings. > But why this line of the script: > Done!! open the website at your browser: http://$(ifconfig eth0 |grep > "inet addr:" |cut -d : -f 2 |cut -f1 -d" "):5080/openmeetings/install > > Does not return your IP ... I mean you know what IP / domain you got, > why not simply enter that address? > > Sebastian > > > 2011/7/1 Xander Dumaine <[email protected]>: > > I created an instance on Amazon EC2 server running Debian 5.0. I used > > the automated script install found here: > > > http://code.google.com/p/openmeetings/wiki/Automatic_script_installation_for_Debian > > > > the installation says it was successfull, but I am unable to use the > > url it provided to me at the end of install, and also unable to use > > the dynamic url provided by amazon. Can anyone help me to figure out > > how to resolve this issue? If it is a setting I need to change, can > > you help me with that? Thanks, > > Xander > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "OpenMeetings User" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/openmeetings-user?hl=en. > > > > > > -- > Sebastian Wagner > http://www.webbase-design.de > http://openmeetings.googlecode.com > http://www.wagner-sebastian.com > [email protected] > >
