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Anchi Cheng, 07/06/2016 04:19 PM
1 | 20 | Anchi Cheng | h1. Test Network Connection Between Remote and Instrument Computers |
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5 | 20 | Anchi Cheng | By far the biggest installation problem comes from network connection is block at the microscope/camera computer from the remote computer where the main Leginon program is run. Here is a test to do before trying to start leginon operation at the remote computer. Leginon bulletin board has a thread that has "various problems and solutions":http://emg.nysbc.org/boards/6/topics/3 from users. |
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9 | h2. Start a Test Launcher on the Microscope Computer |
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13 | 11 | Amber Herold | # scope> go to the location where Leginon is installed, generally |
14 | 27 | Anchi Cheng | <pre>C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\Leginon\</pre> |
15 | 11 | Amber Herold | # scope> double click on test1.py. You should see something like this: |
16 | <pre>INFO localtransport server created at location {'instance': <localtransport.Server object at 0x40e614cc>} |
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17 | 1 | Amber Herold | INFO tcptransport server created at location {'hostname': 'myscope', 'port': 49152} |
18 | INFO <class 'event.SetManagerEvent'> binding added for destination myscope, method <function printData at 0x40e63c34> |
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19 | ACCEPTING CONNECTIONS AT: myscope:49152 |
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20 | 11 | Amber Herold | hit enter to kill |
21 | </pre> |
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22 | 1 | Amber Herold | **If the line before last says ACCEPTING CONNECTIONS ...., you have an opened port on this host. |
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24 | # Write down the name of the hose, in this case "myscope", and the opened port, in this case "49152", and proceed to try to connect to that computer from the remote compute in the next step. |
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27 | 6 | Anchi Cheng | h2. Attempt Connection from the Remote Computer |
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30 | 11 | Amber Herold | # remote linux computer> go to the location where Leginon is installed, type the following to find the location: |
31 | 1 | Amber Herold | <pre>start-leginon.py -v</pre> |
32 | 11 | Amber Herold | # remote linux computer> start the 2nd test script with the host name of the microscope computer and its open port |
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34 | remote linux computer/Leginon>test2.py myscope 49152 |
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35 | </pre> |
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36 | 1 | Amber Herold | You should see something like this: |
37 | 11 | Amber Herold | <pre> |
38 | INFO localtransport server created at location {'instance': <localtransport.Server object at 0x2b08e0d43810>} |
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39 | 1 | Amber Herold | INFO tcptransport server created at location {'hostname': 'myremote', 'port': 49152} |
40 | ACCEPTING CONNECTIONS AT: myremote:49152 |
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41 | INFO <class 'event.NodeAvailableEvent'> binding added for destination myremote, method <function printData at 0x2b08e0d51c80> |
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42 | CONNECTING TO: myscope:49154 |
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43 | WARNING localtransport client add failed |
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44 | INFO tcptransport client added |
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45 | 3 | Anchi Cheng | INFO server location set to to {'TCP transport': {'hostname': 'myscope', 'port': 49154}} |
46 | hit enter to kill |
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48 | 1 | Amber Herold | INFO handling threaded |
49 | INFO inserted in queue (class NodeAvailableEvent) |
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50 | INFO <class 'event.NodeAvailableEvent'> handling destination defcon1, method <function printData at 0x2b08e0d51c80> |
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51 | REMOTE CLIENT RESPONDED: myscope:49154 |
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52 | </pre> |
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55 | If you get the last line "REMOTE CLIENT RESPONDED" with correct hostname and port, the |
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56 | connection is fine. You can go to next section to test Leginon run on the remote |
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59 | 17 | Anchi Cheng | You can ignore the following error message print out in test1.py on the microscope PC when you exit it. |
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61 | tcptransport.TransportError: No route to host |
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62 | </pre> |
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64 | h2. Problem solving tips |
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67 | 15 | Amber Herold | * See Leginon bulletin board thread on "network problem, Leginon not seeing tecnai host":http://emg.nysbc.org/boards/6/topics/3 |
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69 | 29 | Anchi Cheng | h2. Check if the hostname case matches |
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71 | 29 | Anchi Cheng | Python is case-sensitive. We have seen it rejects the host because of it. If using host file to identify the host, it is best to match the case as found from leginon/test1.py |
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73 | h2. Most likely reason for the failure of the test: FIREWALL |
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77 | 7 | Amber Herold | * The easiest solution is have the involving computers inside the same firewall. |
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79 | 23 | Anchi Cheng | * Alternatively, you can |
80 | 25 | Anchi Cheng | # add python to firewall application exception OR |
81 | 26 | Anchi Cheng | # open [[Ports_used_by_Leginon|specific ports for Leginon system]] |
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83 | The latter is described in the Leginon bulletin board thread on "network problem, Leginon not seeing tecnai host":http://emg.nysbc.org/boards/6/topics/3 |
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87 | 27 | Anchi Cheng | h2. Another possible reason for the failure of the test: hostname-ip address mismatch |
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89 | 27 | Anchi Cheng | For leginon to communicate through socket, it needs to know the hostname of itself and the other computer it is connected to in both ways. The hostname also need to map properly to the IP address the partner understand as. |
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91 | 27 | Anchi Cheng | If you are on a dynamically assigned domain name system (DNS), this should all be taken care of. However, since the local hosts file overwrites the DNS assignment, you should check if you have a mismatch if you do have problem. |
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93 | You should therefore check if you have [[add host|added hosts]] to the right files on both sides of the connection. |
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95 | To confirm what python thinks the hosname is on its own computer, run the following in python command line: |
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96 | 1 | Amber Herold | <pre> |
97 | import socket |
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98 | socket.gethostname() |
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99 | 27 | Anchi Cheng | </pre> |
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101 | You can also get the IP address with this python command after importing socket like above |
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103 | socket.gethostbyname(socket.gethostname()) |
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106 | You should also check what one computer think the another's ip address is through socket connection once you know the hostname for the other computer |
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108 | socket.gethostbyname('hostname_of_the_other_computer') |
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109 | 18 | Anchi Cheng | </pre> |
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111 | h3. What if the host IP address obtained from socket.gethostbyname on a computer with multiple network card is not the network that connects to other hosts involved in Leginon |
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113 | You may need to [[reorder the network connections]] so that the appropriate network is the first to access. |
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114 | 2 | Amber Herold | ______ |
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116 | 21 | Anchi Cheng | [[Test Leginon on the Computer Controlling the Microscope|< Test Leginon on the Computer Controlling the Microscope]] | [[Run Leginon Client on the Instrument Computers|Run Leginon Client on the Instrument Computers >]] |
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