gRPC Demo for CS6210 Project 4

The globally installed version of cmake on advos is too old for this to work, so if you want to do this on advos, install cmake locally, then skip to Building the Demo. If you are running on your own machine, make sure all of the dependencies are installed. After the project 3 deadline, we plan to upgrade the cmake on advos to eliminate the first step.

Dependencies

Install cmake locally without sudo

Install cmake locally (you can do this on advos without sudo):

wget https://github.com/Kitware/CMake/releases/download/v3.23.0/cmake-3.23.0-linux-x86_64.sh
mkdir -p $HOME/localcmake 
sh cmake-3.23.0-linux-x86_64.sh --prefix=$HOME/localcmake --skip-license 
export PATH=$HOME/localcmake/bin:$PATH #You need to do this every time you login, otherwise put in $HOME/.profile 
which cmake # /home/<gtid>/localcmake/bin/cmake
cmake --version # cmake version 3.23.0

Installing Dependencies with sudo

Install cmake with sudo:

sudo apt-get install cmake
cmake --version # output should be >= 3.15

Dependencies to build gRPC:

sudo apt-get install build-essential autoconf libtool pkg-config

ninja-build is an optional dependency that can speed up the gRPC build.

sudo apt-get install ninja-build # optional dependency
ninja --version #Check install

Building the Demo

git clone https://github.com/danieldzahka/gRPC_Demo.git
cd gRPC_Demo
cmake -S . -B ./build #-G Ninja (optional: add this if you installed ninja-build)
cmake --build ./build --target client server

Running Server & Client

If you are on advos, make sure you are using unique port

In one terminal:

cd build
./src/server

In a different terminal:

cd build
./src/client

A Note about ports

If you are running on a shared machine (like advos) you will need to run your server/client on a port that doesn't conflict with other students on the same machine.