Moved webserver to Server and set up the webclient to work as a stand-alone program on the Portal side. The website link to the webclient is currently pointing to the wrong process, some way to direct that transparently to the Portal-side is needed.

src/server/portal/portal.py

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ if os.name == 'nt':
 
 from twisted.application import internet, service
 from twisted.internet import protocol, reactor
-from twisted.web import server, static
+from twisted.web import server
 from django.conf import settings
 from src.utils.utils import get_evennia_version, mod_import, make_iter
 from src.server.portal.portalsessionhandler import PORTAL_SESSIONS
@@ -240,29 +240,9 @@ if SSH_ENABLED:
 
 if WEBSERVER_ENABLED:
 
-    # Start a django-compatible webserver.
+    # Start a reverse proxy to relay data to the Server-side webserver
 
-    from twisted.python import threadpool
+    from twisted.web import proxy
-    from src.server.webserver import DjangoWebRoot, WSGIWebServer
-
-    # start a thread pool and define the root url (/) as a wsgi resource
-    # recognized by Django
-    threads = threadpool.ThreadPool()
-    web_root = DjangoWebRoot(threads)
-    # point our media resources to url /media
-    web_root.putChild("media", static.File(settings.MEDIA_ROOT))
-
-    webclientstr = ""
-    if WEBCLIENT_ENABLED:
-        # create ajax client processes at /webclientdata
-        from src.server.portal.webclient import WebClient
-        webclient = WebClient()
-        webclient.sessionhandler = PORTAL_SESSIONS
-        web_root.putChild("webclientdata", webclient)
-
-        webclientstr = "/client"
-
-    web_site = server.Site(web_root, logPath=settings.HTTP_LOG_FILE)
 
     for interface in WEBSERVER_INTERFACES:
         if ":" in interface:
@@ -273,12 +253,22 @@ if WEBSERVER_ENABLED:
             ifacestr = "-%s" % interface
         for port in WEBSERVER_PORTS:
             pstring = "%s:%s" % (ifacestr, port)
-            # create the webserver
+            web_root = proxy.ReverseProxyResource("localhost", port, '')
-            webserver = WSGIWebServer(threads, port, web_site, interface=interface)
-            webserver.setName('EvenniaWebServer%s' % pstring)
-            PORTAL.services.addService(webserver)
 
-            print "  webserver%s%s: %s" % (webclientstr, ifacestr, port)
+            webclientstr = ""
+            if WEBCLIENT_ENABLED:
+                # create ajax client processes at /webclientdata
+                from src.server.portal.webclient import WebClient
+                webclient = WebClient()
+                webclient.sessionhandler = PORTAL_SESSIONS
+                web_root.putChild("webclientdata", webclient)
+                webclientstr = "/client"
+
+            web_root = server.Site(web_root, logPath=settings.HTTP_LOG_FILE)
+            proxy_service = internet.TCPServer(port+1, web_root)
+            proxy_service.setName('EvenniaWebProxy%s' % pstring)
+            PORTAL.services.addService(proxy_service)
+            print "  webproxy%s%s: %s" % (webclientstr, ifacestr, port+1)
 
 for plugin_module in PORTAL_SERVICES_PLUGIN_MODULES:
     # external plugin services to start
@@ -286,7 +276,6 @@ for plugin_module in PORTAL_SERVICES_PLUGIN_MODULES:
 
 print '-' * 50 # end of terminal output
 
-
 if os.name == 'nt':
     # Windows only: Set PID file manually
     f = open(os.path.join(settings.GAME_DIR, 'portal.pid'), 'w')

src/server/server.py

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ if os.name == 'nt':
     # For Windows batchfile we need an extra path insertion here.
     sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(
                 os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))))
-
+from twisted.web import server, static
 from twisted.application import internet, service
 from twisted.internet import reactor, defer
 import django
@@ -57,10 +57,15 @@ AMP_HOST = settings.AMP_HOST
 AMP_PORT = settings.AMP_PORT
 AMP_INTERFACE = settings.AMP_INTERFACE
 
+WEBSERVER_PORTS = settings.WEBSERVER_PORTS
+WEBSERVER_INTERFACES = settings.WEBSERVER_INTERFACES
+
 # server-channel mappings
+WEBSERVER_ENABLED = settings.WEBSERVER_ENABLED and WEBSERVER_PORTS and WEBSERVER_INTERFACES
 IMC2_ENABLED = settings.IMC2_ENABLED
 IRC_ENABLED = settings.IRC_ENABLED
 RSS_ENABLED = settings.RSS_ENABLED
+WEBCLIENT_ENABLED = settings.WEBCLIENT_ENABLED
 
 
 #------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -334,6 +339,37 @@ if AMP_ENABLED:
     amp_service.setName("EvenniaPortal")
     EVENNIA.services.addService(amp_service)
 
+if WEBSERVER_ENABLED:
+
+    # Start a django-compatible webserver.
+
+    from twisted.python import threadpool
+    from src.server.webserver import DjangoWebRoot, WSGIWebServer
+
+    # start a thread pool and define the root url (/) as a wsgi resource
+    # recognized by Django
+    threads = threadpool.ThreadPool()
+    web_root = DjangoWebRoot(threads)
+    # point our media resources to url /media
+    web_root.putChild("media", static.File(settings.MEDIA_ROOT))
+    web_site = server.Site(web_root, logPath=settings.HTTP_LOG_FILE)
+
+    for interface in WEBSERVER_INTERFACES:
+        if ":" in interface:
+            print "  iPv6 interfaces not yet supported"
+            continue
+        ifacestr = ""
+        if interface != '0.0.0.0' or len(WEBSERVER_INTERFACES) > 1:
+            ifacestr = "-%s" % interface
+        for port in WEBSERVER_PORTS:
+            pstring = "%s:%s" % (ifacestr, port)
+            # create the webserver
+            webserver = WSGIWebServer(threads, port, web_site, interface=interface)
+            webserver.setName('EvenniaWebServer%s' % pstring)
+            EVENNIA.services.addService(webserver)
+
+            print "  webserver%s: %s" % (ifacestr, port)
+
 if IRC_ENABLED:
 
     # IRC channel connections

src/web/news/urls.py

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 """
-This structures the url tree for the news application. 
+This structures the url tree for the news application.
 It is imported from the root handler, game.web.urls.py.
 """
 
-from django.conf.urls.defaults import *
+from django.conf.urls import *
 
 urlpatterns = patterns('src.web.news.views',
      (r'^show/(?P<entry_id>\d+)/$', 'show_news'),

src/web/urls.py

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # http://diveintopython.org/regular_expressions/street_addresses.html#re.matching.2.3
 #
 
-from django.conf.urls.defaults import *
+from django.conf.urls import *
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.contrib import admin
 from django.views.generic import RedirectView
@@ -17,12 +17,12 @@ from django.db.models.loading import cache as model_cache
 if not model_cache.loaded:
     model_cache.get_models()
 
-# loop over all settings.INSTALLED_APPS and execute code in 
+# loop over all settings.INSTALLED_APPS and execute code in
 # files named admin.py in each such app (this will add those
 # models to the admin site)
 admin.autodiscover()
 
-# Setup the root url tree from / 
+# Setup the root url tree from /
 
 urlpatterns = patterns('',
     # User Authentication
@@ -36,11 +36,11 @@ urlpatterns = patterns('',
 
     # Page place-holder for things that aren't implemented yet.
     url(r'^tbi/', 'src.web.website.views.to_be_implemented'),
-    
+
     # Admin interface
     url(r'^admin/doc/', include('django.contrib.admindocs.urls')),
     url(r'^admin/', include(admin.site.urls)),
-    
+
     # favicon
     url(r'^favicon\.ico$',  RedirectView.as_view(url='/media/images/favicon.ico')),
 

src/web/webclient/urls.py

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 """
-This structures the (simple) structure of the 
+This structures the (simple) structure of the
-webpage 'application'. 
+webpage 'application'.
 """
 from django.conf.urls import *
 

src/web/webclient/views.py

@@ -1,19 +1,25 @@
 
 """
-This contains a simple view for rendering the webclient 
+This contains a simple view for rendering the webclient
 page and serve it eventual static content.
 
 """
 
-from django.shortcuts import render_to_response
+from django.shortcuts import render_to_response, redirect
 from django.template import RequestContext
 from django.conf import settings
 from src.server.sessionhandler import SESSIONS
 
 def webclient(request):
     """
-    Webclient page template loading. 
+    Webclient page template loading.
-    """    
+    """
+
+    # analyze request to find which port we are on
+    if int(request.META["SERVER_PORT"]) == 8000:
+        # we relay webclient to the portal port
+        print "Called from port 8000!"
+        #return redirect("http://localhost:8001/webclient/", permanent=True)
 
     # as an example we send the number of connected players to the template
     pagevars = {'num_players_connected': SESSIONS.player_count()}

src/web/website/urls.py

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 """
-This structures the (simple) structure of the 
+This structures the (simple) structure of the
-webpage 'application'. 
+webpage 'application'.
 """
 
-from django.conf.urls.defaults import *
+from django.conf.urls import *
 
 urlpatterns = patterns('src.web.website.views',
      (r'^$', 'page_index'),