Have a customer with main office in England but MD who spends 6-7 months a year travelling and rest of time operating from home 100 miles from main office. MD needs to access/update Contacts/Products db as he travels with laptop - main office also adding customers & data. They also want to publish some Product info on Web.
What you need is Servoy said I. We can put the databases on a Server and everyone can access via web links - thin client, auto updates, latest data, subset of info on web pages etc etc.
Have demonstrated concept by loading MySQL database onto virtual web server and connecting from my laptop running Servoy Developer.
But there’s a missing link that I can’t figure. My understanding is that Servoy Server has to be uploaded to the Server - but two ISP’s contacted have refused to allow ‘uknown’ applications like Servoy to operate on their systems.
My belief is that options are:
1 Upgrade ISP from Virtual Server to Dedicated Server
2 Set up dedicated Computer/Server in main office
3 Find an ISP who welcome Servoy
Have read the very useful document by David Workman but wonder how others (particularly dealing with European ISP’s) handle this as customer not keen on options 1) & 2).
Thanks Marcel - will contact you to discuss details.
Would also be interested in any comments on wether I have understood the Servoy deployment concept correctly. In the documentation & these lists deployment seems to be passed over as so obvious that it doesn’t need an ‘idiots guide’.
I love the fact that Servoy provides the means for me to offer new opportunities to my customers - but I’m moving outside my knowledge/comfort zone. Any guidance is appreciated.
Is there a ‘hit list’ of requirements which we would need to quote to an ISP in order to establish common ground and get any ISP to allow installation of Servoy server ?
In other words, what information do we have to give to an ISP in order for them to understand what they are taking on if they host Servoy server product ?
Install and run your own software (+open up web and Servoy ports)
OR
Allow you to run Java Applications + offer a connection to a SQL database (+open up web and Servoy ports)
OR
Offer Servoy hosting
A Dutch ISP is in the process of setting this up (if you’re interested in this please contact me by email).
Virtual hosting is also a good option for example Linode.com offers you virtual hosting at reasonable prices.
Additionally you can host on an internal server in your office if you have a reasonable connection speed to the internet (best is to test how acceptable your bandwith is).
Thought others might be interested to know that I have found a UK web hosting company that are very happy to host Servoy systems.
They already had some Servoy experience and, with usual great support from Servoy, are now fully operational. Nice people to deal with and flexible enough to allow a 3mth trial so that I can demonstrate systems to clients without long term commitment.
Contact me and I’ll be happy to put you in direct contact.