Hi Guy, When you say nothing starts, can you provide the output of running something like 'riak console' so we can try to figure out what is happening?
- Chris -- Christopher Meiklejohn Software Engineer Basho Technologies, Inc. On Tuesday, July 2, 2013 at 9:32 PM, Guy Morton wrote: > The issue I have is, I think, network/IP config related. > > I am totally confused as to HOW each app should be configured. Documentation > (eg http://docs.basho.com/riak/latest/cookbooks/Basic-Cluster-Setup/) says > configure everything with the IP of the machine the app is running on, but > when I do that nothing starts. The only way I can configure it to make it > start is using 127.0.0.1. > > I'm just trying to set up a single node that runs all the apps and is > accessible by another machine. It seems a simple use-case but the only > documentation I can find doesn't give me any way to make that happen. > > And it's frustrating, because when it fails it gives no useful pointers as to > why, and when it looks like it's sorta working, it still fails to work > properly and, again, gives no useful clues as to what's wrong or how to fix > it. > > Tearing my hair out here. > > -- > Guy Morton > Web Development Manager > Brüel & Kjær EMS > > > ________________________________________ > From: riak-users [riak-users-boun...@lists.basho.com > (mailto:riak-users-boun...@lists.basho.com)] on behalf of Toby Corkindale > [toby.corkind...@strategicdata.com.au > (mailto:toby.corkind...@strategicdata.com.au)] > Sent: Wednesday, 3 July 2013 10:51 AM > To: Sean Cribbs > Cc: riak-users > Subject: Re: Riak-CS-Control > > On 02/07/13 22:51, Sean Cribbs wrote: > > On Tue, Jul 2, 2013 at 5:34 AM, Toby Corkindale > > <toby.corkind...@strategicdata.com.au > > (mailto:toby.corkind...@strategicdata.com.au) > > <mailto:toby.corkind...@strategicdata.com.au>> wrote: > > > > Riak (and Riak CS and Stanchion) all assume some level of competence > > at Erlang. I found Riak was tricky to get running, but had picked up > > enough knowledge of Erlang's strange syntax and foibles from working > > with RabbitMQ. > > > > > > This assumption is EXACTLY why we publish our own binary packages. You > > don't need to know Erlang to run Riak, and haven't for years. When you > > become an advanced user, yes, it is helpful, but it is not strictly > > necessary. This is especially true of CS, and I'd much rather get the > > bottom of Guy's problem than quibble about how hard Riak is to use > > "because Erlang". > > > > Oh, no, I feel you've misunderstood me slightly. I'm not blaming all > difficulties upon Erlang - however the way Erlang is used does bring > some added complexities to the party that can and will confuse people. > In particular, using Erlang syntax for the configuration file, and > outputting errors in the same way. > > The configuration format *is* hard to understand, and it's easy to break > it while making what should be simple changes. > > Have a look at a typical error thrown by Riak or Riak CS -- it's an > extremely dense Erlang stack trace. > > Erlang's clustering requires open networking, or more advanced > configuration if using host firewall. > > > Don't misunderstand me -- I kinda like Erlang and have seen some great > open source products built upon it. > > > We are working on exactly these problems, but they are difficult to get > > right. Any suggestions on config syntaxes that work well for other > > products are appreciated. For now we're looking at a format that > > resembles sysctl. > > > > Another common one is the Apache-style, eg. > <Section> > <Subsection> > Key Value > </Subsection> > </Section> > > > -Toby > > > _______________________________________________ > riak-users mailing list > riak-users@lists.basho.com (mailto:riak-users@lists.basho.com) > http://lists.basho.com/mailman/listinfo/riak-users_lists.basho.com > > This e-mail is confidential and may be read, copied and used only by the > intended recipient. If you have received it in error, please contact the > sender immediately by return e-mail. Please then delete the e-mail and do not > disclose its contents to any other person. > > _______________________________________________ > riak-users mailing list > riak-users@lists.basho.com (mailto:riak-users@lists.basho.com) > http://lists.basho.com/mailman/listinfo/riak-users_lists.basho.com _______________________________________________ riak-users mailing list riak-users@lists.basho.com http://lists.basho.com/mailman/listinfo/riak-users_lists.basho.com
