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Forum Post: Re: Ability to setup default set of roles for tenants

stlevander — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:45:00 GMT

Hehe, ok then, we'll wait for 2.0.

Steve

Forum Post: Re: Ability to setup default set of roles for tenants

Andy Badera — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:40:00 GMT

Hi Steve,

In 1.9 this could be accomplished with a Tenant Onboarding Extension and a call to our undocumented, not-really-guaranteed-to-be-supported TenantPortalService. In 2.0 this will be fully available via API.

--Andy Badera

Client Services, Apprenda, Inc.

Forum Post: Ability to setup default set of roles for tenants

stlevander — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:04:00 GMT

Hi,

I know that tenants define roles and assign users and secuables to roles. We want to suggest a certain set of roles to our tentants to help them organize application access rules. It would be great if we could assign securables to these default roles also. We know that the tenant admin would be able to setup roles however they want, but we want to give them this jump start.

Is there a way that a provider developer or a provider admin can create a default set of roles that would be created each time we bring up a new tenant?

Thanks,

Steve

Blog Post: SaaSGrid Introductory Developer Training

Andy Badera — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:45:00 GMT

After conducting training with a remote team this week, I wanted to make the presentation material used available to all those using or considering SaaSGrid.

I've Got SaaSGrid: Now What? (1 of 2)

View more presentations from Andrew Badera.

SaaSGrid: What's it good for? (2 of 2)

View more presentations from Andrew Badera.

Forum Post: Re: SaaSGrid Logger Email Notifications in 1.9

Abe Sultan — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 18:50:00 GMT

Hi Gui,

Those settings are not deprecated as Matt believed, they are actually still used to configure the mail server settings in order to send out the e-mails. The only settings that were deprecated are the following:

Best regards,
Abe

Forum Post: Re: Custom Securable Attributes

stlevander — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 18:14:00 GMT

I've had the 766.aspx guide for a week or two and I've been reading it as time permits. Looking through it, I think I'd be more interested in plan components than limiters. Looking forward next week's training!

Steve

Forum Post: Re: Custom Securable Attributes

Andy Badera — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 17:51:00 GMT

Hi Steve,

Check out the Developer Guide at community.saasgrid.com/.../766.aspx

I also highly suggest everyone complete the Tutorial as well, Parts I & II.

--Andy Badera

Forum Post: Re: Custom Securable Attributes

stlevander — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 16:57:00 GMT

I'm aware of the boundary and limiter high level concepts, but not the specific capabilities or configuration details. Can you steer me to that information?

Forum Post: Re: Custom Securable Attributes

Andy Badera — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 15:43:00 GMT

Hi Steve,

As providers don't control what tenant users end up in what roles, this may make enforcement difficult if not impossible.

This seems a better fit for toggle limiters. Are you familiar with our limiters?

--Andy Badera

Client Services, Apprenda, Inc.

Forum Post: Custom Securable Attributes

stlevander — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 15:36:00 GMT

I'm a newbie, so forgive me if this is a basic question. And hello everyone!

I’m building a reporting portal for companies who subscribe to our database. Each company will be a tenant. We want to enable selection of historical reporting periods for each report. We might choose to charge separate fees for groups of historical periods in the future, but very likely not in the short term. A historical period group might be one or more periods and there are different length periods, e.g., daily, weekly, monthly, etc. Obviously the UI needs to list these historical periods. The definition of the period will be kept in our database (Day of 21 Mar 2010, Week of 18 Mar 2010, etc), whereas we’d like to keep the combination of period length and number in SaaS Grid, e.g., Day x 20, Week x 5, etc. Our current thinking is that each report will be a securable. I can envision that the number and type of periods will be setup in the provider portal and they will be presented for selection in the tenant portal. What’s the best way to associate attributes of this type with a securable? I will also need to know which API’s to use to access these attributes.

Thanks,

Steve

Forum Post: Re: SaaSGrid Logger Email Notifications in 1.9

Matt Ammerman — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:07:00 GMT

Hi Gui,

Yes, in 1.9, email notifications are now accomplished using log overrides in the SOC. I believe the settings in the app.config are deprecated and no longer used.

Matt

Forum Post: SaaSGrid Logger Email Notifications in 1.9

ggros — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 16:49:00 GMT

In 1.8 the app.config of the saasgrid logger windows service would have settings to notify via email of errors above a certain level (default are to notify of errors and fatals). In 1.9 there now email notifications in the SOC.

Are those settings in the logger deprecated?

Because the app.config still have the section:

<!-- External Bug Reporting -->      <add key="SenderAddress" value="">      <add key="SenderDisplayName" value="SaaSGrid Error Reports">      <add key="SmtpHost">      <add key="SmtpPort" value="25">      <add key="SmtpUserName" value="m">      <add key="SmtpPassword">      <add key="EmailSubject" value="Log message of level {0} occurred">  <!-- End of External Bug Reporting -->

Forum Post: Re: WCF end points for win forms client

Matt Ammerman — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 23:22:00 GMT

Nate,

I recommend checking our files gallery here in the developer center:

http://community.saasgrid.com/developers/m/

Particularly, read the API Quick Reference Guide:

http://community.saasgrid.com/developers/m/developer-guides/803.aspx

and the Crash Course:

http://community.saasgrid.com/developers/m/developer-guides/765.aspx

Additionally, you'll find comprehensive developer information in the Developer Guide:

http://community.saasgrid.com/developers/m/developer-guides/766.aspx

And lastly, you'll notice that the files gallery is littered with samples for getting started - each sample uses the API in a different way, from standard usage to extending the API, to the Silverlight and Remote APIs.

Regards,

Matt

Forum Post: Re: WCF end points for win forms client

nyounger — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 19:35:00 GMT

Matt,

Is there some place where I can find a comprehensive document or example code for the API? Would be quite helpful to have.

-Nate

Forum Post: Re: WCF end points for win forms client

Matt Ammerman — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:15:00 GMT

Hi Nate,

The endpoint information is not exposed via the API, however, you can exploit SaaSGrid's conditional configuration and deploy-time config switching to populate the app.config for the client with the proper URLs. Take a look at this:

community.saasgrid.com/.../using-saasgrid-s-conditional-configuration-system.aspx

At deploy time, SaaSGrid will activate the 'live' configuration. On top of that, SaaSGrid will replace certain tokens in the app.config file with their respective values for the SaaSGrid URL, application alias, and version alias - effectively completing the necessary information for a valid endpoint for your service, for instance:

By combining the two techniques, you can have SaaSGrid automatically prepare your client configuration for use at deploy time (particularly useful if you have multiple versions of the app - for testing and production - deployed at the same time, the client will always communicate with the version it was deployed with).

So, the entire configuration might look something like this:

<!-- SaaSGrid Live Configuration

End SaaSGrid Live Configuration -->

Hope this helps!

Regards,

Matt

Forum Post: WCF end points for win forms client

nyounger — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 15:45:00 GMT

Hopefully I have a quick question. Is there a way to programmatically retrieve a WCF end point from the provider portal so that clients would not have to manually enter it in the app.config? I have looked through the API doc's and some of the example code but nothing is jumping out. This would be for a win forms app/service. Thanks for your help.

-Nate

Forum Post: Re: Promote to test error

Andy Badera — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 22:31:00 GMT

Awesome! Happy to hear! Enjoy your weekend.

Forum Post: Re: Promote to test error

nyounger — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 22:29:00 GMT

Thanks for the response. That worked perfectly.

-Nate

Forum Post: Re: Promote to test error

Andy Badera — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 22:02:00 GMT

Hi again,

No problem!

You need to ensure that you close all live/local switching comment tag blocks, as in:

<!--SaaSGrid Live Configuration

End SaaSGrid Live Configuration-->

I believe should be:

<!--SaaSGrid Live Configuration

End SaaSGrid Live Configuration-->

You'll want to make sure all such instances of the comment blocks are symmetrical for both live and local blocks.

--ab

Forum Post: Re: Promote to test error

nyounger — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 21:56:00 GMT

Andy,

Thanks for your response. Here is the debug log for that specific error from the SOC. I have also added my app.config. I checked the archive and there are no System.*.dll's present. I don't have any other WCF services just a single instance like the calculator demo. I am sure this has to do with my inexperience with SaaSGrid. Thanks for the help.

-----------------LogMessage-----------------

An unexpected error occurred during the staging process: An error occurred while processing configuration basepath tokens..

-----------------EndLogMessage-----------------

-----------------SurfaceException (System.ApplicationException)-----------------

An error occurred while processing configuration basepath tokens.

at Apprenda.SaaSGrid.SMART.LocalDeployment.LaunchPad.Configure(ServiceInstruction instruction)

at Apprenda.SaaSGrid.SMART.LocalDeployment.LaunchpadContainer..ctor(IExecutionMode executionMode, ServiceInstruction instruction, DeploymentParticle particle, Boolean transactionallyManageResources)

at Apprenda.SaaSGrid.SMART.LocalDeployment.StagingServiceContainer..ctor(IExecutionMode executionMode, ServiceInstruction instruction, DeploymentParticle particle)

at Apprenda.SaaSGrid.SMART.LocalDeployment.StagingServiceContainerProvider.Create(ServiceInstruction instruction, DeploymentParticle particle)

at Apprenda.SaaSGrid.SMART.LocalDeployment.HostingContext.RegisterStagingContainer(ServiceInstruction instruction, DeploymentParticle particle)

at Apprenda.SaaSGrid.SMART.LocalDeployment.ServiceManager.<>c__DisplayClass31.<StageDeployServiceHelper>b__2b()

at Apprenda.Threading.MonitorCollection`1.MonitorSection.Lock(LockableSection section, TimeSpan timespan)

at Apprenda.SaaSGrid.SMART.LocalDeployment.ServiceManager.StageDeployServiceHelper(DeploymentFragment deploymentFragment)

-----------------EndSurfaceException-----------------

-----------------DeepestException (System.ArgumentException)-----------------

inputConfigurationText

Parameter name: The number of start section and end section tokens for the environment Local is unbalanced. 1 start tokens and 0 end tokens were found. These should match in count.

at Apprenda.SaaSGrid.SMART.Deployment.EnvironmentXmlConfigurator.Switch(String inputConfigurationText, String fromEnvironment, String toEnvironment)

at Apprenda.SaaSGrid.SMART.LocalDeployment.LaunchPad.Configure(ServiceInstruction instruction)

-----------------EndDeepestException-----------------

=============================app.config=====================================

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>

<!--

The configuration below serves as a guideline for configuring a WCF service that is

intended for hosting by SaaSGrid. The actual values in this file are used for

local development only. Upon deployment, SaaSGrid will dynamically configure this

service and any clients that communicate with it.

-->

<system.serviceModel>

<!--

The netTcpBinding is the preferred binding for service communication within SaaSGrid for

performance reasons.

-->

</binding>

</netTcpBinding>

<!--

The basicHttpBinding is required for clients that communicate with SaaSGrid from the

outside, such as Silverlight clients.

-->

</binding>

</basicHttpBinding>

</bindings>

</behavior>

</serviceBehaviors>

</behavior>

</endpointBehaviors>

</behaviors>

</behaviorExtensions>

</extensions>

<endpoint address="net.tcp://localhost:40000/Service"

binding="netTcpBinding"

bindingConfiguration="DefaultTcpBinding"

behaviorConfiguration="ApprendaEndpointBehavior"

contract="Exchange.ICommandWS"/>

</service>

</services>

</system.serviceModel>

<!--SaaSGrid Live Configuration

End SaaSGrid Live Configuration-->

</connectionStrings>

</configuration>