Installing Messenger For Multi-node Task-Spooler

Messenger Server #

On a base apt-based distro install the Task-Spooler Messenger Server:

sudo apt install -y libboost-dev libboost-system-dev libboost-thread-dev libboost-filesystem-dev

pushd messenger/messenger-server
sudo ./install
popd

Configure the messenger-server ms_server by creating ~/.hosts_ports with a port for listening to client messages.

echo "xxx $THISHOSTPORT" >> ~/.hosts_ports

Start the server with the command ms_server.

Messenger Client #

On a base apt-based distro install the Messenger Client:

pushd messenger/messenger-client
sudo ./install
popd

Create a file called ~/.servers_ports to configure task-spooler hosts to use with the messenger-client.