To run the demo, first start the IceGrid service:
icegridnode --Ice.Config=config.grid
Note that for debug Windows builds you will need to use icegridnoded rather than icegridnode as the executable name.
In a separate window:
icegridadmin --Ice.Config=config.grid -e "application add application.xml"
client
This will deploy the application described in the file
application.xml and start the client.
Messages will be displayed in the IceGrid service window.
You can also use the descriptors in the following files to deploy the application:
-
application_with_template.xml: These descriptors demonstrate the use of templates for the server definition. Templates make it easy to deploy multiple instances of the same server. -
application_with_replication.xml: These descriptors demonstrate the use of replication to balance the load of the application over several servers.
If you have already deployed the application, you can update it to try a new set of descriptors, for example:
$ icegridadmin --Ice.Config=config.grid -e "application update application_with_template.xml"
When using the descriptors from application_with_template.xml or
application_with_replication.xml, you can easily deploy more servers
based on the SimpleServer template. For example, you can use the
following command to deploy a new server:
$ icegridadmin --Ice.Config=config.grid -e "server template instantiate Simple node1 SimpleServer index=4"