perfSONAR User Q&A and Other Discussion

[Chad Kotil <>]

Aaron,
That worked.
 primary_interface
in /opt/perfsonar_ps/toolkit/web/root/gui/services/etc/web_admin.conf

Thanks,
--Chad

On 11/18/14, 2:43 PM, Aaron Brown wrote:
> Hey Chad,
> 
> Ah, the toolkit front page is in a different location. To do that, you’ll 
> need to edit 
> /opt/perfsonar_ps/toolkit/web/root/gui/services/etc/web_admin.conf and put 
> the “primary_interface” stuff in there.
> 
> Cheers,
> Aaron
> 
> On Nov 18, 2014, at 2:34 PM, Chad Kotil 
> <>
>  wrote:
> 
>> I did try setting this for each of the 'local services', and also tried
>> setting it as a global. but neither of these changes seemed to change
>> the Primary Address.
>>
>> This is what I'm trying to change, on the front page of the toolkit UI:
>>
>>
>> Communities This Host Participates In
>> Host Status
>> Primary Address      my.host.some.domain
>> MTU  1500
>> NTP Status   
>> Synced
>> Globally registered  
>> No
>>
>> --Chad
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 11/18/14, 1:38 PM, Aaron Brown wrote:
>>> Hey Chad,
>>>
>>> Can you try setting the “primary_interface          eth0” or whatever the 
>>> primary interface is? I’m not sure if that does what you want, or if 
>>> you’d like something else.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Aaron
>>>
>>> On Nov 18, 2014, at 12:55 PM, Chad Kotil 
>>> <>
>>>  wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello Perfsonar-Users,
>>>> After updating to 3.4 on a multi homed test point I am now unable to
>>>> tell the toolkit UI which interface to use as the primary address. It
>>>> just seems to choose the default interface. In the past there was a
>>>> file, external_addresses, that could be use to tune things closer to how
>>>> I want them. I have read this file is no longer used:
>>>> http://www.perfsonar.net/about/faq/#Q70
>>>>
>>>> I've already set allow_internal_addresses in
>>>> /opt/perfsonar_ps/toolkit/web/root/gui/services/etc/web_admin.conf
>>>>
>>>> and have tried setting things like:
>>>> external_address=
>>>> default_accesspoint=
>>>> default_ipv4_address=
>>>> default_ipv6_address=
>>>> default_accesspoint_iface=
>>>> default_ipv4_address_iface=
>>>> default_ipv6_address_iface=
>>>> default_iface_speed=10000000000
>>>> default_iface_mtu=9000
>>>>
>>>> I've also tried to override settings in ls_registration_daemon.conf.
>>>>
>>>> But nothing has worked so far.
>>>>
>>>> How can I tell the toolkit to use another interface in 3.4?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> --Chad
>>