[alicebot-developer] Deploying Program D and an information retrieval application on a web server

[Josip Almasi]

Joe Tallett wrote:
> So I assume I will need my own webserver (or host server) to get the 
> system running. What I would like to know is would it be easiest to just 
> upload the already compiled web version of program d (downloaded from 
> aitools.org and including a WAR file and a couple of other folders) 
> straight onto a server? If I went about it this way I would also upload 
> my own information-retrieval application as a second war file on the 
> server (is this possible?) and have the two running side-by-side on the 
> server. I would use the <system> tag of AIML (or <javascript>?) to 
> transfer information between the two when needed. Is this 
> feasible/efficient as a way of deploying the system? Or would it be 
> easier to integrate the source code of program D and my Java app into 
> one and then upload just the one WAR file?

It's probably easyer via system tag but usually you can't perform system 
calls from a war just like that, therefore - use the source.

> Also would I need to use a database to store conversation logs? I 
> assumed so but found that my binary non-web version of program D seems 
> to save logs anyway in the var/programd folderÂ


Well it doesn't hurt:)

> Any advice would be much appreciated.

Well here's my advice: I happen to understand D source (though I'm a bit 
rusty), I run a D on a non-profit server with db and web etc, and I work 
in an open-source company; so, drop me a mail with more details, I can 
help you with deployment in either non- or for-profit case. Like, give 
you shell acc, your own server instance, patch the source etc.

Regards...