ant-ipc-server 4.0.1

Welcome to ant-ipc server

ant-IPC-server is a server app and ant-ipc-lib a client library for developers, that simplifies the process of connecting to a server and sending remote procedure calls to your app and administrating/monitoring your developed running services.

Remote procedure call (RPC) is an Inter-process communication technology that allows a computer program to cause a subroutine or procedure to execute in another address space (commonly on another computer on a shared network) without the programmer explicitly coding the details for this remote interaction, receiving the results in the process that originated the call.

Real-time web functionality is the ability to have server code push content to connected clients instantly as it becomes available, rather than having the server wait for a client to request new data.

This platform, contains a server process, that redirects the RPC to it's destinatary and fordward the results. Same with remote events subscriptions and callbacks (REC).

Changelog

All notable changes ant-ipc-server and lib package will be documented in this file.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.

Types of changes: Added, Changed, Deprecated, Removed, Fixed, Security

[4.0.1] (2023-05-03)

• Server: -

  • Added: Now servers can connect to themselves and another servers (--clients parameter)
  • Added: Now servers can have an instanceid. Recommended. (--instance parameter)
  • Added: IPC Command ServerInfo
  • Changed: the namespace is now ant-ipc-server
  • Fixed: minor bug fixes and performance improvement

• Library:

  • Added: Interfaces data to BasicInfo. It shows the IPAddress and Interfaces Name
  • Changed: Now IPCClient library class is not singleton. Breaking change from 3.0.2. You need to instance the client
  • Fixed: Elminated Warnings and possible bugs in some OS
  • Fixed: minor bug fixes and performance improvement
  • Deprecated: Framework 471 is deprecated

[3.0.2] (2023-05-02)

• Server:
  • Fixed: documentation site
  • Fixed: site was broken after 3.0.0 update
  • Changed: Improved minor traces
  • Changed: Updated (c) messages
  • Changed: Migrated documentation to latest mkdocs version and improved themes (dark/light)

[3.0.0] (2023-05-01)

• Server:

  • Fixed: issues losing commands (concurrency)
  • Changed: Updated to NET 7
  • Changed: some Debug, Warn, Error
  • Known issue: Getting Started web documentation is broken, need update

• Library:

  • Changed: Updated to NET 7
  • Fixed: minor bug fixes and performance improvement

[2.4.11] (2021-05-28)

• Server:

  • Added: server icon for linux version in package
  • Added: url command line parameter to specify url to connect to for the server itself (default is the same as before)
  • Changed: updated documentation

• Library:

  • Fixed: minor issue in GetProcessFullInfo command

[2.4.10] (2021-02-08)

• Server:
  • Changed: Bumped to net core 5 (net50)

[2.4.9] (2020-11-09)

• Server:

  • Added: added an RPC command to get all processes FrienlyId
  • Added: hints for array input in SendCommand window
  • Added: message error in console when process is not running
  • Added: console cd .. command returns to server
  • Changed: updated lib version to 2.4.9

• Library:

  • Allow parallel RPC execution
  • Fixed: Accept array in parameters of RPC function

[2.4.7] (2020-10-29)

• Server:

  • Fixed: another small fix in context menu when connection is slow
  • Fixed: Computer Name is case sensitive now (using Dns.GetHostName) in ServerInfo

• Library:

  • Fixed: Computer Name is case sensitive now (using Dns.GetHostName) in BasicProcessInfo

[2.4.6] (2020-10-23)

• Server:

  • Changed: Show Platform icon and Linux distribution icon in list (or Azure)
  • Changed: Color of selected row and hover
  • Fixed: issues with context-menu resize when connection is slow

• Library:

  • Added: DistributionName (For Linux, and for Windows - Azure) to BasicProcessInfo
  • Added: PrettyDistributionName for Linux to BasicProcessInfo
  • Added: OSNameAndVersion to BasicProcessInfo
  • Changed: if icon cannot be retrieved it looks for APP_NAME.png to set icon
  • Fixed: python library for slow connections (issue in signalrcore lib fixed)

[2.4.5] (2020-10-13)

• Server:
  • Fixed: Console (CLI) ls -l fix output table when using apps using library ant-ipc-lib.dll <= 2.4.3
  • Fixed: Console (CLI) connection status sequence for slow connections
  • Fixed: Console (CLI) output message error, when using YAML or YAMLC, show_only_result = true and the command returns error

[2.4.4] (2020-10-12)

• Server:

  • Changed: Web main page added column with library version
  • Changed: Console (CLI) ls | ps command accept parameter -l for more information: ls -l
  • Fixed: Console (CLI) issue with grep when using yaml or yamlc formats
  • Fixed: Console (CLI) allow to change to process cd proccess with full Friendly Id. Used when the same process name is used in different computers

• Library:

  • Added: ant-ipc-lib.dll library version to Process Basic Info and RPC methd IpcLibVersion
  • Fixed: avoid exception when getting icon for process hosted in Azure (icon null)

[2.4.3] (2020-10-07)

• Server:

  • Added: Support for AZURE. Hosting in azure with internal logs and special logo
  • Changed: Console (CLI) shows in different color FrienlyId (prompt) other than server
  • Fixed: Console (CLI) improved autocomplete and initial events in CLI optimized for Azure
  • Fixed: minor bug fixes and performance improvement

• Library:

  • Added: public events for Connect, Reconnected and Closed from server

[2.4.1] (2020-09-22)

• Server:

  • Added: Added documentation CHANGELOG to built-in webpage
  • Changed: updated to new lib 2.4.1

• Library:

  • Fixed: compatibility with Framework 4.7

[2.4.0] (2020-09-18)

• Server:

  • Changed: Now remote events require FriendlyId instead of processId
  • Changed: Tutorial myapp1 improved. Subscribe and Unsuscribe to events
  • Fixed: bug fixes and performance improvement

• Library

  • Changed: IpcCommandExecutionResult has now FriendlyId and also re-sorted some members
  • Changed: renamed UnsubscribeFromRemoteEventAsync
  • Changed: SubscribeToRemoteEventAsync and UnsubscribeFromRemoteEventAsync requires FriendlyId
  • Changed: IpcCommandExecutionResult class, new field: FriendlyId returns with the command
  • Fixed: bug fixes and performance improvement

[2.3.4] (2020-09-16)

• Server:

  • Changed: Completed Getting Started - Server web documentation and minor changes in Tutorial
  • Added: Subscribe to event from context menu
  • Added: Icon on event in context menu, shows if it is subscribed (green check)
  • Added: Show notification when event is triggered remotely

• Library

  • Changed: Overload ConnectAsync with 2 parameters, url and instanceId
  • Changed: IpcCommandExecutionResult class, new field: FriendlyId returns with the command
  • Fixed: C# event subsciption fixed issue not triggering

[2.3.3] (2020-09-15)

• Server:

  • Changed: Tutorials in Getting Started section - Added RPC with parameters and event example

• Library

  • Fixed: C# event subsciption fixed issue not triggering

[2.3.2] (2020-09-03)

• Server:

  • Changed: Renamed the project to ant-ipc
  • Changed: Removed class prefix in context menu
  • Changed: Tutorials in Getting Started section

• Library

  • Added: python library and examples
  • Changed: CommandSent callback in Hub (for python compatibility) to send GUID
  • Changed: Misc Changes in Base Commands
  • Fixed: bug fixes and performance improvement

[2.3.0] (2020-08-25)

• Server

  • Added: Subscription to events
  • Fixed: Check port occupancy at the startup. Error msg if used

• Library

  • Added: remote event calls and callbacks (rec)
  • Added: new feature optional parameters to RPC methods
  • Changed: Removed command GetContainerTimeZoneFullInfo
  • Changed: Changed list of base commands
  • Fixed: Several minor fixed and performance improvements

[2.1.1] (2020-07-22)

• Server

  • Changed: Eliminated console interaction
  • Fixed: Check port occupancy at the startup. Error msg if used

• Library

  • Changed: Removed command GetContainerTimeZoneFullInfo

[2.1.0] (2020-07-22)

• Server

  • Added: It support singleton classes for commands
  • Changed: verbosity level added. Default: No-Log

• Library

  • Added: It support singleton classes for command
  • Added: [RPC] atrribute to the class or method to be published as command
  • Changed: verbosity level added. Default: No-Log

[2.0.6] (2020-07-21)

• Server
  • Added: commands alias to list: 'ls', 'dir'
  • Changed: smaller bubble fonts and logo to fix 60 chars wide

[2.0.5] (2020-07-20)

• Server
  • Fixed: Initialize contextMenu with some items for SAFARI (not resizing first time when empty)
  • Fixed: Linux - raspberry case sensitive folders for css. Change Styles for styles.
  • Changed: console default setting for output is now jsonc

[2.0.4] (2020-07-13)

• Server

  • Added: parameter Window when invoking methods with parameters from main screen
  • Added: Icon with result.Success (green / red)
  • Added: Tooltip with Message error when fail

• Library

  • Re-ordered some fields in IpcCommandExecutionResult for better readability

[2.0.2] (2020-07-12)

• Server

  • Added: Main Page command result format in JSON and YAML colored
  • Added: Main Page command result 'only result' checkbox
  • Added: Main Page save format and show result settings in localstorage
  • Fixed: row selection remove when changing context-menu to another process

• Library

  • Changed: Parameters Type changed to Parameters in IpcCommandClass response (added parameters name and type)

[2.0.1] (2020-07-08)

• Server

  • Added: Context menu with commands to webpage process-list, send commands with GUI and render json
  • Added: Dialog with results and copy to clipboard button
  • Added: connect command to terminal, to reconnect to server
  • Added: several print-out improved in terminal (add date to connect/disconnect/etc)
  • Changed: Unlimited message size
  • Changed: EnableDetailedErrors = true (signalr)
  • Fixed: ] was not properly printed in terminal in special cases (array with show_only_result true)

• Library

  • Changed: Rename IPCBaseCommands GetThreadList to GetProcessThreadList
  • Changed: Rename IPCBaseCommands GetExecutingLocation to GetProcessExecutingLocation
  • Changed: HelpDescription command, better identation of Description in string
  • Changed: HelpAlias command, better identation of Alias in string

[1.0.16] (2020-03-01)

• Server & Library
  • Added: Initial set of IPCBaseCommands
  • Added: Administration Webpage with terminal
  • Added: Several output types (json, jsonc, yaml, yamlc)
  • Changed: documentation tutorial and examples
  • Fixed: bug fixes and performance improvement

[1.0.2] (2020-03-01)

• Server & Library
  • Initial Release