B4J Tutorial [server] Run a Server on a VPS

The steps required to run a B4J server on a hosted server (such as a VPS) are:

1. Download Java: https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/t...lest-way-to-distribute-ui-apps.99835/#content

If you are not familiar with Linux then download it to your development computer, unzip it and upload the files with FTP. You do not need to install anything.

2. Upload the compiled jar with any additional files (www folder for example).

3. Start the server with:

nohup path_to_java/bin/java -jar somejar.jar > nohup.out &

The console output will be written to nohup.out.
You need to use nohup as otherwise the server will be killed when you log out.

4. Make sure that the relevant port is open in the firewall settings.

5. If you want to kill the server you can use this command to find the process number:

ps -ef | grep java
kill <process number>

6. Tip: Use tail -f nohup.out
To monitor the server logs.

If you see an error related to the temporary folder then explicitly set it with:

nohup path_to_java/bin/java -Djava.io.tmpdir="temp" -jar somejar.jar > nohup.out &

If there is another http server running on the computer, like Apache or IIS, then you should not copy the B4J server to its public_html / www / or any other publicly accessible folder.

 

[Erel]

Please start a new thread for this in the questions forum.

 

[Beknazar]

3. Start the server with:

nohup path_to_java/bin/java -jar somejar.jar > nohup.out &

The console output will be written to nohup.out.
You need to use nohup as otherwise the server will be killed when you log out.

Erel,
please explain how to start server?
Where it is necessary to write?
thanks

 

[Erel]

This line starts the server process:

nohup path_to_java/bin/java -jar somejar.jar > nohup.out &

You can then check the logs with:

tail -f nohup.out

 

[avalle]

Perhaps just useful for noobs...

nohup path_to_java/bin/java -jar somejar.jar > nohup.out &

somejar.jar

• replace the filename with you B4J compiled JAR file.
• Compile the server app in Release mode.
• The compiled JAR file can be found in the Objects folder within your B4J project folder.
• The default name is "result.jar". You can rename it as you like (still keeping the .jar extension ideally).

nohup.out

• It's the file containing the console output.
• Rename it as you like.

 

[ajk]

The question may be a bit about the topic: how much theoretically you can squeeze from this type of server? I mean the maximum number of simultaneously served customers.
100 ?, 1000 ?, 1000,000?

 

[Erel]

This is indeed not the place for this question.

Answer: [Server] Performance measures

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