installing and running LC on 'headless' linux server

[Mark Talluto]

Hi Ben,

My favorite method is to build server code with standalones and script only stacks. You can run them headless using the -ui method as you proposed earlier.
You can have the standalone act as a starter stack that loads in your script only stacks as libraries. This model makes it easy to do future updates because they are not built into the standalone itself.

Place standalone and stack files here:
- Apache
IP Number/home/standalone
		/home/libaries/stack files here 

- nginx
IP/usr/local/bin/standalone
			/bin/libraries/stack files here

Each executable is always on for performance. They use very little cpu when they are waiting for something to do. In my experience, they rest a 0% between loops and jump to around 3% when checking on the workload. They will jump up to some other value when they are processing. When done, they return to the 0-3% consumption.

We use PHP to receive incoming posts to the VM. After PHP does its thing, it passes the posted request to the LiveCode standalone. The process repeats itself as data is posted to the VM.

This has been a proven model for us. We have used it for many years with LiveCloud.

You can use this model in many ways. It will depend on what you are trying to accomplish. 

Best regards,

Mark Talluto
livecloud.io <http://livecloud.io/>
nursenotes.net <http://nursenotes.net/>
canelasoftware.com <http://www.canelasoftware.com/>




> On Jan 30, 2021, at 8:34 AM, Ben Rubinstein via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Matthias,
> 
> Thanks for answering.
> 
> I haven't looked into Livecode Server. When you say I could run livecode scripts directly from shell, does that means scripts, but not stacks?
> 
> Is Livecode Server easier to install on a 'headless' system? Is there somewhere I should look to find explanation of differences/pros/cons of Server versus IDE editions?
> 
> thank you,
> 
> Ben
> 
> On 29/01/2021 20:30, matthias rebbe via use-livecode wrote:
>> Ben,
>> is there a reason why you do not install/use Livecode Server instead of Livecode IDE on your system?
>> You could run livecode scripts directly from shell.
>> Regards,
>> Matthias
>> -
>> Matthias Rebbe
>> Life Is Too Short For Boring Code
>>> Am 29.01.2021 um 19:44 schrieb Ben Rubinstein via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>:
>>> 
>>> So I want to install LC on a headless - i.e. no GUI, access over SSH - Ubuntu 20.
>>> 
>>> (Then I'll be using it to run a particular stack on a cron job.)
>>> 
>>> I've done this a long time ago with a standalone - but in this case I'd rather be able to do it with a stack.
>>> 
>>> The only thing that I know about is "-ui" but I'm not even far enough along to make use of this.
>>> 
>>> My first question is what's the best way to install it? Do I download the installer, e.g. "LiveCodeCommunityInstaller-9_6_1-Linux.x64", move it to the server and run it there? Or is that going to be a GUI installer?
>>> 
>>> Are there options I need to know about like where it should go?
>>> 
>>> And then are there tips about where I put my stacks, how to see error or debugging output, how the stack reads command line parameters etc?
>>> 
>>> Any and all advice welcome - especially of course "go and read this guide over here you idiot".
>>> 
>>> TIA,
>>> 
>>> Ben
>>> 
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