The RiverSystem.Service.Cluster.dll and RiverSystem.Service.Cluster.Host.exe provides a mechanism to run many different servers without the Source interface . All the features of the Command Line Runner interface are available but the cluster has no ability to be used without external code being written. The Command Line Runner should be used for ad-hoc server creation and batch jobs. The cluster allows for automatically starting and stopping Command Line Runner server instances.
The RiverSystem.Service.Cluster.dll can be hosted in IIS. We also provide a simple self hosting executable called RiverSystem.Service.Cluster.Host.exe. Running this will start server with the default endpoint of
to specify the endpoint you can provide a parameter during startup
RiverSystem.Service.Cluster.Host.exe http://somemachine.domain.com:8001/Source
RiverSystem.Service.Cluster.Host.exe and is included with Source.The command line is used where it is impractical to run Source from the main user interface, such as:
- For batch runs, where Source is run many times with a range of different parameter values; or
- Optimisation scenarios; and
- When integrating Source with other models or business systems.
The command line can be used in either a standalone (in-process) mode or in a client/server configuration. When run in client/server mode, the Source project is loaded and run at the server side, with parameters provided by and results returned through the client. In this way, the server can be used for many runs of the same project, without needing to reload the project file each time.