[Paraview] ParaView server configuration with user defineable server address

2015-10-06 Thread Schlottke-Lakemper, Michael
Hi folks, We regularly start a pvserver on one of our cluster nodes and then connect to it from a PV client. However, in each instance it is necessary to specify the server address manually, as the server address naturally changes depending on which node the cluster job is located. Is there a

Re: [Paraview] ParaView server configuration with user defineable server address

2015-10-06 Thread David E DeMarle
The usual solution is to use reverse connections. Here the qsub script tells the server what ip address and port number to connect back to. If the waiting client isn't running on the login node, set up an ssh tunnel back to the user's machine. On Oct 6, 2015 4:00 AM, "Schlottke-Lakemper, Michael"

Re: [Paraview] ParaView server configuration with user defineable server address

2015-10-06 Thread Schlottke-Lakemper, Michael
Hi David, Thanks for your answer. I am aware of this possibility, I was just wondering if it is possible to do it directly using the connection settings. During testing, I typically frequently crash (and restart) the pvserver with different numbers of ranks in short succession, and using a