Starting the IceBox Server
Incorporating everything we discussed previously, we can now configure and start IceBox servers.
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Starting the C++ IceBox Server
The configuration file for our example C++ service is shown below:
IceBox.Service.Hello=HelloService:create Hello.Endpoints=tcp -p 10001
Notice that we define an endpoint for the object adapter created by the Hello service.
Assuming these properties reside in a configuration file named config, we can usually start the C++ IceBox server as follows:
icebox++11 --Ice.Config=config
icebox --Ice.Config=config
Additional command line options are supported, including those that allow the server to run as a Windows service or Unix daemon.
32-bit IceBox on 64-bit Linux
On 64-bit Linux, the 32-bit IceBox executables (when provided) are named icebox32 (C++98) and icebox32++11 (C++11).
Starting the C# IceBox Server
The configuration file for our example C# service is shown below:
IceBox.Service.Hello=helloservice.dll:HelloService Hello.Endpoints=tcp -p 10001
Notice that we define an endpoint for the object adapter created by the Hello service.
Assuming these properties reside in a configuration file named config, we can start the C# IceBox server as follows:
iceboxnet --Ice.Config=config
dotnet iceboxnet.dll --Ice.Config=config
Starting the Java IceBox Server
Our Java configuration is nearly identical to the C++ version, except for the entry point specification:
IceBox.Service.Hello=HelloServiceI Hello.Endpoints=tcp -p 10001
Notice that we define an endpoint for the object adapter created by the Hello service.
Assuming these properties reside in a configuration file named config, we can start the Java IceBox server as follows:
java -jar icebox-3.7.3.jar --Ice.Config=config
java -jar icebox-compat-3.7.3.jar --Ice.Config=config
IceBox Server Failures
At startup, an IceBox server inspects its configuration for all properties having the prefix IceBox.Service and initializes each service. If initialization fails for a service, the IceBox server invokes the stop operation on any initialized services, reports an error, and terminates.