RE: Running two instances of Orion on the same IP and port

[Russ White]

Title: Running two instances of Orion on the same IP and port

Larry,

 

Orion is acting just as it should. You cannot have to two servers bind to the same port (This could create all sorts of problems). There is no web server I am aware of that will do this. That being said, all you really need to do is create a new application and a new web site that is bound to a virtual host on the same instance of Orion. Orion does a good job of keeping applications separate, so you should be able to test to your hearts content. If you ever need to restart things (on the test host) then you can simply restart the test application from the console. You need not restart Orion itself.

 

HTH

Russ

-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Larry Velez
Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2000 4:46 PM
To: Orion-Interest
Subject: Running two instances of Orion on the same IP and port

Orioners,

Has anyone ever tried to run two instances of Orion on the same machine, IP and port.  What I am trying to do is have a second instance of Orion listen to only certain virtual hosts (headers) and the first pick up any unknown or blank headers.

The reason for us doing it this way is to have a test installation of Orion that will be restarted often and a second 'stable 'installation that will run some ancillary sites for our internal network.

I know that binding a second IP to the box and having the second Orion listen on that IP would probably work.  Is there an obvious reason that the way I am attempting always gives me an "Error starting HTTP server: Address already in use" error on the second instance?

thanx,

Larry