This program(s) is meant to be proof-of-concept low-level remote computing server environment that takes requests from its accompanying client. The server is designed to be multi-threaded and able to handle a scalable volume of client requests following a designated protocol specified in communication.h. Each request type has a different name and can be used to call different jobs for the server to complete. The server and client interact in a fashion that can easily be scaled to handle larger tasks and various computations.
Both server and client are designed to run exclusively on Unix systems.
Both client and server can be compiled using
make
or
make server
make client
for respective programs
The server can be started using ./server and will run on the port specified in communication.h. The server is designed to be stopped using SIGINT which
will allow it to properly close down the port it is using and let all threads complete their communication with clients.
The client can be started using ./client or ./client IP. When started without a specified ip the client will opperate using the localhost IP address. Otherwise the client will attempt
to connect to the specified IP. For demonstration purposes the client is able to request two jobs from the server.
The first is done using J1 and will request the specified job from the server (In this case it just simulates some arbitrary process).
The second is done using J2 int for some specified integer and will recieve back that integer multiplied by two from the server (Again, just to simulate some arbitrary calculation).