Re: [MAS-discuss] Another New User

[Mike L. <ml...@ya...>]

Jim,

Thanks for the response.  My main requirement at this time is ease of use,
simply because I'm still a novice.  For that reason, I intend to run the server
as a daemon on my linux box.  I'm generally concerned about security though, so
I'll probably try to run it in a chroot jail.

I would like to be able to simply start the client on my PC and be operational.
 I didn't find a doc on command line options.  Did I miss it?

Thanks,

Mike

--- Jim Cochrane <jt...@di...> wrote:
> > Greetings,
> 
> Hi Mike.  Welcome to the mas mailing list.
> 
> > 
> > I'm new to MAS and technical analysis in general.  I just have a few
> technica
> l
> > questions about the install I hope someone can help me with.
> > 
> > I have a linux servre that runs all the time.  I would like to run the
> server
> > portion on it, and run the client on my PC.  I've looked at at the docs I
> can
> > find and can't find anything regarding the port number mas uses.  Does
> anyone
> > on the board know?
> 
> The details of this answer will depend on what method you're using to start
> the mas server, but, I may be able to give you enough info. in this email
> so that you can figure out how to do it.  Essentially, what you need to do
> is tell the mas server what port number to use (e.g., "mas -b -f , 2929
> *.txt"
> from the command line or editing the valid_portnumbers setting in the mctrc
> file).  Once you've started the server with the chosen port number, you
> need to start the GUI client with that port number.  E.g.:
> 
> java -cp .\mascharts.jar MA_Client jupiter 2929
> 
> > 
> > Obviously I'm running with the assumption that it is better to have the
> serve
> r
> > portion running most of the time.  I would also be interested in hearing if
> > this assumption is correct.
> 
> This depends on what your requirements are.  I believe some people
> keep the server running all the time (almost like a daemon) so that
> it's always available to service requests from GUI processes.  But for
> those who don't use the application often or who don't like it hogging
> resources all the time (though its memory and cpu use when idle is not
> particularly large), it is probably adequate to just start up the server
> whenever you need to use the application.  Others probably leave the server
> running a lot of the time, but don't insist that it runs all the time.
> 
> If you include a brief description of how you want to use mas - what your
> requirements are, I can probably give you a recommendation as to which
> choice would work best for you.
> 
> 
> Jim
> 



		
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