pingpongclient(1)

NAME

pingpongclient – RSerPool Client (PU) for the PingPong service

SYNOPSIS

pingpongclient [-poolhandle=pool_handle] [-interval=milliseconds] [-cspinterval=milliseconds] [-cspserver=address:port] [-logappend=filename] [-logcolor=on|off] [-logfile=filename] [-loglevel=0-9]

DESCRIPTION

pingpongclient is a Reliable Server Pooling (RSerPool) pool user (PU) for the PingPong service. It is a simple example service for testing RSerPool and its failover functionalities.

ARGUMENTS

The following options are available:

-poolhandle=pool_handle

Sets the PH to a non-default value; otherwise, the default setting is "PingPongPool".

Service Parameters:

-interval=milliseconds: Sets the request interval in milliseconds.

ASAP Protocol Parameters:

-registrar=address:port: Adds a static PR entry into the Registrar Table. It is possible to add multiple entries.
-registrarannouncetimeout=milliseconds: Sets the timeout for ASAP announces via multicast.
-registrarconnecttimeout=milliseconds: Sets the timeout for ASAP connection establishment.
-registrarconnectmaxtrials=trials: Sets the maximum number of ASAP connection establishment trials.
-registrarrequesttimeout=milliseconds: Sets the timeout for ASAP requests.
-registrarresponsetimeout=milliseconds: Sets the timeout for waiting to receive ASAP responses.
-registrarrequestmaxtrials=trials: Sets the maximum number of ASAP request trials.

Component Status Protocol (CSP) Parameters:

-cspinterval=milliseconds: Sets the interval for the CSP status updates in milliseconds. By default, the content of the environment variable CSP_INTERVAL is used. If not defined, no CSP status reports will be sent.
-cspserver=address:port: Sets the address of a CSP monitor server. By default, the content of the environment variable CSP_SERVER is used. If not defined, no CSP status reports will be sent.

Logging Parameters:

-logappend=filename: Write logging output to a file (default is stdout); output will be appended to given file.
-logcolor=on|off: Turns ANSI colorization of the logging output on or off.
-logfile=filename: Write logging output to a file (default is stdout); given file will be overwritten.
-loglevel=0-9: Sets the logging verbosity from 0 (none) to 9 (very verbose). It is recommended to use at least a value of 2 to see possibly important error messages and warnings.

ENVIRONMENT

pingpongclient uses the environment variables CSP_SERVER and CSP_INTERVAL to define a CSP server to send reports to in the specified interval.

DIAGNOSTICS