Announcing the GuardIEn Remote Processing Daemon

[Darius Panahy]

IET is delighted to announce the availability in Release 8.8.3 of significant new component for GuardIEn called the Remote Processing Daemon.

The GuardIEn Remote Processing Daemon (RPD) provides integrated file transfer and remote processing services for GuardIEn as an alternative to using standard remote or secure shell and FTP utilities. It is especially useful for sites where a suitable and/or secure remote shell product is not installed or configured or where current use of insecure protocols like FTP is discouraged or not available. Note that use of the RPD is optional, and existing support for FTP/SSH utilities is still available.
 
GuardIEn uses file transfer services for:

• Transferring transaction (.trn) files between the toolset and encyclopaedia server for upload/download tasks
  
• Transferring XOS files between the client and the XOS file server(s)
  
• Transferring XOS minor version files between the client and encyclopaedia server
  
• Transferring remote installation (.rmt) files from a GuardIEn CSE server to a remote build server
  
• Submitting MVS batch jobs from a GuardIEn CSE server
  
• Transferring HE-XGen and Remote processing .trn and .ctl files from the HE to the CSE server
  

GuardIEn uses remote processing services for:

• Processing XOS migrates and builds on a file server
  
• Processing installs and other SU steps on a remote build server
  

The RPD can be used to fulfil all of the above file transfer and remote processing services, replacing the need to implement or maintain separate 3rd party products. 

The RPD consists of two components:

• The RPD Listener executes as a service on the GuardIEn and/or remote server and processes requests issued from the client. The RPD listener is a multi-threaded application to provide a high level of concurrency and availability.
  
• The RPD client resides on the requesting machine and sends processing requests to the RPD Listener. The client is embedded within the GuardIEn client and server executables and is also available as a command line interface (CLI) standalone program to enable script integration.
  

If you wish to use RPD, consult the Remote Processing Daemon installation and configuration guide which is installed with the GuardIEn client.