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Re: V3 ideas: relieve dependence on resolving own hostname

From: Alexis Moussine-Pouchkine <alexis.mp_at_sun.com>
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 10:22:00 +0100

Very good. Other than being my boss, Eduardo is indeed very
knowledgeable about OSS. I'm sure he mentioned OSS wasn't about
free resources :)
-Alexis

Gabor Szokoli wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I hope this is the place to discuss ideas about glassfish v3, here's one:
> If the hostname (as returned by the hostname command) does not resolve
> to the local host, glassfish can't start up, as you guys probably know
> much better than I do.
> Worse yet, under some circumstancens if you make a mistake in the
> /etc/hosts file, like adding the row about your hostname twice, ping
> `hostname` works, and
> glassfish does not.
>
> We run into this in about every other deployment, especially when
> a box works fine in the lab, only to break when shipped to its final site...
>
> I am sure there must be very good reasons for certain components to
> look each other up by hostname, but maybe there could be a fallback to
> localhost or some other communication method altogether?
>
>
> Thanks for your time, splendid product, love it, love it!
>
> Gabor Szokoli
>
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