Difference between revisions of "ECF/Servers"

Revision as of 22:45, 14 November 2006

ECF Generic Provider Server

ECF is currently using the Equinox Servlet Incubator to run and support the example collab application running on the 'ECF generic' provider.

Accessing the ECF Server for Real-Time Collaboration

1. Download and install the ECF SDK.
2. Right-click on a project within your workspace.
3. Choose 'ECF' -> 'Connect Project...' from the popup menu.
4. Select the 'ECF generic' provider from the list.
5. Use ecftcp://ecf.eclipse.org:3282/server as the connect URI.
6. Choose a nickname and then select the 'OK' button.

Starting up the ECF Server from within Eclipse

1. In this context, we'll assume that you're trying to do some development with ECF and have checked out the latest sources from CVS. If you have not already done so, you can go to the development resources and pick up the team project set files.
2. Once you've got your workspace setup, open up the org.eclipse.ecf.provider project and wait for it to build completely if you have not already.
3. You should now click on the dropdown arrow of the green 'Run' button and then click on 'Run...'.
4. In the 'Java Application' tree node, expand it and then find the 'ECF Server Application' launch configuration.
5. Click on the 'Run' button on the bottom right-hand corner and your workstation will not become an 'ECF generic' server!

Future

We have lots more planned for the ECF servers sub-project, including:

Running other providers on the server

• xmpp
• zeroconf discovery

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