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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 10:24:50 +0100

wrong alias. Sorry!
-Alexis

Alexis Moussine-Pouchkine wrote:
> 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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