Thank you very much for this excellent explanation. I'm sure this will help many Windows users. On Dec 23, 2011 4:33 PM, "core" <[email protected]> wrote:
> at the bottom of the quick setup guide (below the sentence you > mentioned) i posted a link to the Moodle site containing simple cron > solutions for all 3 platforms. the Windows specific link has 2 options, > the first being a quick-installing service which allows you to specify a > url to be 'pinged' at specific intervals. it's called the 'Moodle chron > package' but it can be used for ANY web service, not just Moodle: > > http://docs.moodle.org/20/en/Cron_with_Windows_OS > > when you run the installer, after blowing past the legal stuff, the > first option will ask you if you want to enable logging for the > service. that's up to you. if you just want to try it out, hit no. > you'll avoid adding more jibberish to a system log most people never > touch anyway ;) > > the next window asks you how often in minutes you'd like the service to > ping the url. the default is 10, which is fine to start with. i don't > know what the optimal number is here since everyone's grid is different > as is the frequency with which they add content. so, go with 10. > > the next window is the important one. here's where you enter the > url/php file to be pinged. enter the path to your search module's > parser file: > http://<your.domain.or.IP.here>/os_services/search/parser.php - you get > the idea. > > when it asks you if you want to add another site, just say no. 2 more > obligatory clicks and you're done. now, the cron event will run > silently as a standard windows service and regularly ping the parser > file which will in turn update the information that the Data Snapshot > module needs. > > [[note]] the second option on the Moodle page involves creating a > scheduled task which many people who already admin Windows servers are > familiar with. it works just as well, takes a few more steps to set up > and might be more reliable for some. the choice is yours. i favor the > first option because it's easy to kill by simply uninstalling through > normal means. > > hope this helps. > > - core/jason > > On 12/23/2011 12:15 PM, Wayne wrote: > > Thank you, Jason. > > > > How would one go about, "This is accomplished by running the > > parser.php script in the Search Module web folder" on a Windows machine? > > > > On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 10:40 AM, core <[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > i've updated the quick setup guide with some corrections and > > additional > > information which will hopefully help with a few of the issues > brought > > to my attention over the past few weeks. here are the new > (permanent) > > file locations: > > > > static download: http://opensim.odosys.net/files/ in > > 'OpenSim_Services' > > github repo: https://github.com/anticore/os_services_bundle <-- > > fork away! > > > > if you're upgrading from the original version posted prior to > > December, > > instructions are in the Documents folder. > > > > happy holidays to all! > > > > - core/jason > > > > -- > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Opensim-users mailing list > > [email protected] <mailto: > [email protected]> > > https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-users > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Opensim-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-users > > > -- > > > > _______________________________________________ > Opensim-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-users >
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