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The Dream SDK includes an application called mindtouch.host.exe.  It provides a command line interface for creating a new Dream hosting environment.  The application can be run multiple times side-by-side, as long as each instance is given a different port to listen on.

The console host application has the following command line parameters.

Argument Type Description
config
filename
Optional.  Host configuration xml file. (default: built from command line)
public-uri
uri
Optioanl.  Public uri for server for non local:// uris. (default: http://localhost:8081)
server-name
uri
Optional.  Server name to use for local:// uris. (default: http://localhost)
server-path
path
Optional.  Path to prepend to uri for each requst received through http-listener. (default: nothing)
http-port
int
Optional.  Port on which Dream is listening for requests. (default: 8081)
service-dir
path
Optional.  Folder for storing service state. (default: host directory)
script
filename
Optional.  XML startup script. (default: none)
notty

Optional.  Runs application as daemon, and will have to be shutdown with a REST call.
ip
ip-address
Optional.  Listen only on this network address and port (use 'localhost' to only allow local access).  (default: all available interfaces)
apikey
text
Optional.  Acces key for privileged operations on the host service.  (default: auto-generated 128-bit key)
capture-stack-trace

Optional.  Capture stack trace for asynchronous calls.
nolog

Optional.  Disable logging.
connect-limit
int
Optional.  Maximum number of simultaneous connections. (negative: relative to max threads, default: no limit)
guid
guid
Optional.  Set GUID for host.  (default: auto-generated 128-bit key)

 

For example, the arguments could be used as follows:

mindtouch.host.exe http-port 8088 script myscript.xml
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Please note, that the part about the host.service application is deduced from SteveB's forum post which can be found here: http://forums.opengarden.org/showthread.php?t=1290
Posted 08:30, 4 Dec 2007
updated to reflect api changes in version 1.5
Posted 20:11, 14 Mar 2008
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