[mythtv-users] Can I have frontend without installing backend.

[Scott]

Also take any firewall setting into account if you have one. i.e allow 
the mythbackend service out

On 3/24/2010 5:25 PM, Robin Smith wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 5:18 PM, Ramasubramanian Ramesh<rramesh at ti.com>  wrote:
>    
>> The document mentions briefly about this possibility, but does not provide
>> details. I have a debian box in which I like to install only frontend
>> so that I can schedule recordings on the master backend that is on another
>> machine.  As you can figure out, I am not successful as the fontend says it
>> cannot find the backend. I do not know how to tell the IP address of the
>> backend so that the debian box can talk to the master backend.
>>
>> 1) Since the document is a little light on this, I am wondering if this is
>> an unsupported feature?
>> 2) If it is supported then is it not recommended because of the complexity
>> of getting it right?
>> 3) Is there a better way to control the backend from another machine instead
>> of using locally installed frontend?
>>
>> Ramesh
>>      
> What you are trying to do is most defintiely supported. Its the whole
> reason for the Frontend Backend architecture.
>
> There may be more to it but, as a minimum make sure your backend is
> configured with its real IP, and not localhost (127.0.0.1)
>
> Then you should be able to tell the frontend the backend's IP.
>
> The detailed answers should all be here:
> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/User_Manual:Detailed_configuration_Backend
> and here:
> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/User_Manual:Detailed_configuration_Frontend
>
> Specifically:
> MythTV is made up of two major components, the Backend and the
> Frontend. If you run the Backend and Frontend on the same machine then
> you can leave the setting at its default value of 127.0.0.1. This is
> referred to as the local loopback address which is reserved for
> networking within a single machine. If you run multiple frontends, or
> run frontends over network connections on different machines, then you
> will need to set this to the backend machines' static IP address. This
> value will be determined by your TCP/IP Network addressing scheme.
>
> and:
> If you are running a single combined backend and frontend, then leave
> this at its default value of 127.0.0.1. This is often referred to as
> the local loopback IP address. If you have multiple frontends
> connecting to this backend then you will need to set this address to
> the same address as the real IP address eg 192.168.2.11 as it appears
> on your network. If you have a DNS Server running on your network you
> can just put the hostname eg "MythBackend". Your DNS Server will
> translate this to its real IP address.
>
> Good luck
>
> Robin
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