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Manuel,
> We are testing LDM connectivity between ECMWF and CMA and we seem to
> have problems. I can ldmping CMA's LDM from ECMWF but it seems the
> opposite doesn't work. Do you have any hint ?
>
> I include YangXin's e-mail below...
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Manuel
It appears that the LDM at the ECMWF is unable to translate the CMA
IP address into a hostname. Is this correct? What are the ALLOW
entries in the ECMWF LDM's configuration-file for the CMA LDM-s?
If they are all hostname-based, then a CMA LDM will be unable to
connect.
The best solution would be to fix the IP-address-to-hostname
translation mechanism used by ECMWF. This is beyond the scope of
the LDM: you'll have to involve your networking administrators.
A workaround solution would be to add IP-based ALLOW entries for
the CMA LDM-s to the LDM configuration-file at the ECMWF. For
example,
ALLOW ANY ^210\.73\.54\.[0-9]{1,3}$
This would allow a connection by any LDM running on a host whose IP
address lies in the inclusive range from 210.73.54.0 to 210.73.54.255.
Having both types of ALLOW entries will not affect the performance of
the LDM -- so you might try that.
Regards,
Steve Emmerson
Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: WNN-399573
Department: Support IDD TIGGE
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed