How to make webserver work

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Patrick Cloutier asked Jun 16, '21 Patrick Cloutier commented Jun 19, '21

How to make webserver work

When I press SelectModel, my models do not appear. There is nothing to select.

I did the following:

Install webserver
Put the correct FlexSim program directory in flexsim webserver configuration.txt
Put the correct path for my models in flexsim webserver configuration.txt
Run Flexsimwebserver
Go to 127.0.0.1 on latest Edge version.

What I am doing wrong?

Software Version:

FlexSim 21.1.4

flexsim 21.1.4 webserver

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Ben Wilson ♦♦ commented · Jun 16, 2021 at 06:35 PM

Hey @Patrick Cloutier ,

The webserver is definitely running, or you wouldn't see that interface at 127.0.0.1

Please attach your config file and we'll see if anything sticks out to us.

Did you try putting fully static paths into the config file, rather than anything with the %percents% around it?

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Patrick Cloutier Ben Wilson ♦♦ commented · Jun 17, 2021 at 01:27 PM

Here is the file. I had to write the full path for the model directory because Documents is in Onedrive and if I write %Documents% it says it can't find the directory. The path I wrote is the one I got when I right click the folder and go to Properties/General/Location.

flexsim webserver configuration.txt

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flexsim-webserver-configuration.txt (1.0 KiB)

Answer 1 · 2021-06-18T17:45:42Z

Jacob Gillespie answered Jun 18, '21 Patrick Cloutier commented Jun 19, '21

When you pull up the page, the console should look like this if there were no errors:

To see the raw xml that it is returning you could try using this url:

http://127.0.0.1/webserver.dll?availablemodels

The model directory being in OneDrive might also cause problems. I've never tested that before.

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Patrick Cloutier commented · Jun 19, 2021 at 01:30 PM

The console looked exactly like you showed. But when I click on the link to see the raw xml I was getting an error that I didn't understand and it listed every single file and folders and sub folders in my folder.

This gave me an idea. So I created a new folder in which I placed on a few models and no subfolders. And it now works.

But I still have to write the full path because if I try with % it says it can't locate the folder. Maybe because of OneDrive.

Thanks,

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