The system needs to fetch weather information and load data updates from other systems. This is done from the server and depending on the method the server will need to have the appropriate permissions to communicate with the outside world.
Common methods are:
•File copy from a share
If the files reside on a share accessible from
the server they can be copied from there and read by Aiolos.
•FTP
Aiolos can fetch files using FTP and then read their contents.
This requires the server to have permission to do FTP communication.
•Database access
Aiolos can use OLEDB or ODBC to query a database for
information directly. This requires the Aiolos server to have the appropriate
database clients installed. Aiolos can be installed as a 32-bit application and
thus requires 32-bit database clients, even if the operating system is 64-bit.
Aiolos can also be installed as a 64 bit version.
•SOAP
To fetch weather data and to download new releases of Aiolos
communication is done using web services at Vitec. This requires the server to
have permission to communicate with https 1.1 to sites at *.vitec.net.
Today
Aiolos use the following web addresses:
https://weatherws.vitec.net
(weather data, SSL)
http://dotnettools.vitec.se
(Release Manager)