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Distributed agents #363

Closed brownbytes closed 3 years ago

brownbytes commented 3 years ago

Hi,

I am trying out dploying agents on multiple physical devices. Below are two approaches that I took:

Approach 1--- Agentns.py

import time
import osbrain
from osbrain.nameserver import NameServer as ns
from osbrain import run_nameserver
from osbrain.proxy import locate_ns
from osbrain import run_agent
from agent1 import Agent1
from agent2 import Agent2
from agent3 import Agent3
def main():
    ns_sock = '127.0.0.1:2000'
    osbrain.config['TRANSPORT'] = 'tcp'
    ns_proxy = run_nameserver(ns_sock)  # we will use this to access other agents
    ns_addr = locate_ns(ns_sock)
    #running agents using their addresses and creating agent proxies
    print("running agents...")
    agent1 = run_agent('agent1',addr='127.0.0.1:3010',base=Agent1)
    agent2 = run_agent('agent2', addr='127.0.0.1:3020', base=Agent2)
    #setting up bi-directional channels
    agent1.connect(agent2.addr('ag21'),handler='handle_ag2')
    agent2.connect(agent1.addr('ag12'),handler='handle_ag1')
    agents_in_NS = ns.agents(ns_proxy)
    print(agents_in_NS)
    print("All agents have joined!")
    agent1.send_hello('ag12')
if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

Agent1.py

from osbrain import Agent
from osbrain import NSProxy
from osbrain import run_agent
import osbrain
import Pyro4
import time
class Agent1(Agent):
    def on_init(self):
        self.bind('PUSH',alias='ag12') #agent12 channel
    def send_hello(self,ch):
        print("Sending hello")
        self.send(ch,'agent1 says hello!') #ch is 'agent12' or 'agent13'
    def handle_ag2(self,message):
        self.log_info('Received:%s from agent2'%message)

Agent2.py

from osbrain import Agent
from osbrain import NSProxy
from osbrain import run_agent
import osbrain
import Pyro4
import time
class Agent2(Agent):
    def on_init(self):
        self.bind('PUSH', alias='ag21')  # agent12 channel
    def send_hello(self, ch):
        print("Sending hello")
        self.send(ch, 'agent2 says hello!')  # ch is 'agent12' or 'agent13'
    def handle_ag1(self, message):
        self.log_info('Received:%s from agent1' % message)

Result:

Broadcast server running on 0.0.0.0:9091
NS running on 127.0.0.1:2000 (127.0.0.1)
URI = PYRO:Pyro.NameServer@127.0.0.1:2000
running agents...
['agent1', 'agent2']
All agents have joined!
Sending hello
INFO [2021-05-24 00:34:35.355122] (agent2): Recieved:agent1 says hello! from agent1
Sending hello
INFO [2021-05-24 00:34:35.356071] (agent1): Recieved:agent2 says hello! from agent2

Approach 2 : Taking cue from https://github.com/opensistemas-hub/osbrain/issues/341

Agentns.py

import osbrain
from osbrain.nameserver import NameServer as ns
from osbrain import run_nameserver
from osbrain.proxy import locate_ns

def main():
    ns_sock = '127.0.0.1:2000'
    osbrain.config['TRANSPORT'] = 'tcp'
    ns_proxy = run_nameserver(ns_sock)  # we will use this to access other agents
    ns_addr = locate_ns(ns_sock)
    agents_in_NS = ns.agents(ns_proxy)

    while(len(agents_in_NS) < 3):
        agents_in_NS = osbrain.nameserver.NameServer.agents(ns_proxy)
        for agent in agents_in_NS:
            agent_proxy = ns_proxy.proxy(agent)
            print(agent_proxy)
        print(agents_in_NS)

    print("All agents have joined!")
if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

Agent1.py

from osbrain import Agent
from osbrain import NSProxy
from osbrain import run_agent
import osbrain
import Pyro4
import time

class Agent1(Agent):
    def on_init(self):
        self.bind('PUSH',alias='agent12') #agent12 channel
    def set_ns_proxy(self,ns_proxy):
        self.ns_proxy = ns_proxy
    def connect_to(self): #to listen to agent2's and agent3's pushed messages
        #find remote agents proxies
        print("connecting to agent2")
        a2_proxy = self.ns_proxy.proxy('agent2')
        a2_addr = a2_proxy.addr('agent21')#addr takes alias of a socket
        self.connect(a2_addr,handler=self.custom_log) # listen to agent2

    def send_hello(self,ch):
        print("Sending hello")
        self.send(ch,'agent1 says hello!') #ch is 'agent12' or 'agent13'

    def custom_log(self,message):
        self.log_info('Recieved:%s'%message)

def conn_NS():  # https://github.com/opensistemas-hub/osbrain/issues/341
    ns_addr = '127.0.0.1:2000'
    self_addr = '127.0.0.1:3010' #this agent's address
    while True:  # look for nameserver
        try:
            ns_proxy = NSProxy(ns_addr)
            break
        except Pyro4.errors.CommunicationError:
            print('Pyr04.errors.CommunicationError,no nameserver found')
            print('Trying again...')
            pass

    while True:  # join nameserver
        try:
            # register with server
            print("registering agent with server...")
            a1_proxy = run_agent('agent1', addr=self_addr, base= Agent1, nsaddr=ns_addr)
            a1_proxy.set_ns_proxy(ns_proxy)
            # wait for proxy to set up
            checkstatus = a1_proxy.get_attr('_running')

            while checkstatus == False:
                checkstatus = a1_proxy.get_attr('_running')

            # verify that agent has registered successfully
            agents_in_NS = osbrain.nameserver.NameServer.agents(ns_proxy)
            print('The following agents are in the server: %s' % agents_in_NS)
            break

        except KeyError:
            print('Key Error')
            print('Trying again...')
            pass

        except Pyro4.errors.CommunicationError:
            print('Pyro4.errors.CommunicationError, no nameserver found')
            print('Trying again...')
            pass

        except TimeoutError:
            print('TimeoutError, no nameserver found')
            print('Trying again...')
            pass

    print('ofpagent has joined the nameserver')
    return a1_proxy

if __name__ == '__main__':
    ns_addr = '127.0.0.1:2000'
    ns_proxy = NSProxy(ns_addr)
    a1_proxy = conn_NS()
    time.sleep(5)
    agents_in_NS = osbrain.nameserver.NameServer.agents(ns_proxy)
    print(agents_in_NS)
    a1_proxy.connect_to()
    time.sleep(1)
    for _ in range(3):
        time.sleep(2)
        a1_proxy.send_hello('agent12')  # send hello on 'agent12' channel

Agent2.py

from osbrain import Agent
from osbrain import NSProxy
from osbrain import run_agent
import osbrain
import Pyro4
import time

class Agent2(Agent):
    def on_init(self):
        self.bind('PUSH',alias='agent21')

    def set_ns_proxy(self,ns_proxy):
        self.ns_proxy = ns_proxy

    def connect_to(self):
        print("connecting to agent1")
        a1_proxy = self.ns_proxy.proxy('agent1')#find a1's proxy
        a1_addr = a1_proxy.addr('agent12') # find a1's addr
        self.connect(a1_addr, handler=self.custom_log)  # listen to agent1

    def send_hello(self,ch):
        print("Sending hello")
        self.send(ch,'agent2 says hello!') #ch is 'agent21' or 'agent23'

    def custom_log(self,message):
        self.log_info('Recieved:%s'%message)

def conn_NS():  # https://github.com/opensistemas-hub/osbrain/issues/341
    ns_addr = '127.0.0.1:2000'
    self_addr = '127.0.0.1:3020' #this agent's address
    while True:  # look for nameserver
        try:
            ns_proxy = NSProxy(ns_addr)
            break
        except Pyro4.errors.CommunicationError:
            print('Pyr04.errors.CommunicationError,no nameserver found')
            print('Trying again...')
            pass

    while True:  # join nameserver
        try:
            # register with server
            print("registering agent with server...")
            a2_proxy = run_agent('agent2', addr=self_addr, base= Agent2, nsaddr=ns_addr)  
            a2_proxy.set_ns_proxy(ns_proxy)
            # wait for proxy to set up
            checkstatus = a2_proxy.get_attr('_running')

            while checkstatus == False:
                checkstatus = a2_proxy.get_attr('_running')

            # verify that agent has registered successfully
            agents_in_NS = osbrain.nameserver.NameServer.agents(ns_proxy)
            print('The following agents are in the server: %s' % agents_in_NS)
            break

        except KeyError:
            print('Key Error')
            print('Trying again...')
            pass

        except Pyro4.errors.CommunicationError:
            print('Pyro4.errors.CommunicationError, no nameserver found')
            print('Trying again...')
            pass

        except TimeoutError:
            print('TimeoutError, no nameserver found')
            print('Trying again...')
            pass

    print('ofpagent has joined the nameserver')
    return a2_proxy

if __name__ == '__main__':
    ns_addr = '127.0.0.1:2000'
    ns_proxy = NSProxy(ns_addr)
    a2_proxy = conn_NS()
    time.sleep(5)
    agents_in_NS = osbrain.nameserver.NameServer.agents(ns_proxy)
    #agents_in_NS = ['agent1', 'agent3']
    print(agents_in_NS)
    time.sleep(1)
    for _ in range(3):
        time.sleep(2)
        a2_proxy.send_hello('agent21')

Output:

registering agent with server...
The following agents are in the server: ['agent1', 'agent2']
ofpagent has joined the nameserver
['agent1', 'agent2']
Sending hello
Sending hello
Sending hello

As can be seen , I dont see hellos exchanged if I take approach-2. I can't quite figure out why approach-2 fails. Also, can I proceed with approach1. That is - assign IP addresses to agents and start entire MAS setup in NS?

Thank you.

Peque commented 3 years ago

Currently you cannot spawn agents from a NameServer running in one machine to a different machine (remote spawning). So I don't think approach 1 will work.

Note that you can use ns_proxy.agents() to list agents directly using the proxy (to simplify your scripts). That means, try to avoid using osbrain.nameserver.NameServer.agents(ns_proxy).

It seems you may be missing the a2_proxy.connect_to() call. That could be the reason why it is not working.

brownbytes commented 3 years ago

@ Peque

I can confirm approach 1 did not work :-(. I tested approach 1 using 3 Raspberry Pi's and the approach failed. I am testing approach 2 and will recheck my scripts for missing connect calls?

Thank you

brownbytes commented 3 years ago

I feel so stupid. I did indeed did not call a2_proxy.connect_to(), this works ok now. Will still go and test this on Rpi and close the issue .

AgentAddress(ipc, /run/user/1000/.osbrain_ipc/ebb913321bd04de28d3f5762841ea74d, PUSH, server, pickle) Sending hello INFO [2021-05-24 09:03:59.318338] (agent1): Recieved:agent2 says hello! Sending hello

brownbytes commented 3 years ago

Hi Peque, ns_proxy.proxy(agent_alias) ran just fine when all agents were running on same machine. But when I ran the agents on different machines, I hit n exception. This has occurred while querying agent's proxy using nameserver. so, when agent1 tries to connect to agent2 , in connect_to() a2_proxy = self.ns_proxy.proxy('agent2') hit an exception, and nameserver.py hit an exception in step 

        for agent in agents_in_NS:
            agent_proxy = ns_proxy.proxy(agent)

exception as below:


Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/durga/Desktop/ns.py", line 32, in <module>
    main()
  File "/home/durga/Desktop/ns.py", line 25, in main
    ns_proxy.proxy(agent)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/osbrain/proxy.py", line 355, in proxy
    return Proxy(name, nsaddr=self.addr(), timeout=timeout)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/osbrain/proxy.py", line 82, in __init__
    while not self._ready_or_timeout(time0, timeout):
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/osbrain/proxy.py", line 98, in _ready_or_timeout
    self.unsafe.ping()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/osbrain/proxy.py", line 156, in __getattr__
    return super().__getattr__(name)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/Pyro4/core.py", line 275, in __getattr__
    self._pyroGetMetadata()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/Pyro4/core.py", line 615, in _pyroGetMetadata
    self.__pyroCreateConnection()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/Pyro4/core.py", line 596, in __pyroCreateConnection
    connect_and_handshake(conn)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/Pyro4/core.py", line 549, in connect_and_handshake
    raise ce
Pyro4.errors.CommunicationError: cannot connect to ('localhost', 40729): [Errno 111] Connection refused
brownbytes commented 3 years ago

Update: I could fix the above error by passing the IP address in run_agent().

Though the above issue is now fixed - I still need some advice as the agents dont seem to exchange 'hellos' .

below are agents

Agent1.py

from osbrain import Agent
from osbrain import NSProxy
from osbrain import run_agent
import osbrain
import Pyro4
import time
import sys

class Agent1(Agent):
    def on_init(self):
        addr12=self.bind('PUSH',alias='agent12') #agent12 channel

    def set_ns_proxy(self,ns_proxy):
        self.ns_proxy = ns_proxy

    def connect_to(self): #to listen to agent2's and agent3's pushed messages
        #find remote agents proxies
        print("connecting to agent2")
        try:
            a2_proxy = self.ns_proxy.proxy('agent2')
        except:
            print("Exception::ns_proxy.proxy('agent2')")
        finally :
            print(sys.exc_info()[0])
        a2_addr = a2_proxy.addr('agent21')#addr takes alias of a socket
        print(a2_proxy)
        print(a2_addr)
        self.connect(a2_addr,handler=self.custom_log) # listen to agent2

    def send_hello(self,ch):
        print("Sending hello")
        self.send(ch,'agent1 says hello!') #ch is 'agent12' or 'agent13'

    def custom_log(self,message):
        self.log_info('Recieved:%s'%message)

def conn_NS():  # https://github.com/opensistemas-hub/osbrain/issues/341
    ns_addr = '192.168.0.7:5020'
    while True:  # look for nameserver
        try:
            ns_proxy = NSProxy(ns_addr)
            break
        except Pyro4.errors.CommunicationError:
            print('Pyr04.errors.CommunicationError,no nameserver found')
            print('Trying again...')
            pass

    while True:  # join nameserver
        try:
            # register with server
            print("registering agent with server...")
            a1_proxy = run_agent('agent1', base= Agent1, nsaddr=ns_addr, addr = '192.168.0.101')
            a1_proxy.set_ns_proxy(ns_proxy)
            # wait for proxy to set up
            checkstatus = a1_proxy.get_attr('_running')

            while checkstatus == False:
                checkstatus = a1_proxy.get_attr('_running')

            # verify that agent has registered successfully
            agents_in_NS = ns_proxy.agents()
            print('The following agents are in the server: %s' % agents_in_NS)
            break

        except KeyError:
            print('Key Error')
            print('Trying again...')
            pass

        except Pyro4.errors.CommunicationError:
            print('Pyro4.errors.CommunicationError, no nameserver found')
            print('Trying again...')
            pass

        except TimeoutError:
            print('TimeoutError, no nameserver found')
            print('Trying again...')
            pass

    print('a1 has joined the nameserver')
    return a1_proxy

if __name__ == '__main__':
    ns_addr = '192.168.0.7:5020'
    ns_proxy = NSProxy(ns_addr)
    a1_proxy = conn_NS()
    agents_in_NS = ns_proxy.agents()
    #agents_in_NS = ['agent2', 'agent3']
    print(agents_in_NS)
    a1_proxy.connect_to()

    time.sleep(1)
    for _ in range(3):
        time.sleep(1)
        a1_proxy.send_hello('agent12')  # send hello on 'agent12' channel

Agent2.py

from osbrain import Agent
from osbrain import NSProxy
from osbrain import run_agent
import osbrain
import Pyro4
import time
from osbrain.proxy import Proxy

class Agent2(Agent):

    def on_init(self):
        addr21 = self.bind('PUSH',transport='tcp',alias='agent21')

    def set_ns_proxy(self,ns_proxy):
        self.ns_proxy = ns_proxy

    def connect_to(self):
        print("connecting to agent1 and agent2")
        a1_proxy = self.ns_proxy.proxy('agent1')#find a1's proxy
        a1_addr = a1_proxy.addr('agent12') # find a1's addr
        self.connect(a1_addr, handler=self.custom_log)  # listen to agent1

    def send_hello(self,ch):
        print("Sending hello")
        self.send(ch,'agent2 says hello!') #ch is 'agent21' or 'agent23'

    def custom_log(self,message):
        self.log_info('Recieved:%s'%message)

def conn_NS():  # https://github.com/opensistemas-hub/osbrain/issues/341
    ns_addr = '192.168.0.7:5020'
    while True:  # look for nameserver
        try:
            ns_proxy = NSProxy(ns_addr)

            break
        except Pyro4.errors.CommunicationError:
            print('Pyr04.errors.CommunicationError,no nameserver found')
            print('Trying again...')
            pass

    while True:  # join nameserver
        try:
            # register with server
            print("registering agent with server...")
            a2_proxy = run_agent('agent2', base= Agent2, nsaddr=ns_addr, addr='192.168.0.12')  
            a2_proxy.set_ns_proxy(ns_proxy)
            # wait for proxy to set up
            checkstatus = a2_proxy.get_attr('_running')
            print(a2_proxy)

            while checkstatus == False:
                checkstatus = a2_proxy.get_attr('_running')

            # verify that agent has registered successfully
            agents_in_NS = ns_proxy.agents()
            print('The following agents are in the server: %s' % agents_in_NS)
            break

        except KeyError:
            print('Key Error')
            print('Trying again...')
            pass

        except Pyro4.errors.CommunicationError:
            print('Pyro4.errors.CommunicationError, no nameserver found')
            print('Trying again...')
            pass

        except TimeoutError:
            print('TimeoutError, no nameserver found')
            print('Trying again...')
            pass

    print('a2 agent has joined the nameserver')
    return a2_proxy

if __name__ == '__main__':
    ns_addr = '192.168.0.7:5020'
    ns_proxy = NSProxy(ns_addr)
    a2_proxy = conn_NS()
    time.sleep(5)
    agents_in_NS = ns_proxy.agents()
    #agents_in_NS = ['agent1']
    print(agents_in_NS)
    a2_proxy.connect_to()
    time.sleep(1)
    for _ in range(3):
        time.sleep(1)
        a2_proxy.send_hello('agent21')

ns.py

from osbrain import run_nameserver
from osbrain.proxy import locate_ns,Proxy
import osbrain
import time

def main():
    # Windows
    # ns_sock = '127.0.0.1:1125'

    # # Linux
    ns_sock = '192.168.0.7:5020'
    #ns_sock = '0.0.0.0:5020'

    osbrain.config['TRANSPORT'] = 'tcp'

    ns_proxy = run_nameserver(ns_sock)
    ns_addr = locate_ns(ns_sock)

    agents_in_NS = ns_proxy.agents()

    while(len(agents_in_NS)<2):
        agents_in_NS = ns_proxy.agents()
        print('Current agents in Nameserver are: %s' %agents_in_NS)
        for agent in agents_in_NS:
            print(Proxy(agent))
        time.sleep(1)

    print('All agents have joined!')

if __name__ == '__main__':

    main()

The agents are stuck at 'sending hello' state as before. agent1

registering agent with server...
The following agents are in the server: ['agent1']
a1 has joined the nameserver
['agent1', 'agent2']
connecting to agent2
error:: None
<osbrain.proxy.Proxy at 0x75dfd9b0; connected IPv4; for PYRONAME:agent2@192.168.0.7:5020>
AgentAddress(tcp, 192.168.0.12:44081, PUSH, server, pickle)
Sending hello
brownbytes commented 3 years ago

OKay!!! This is now fixed. I realised since transport wasn't set to 'tcp' while binding agent1, Agent2 was using IPC . Once I set both agent1 and agent2 to use transport='tcp', I can now see communication across devices.

Sorry, about spamming . Please delete the thread if it's unnecessary. Final(working) versions: agent1.py

from osbrain import Agent
from osbrain import NSProxy
from osbrain import run_agent
import osbrain
import Pyro4
import time
import sys

class Agent1(Agent):
    def on_init(self):
        addr12=self.bind('PUSH',alias='agent12',transport='tcp') #agent12 channel

    def set_ns_proxy(self,ns_proxy):
        self.ns_proxy = ns_proxy

    def connect_to(self): #to listen to agent2's and agent3's pushed messages
        #find remote agents proxies
        print("connecting to agent2")
        try:
            a2_proxy = self.ns_proxy.proxy('agent2')
            print(a2_proxy)
        except:
            print("Exception::ns_proxy.proxy('agent2')")
        try:
            a2_addr = a2_proxy.addr('agent21')#addr takes alias of a socket
            print(a2_addr)
        except:
            print("failed to fetch a2_addr")
        try:
            self.connect(a2_addr,handler=self.custom_log) # listen to agent2
        except:
            print("failure to connect in connect_to method")

    def send_hello(self,ch):
        print("Sending hello")
        self.send(ch,'agent1 says hello!') #ch is 'agent12' or 'agent13'

    def custom_log(self,message):
        self.log_info('Recieved:%s'%message)

def conn_NS():  # https://github.com/opensistemas-hub/osbrain/issues/341
    ns_addr = '192.168.0.7:5020'
    while True:  # look for nameserver
        try:
            ns_proxy = NSProxy(ns_addr)
            break
        except Pyro4.errors.CommunicationError:
            print('Pyr04.errors.CommunicationError,no nameserver found')
            print('Trying again...')
            pass

    while True:  # join nameserver
        try:
            # register with server
            print("registering agent with server...")
            a1_proxy = run_agent('agent1', base= Agent1, nsaddr=ns_addr, addr = '192.168.0.101')
            a1_proxy.set_ns_proxy(ns_proxy)
            # wait for proxy to set up
            checkstatus = a1_proxy.get_attr('_running')

            while checkstatus == False:
                checkstatus = a1_proxy.get_attr('_running')

            # verify that agent has registered successfully
            agents_in_NS = ns_proxy.agents()
            print('The following agents are in the server: %s' % agents_in_NS)
            break

        except KeyError:
            print('Key Error')
            print('Trying again...')
            pass

        except Pyro4.errors.CommunicationError:
            print('Pyro4.errors.CommunicationError, no nameserver found')
            print('Trying again...')
            pass

        except TimeoutError:
            print('TimeoutError, no nameserver found')
            print('Trying again...')
            pass

    print('a1 has joined the nameserver')
    return a1_proxy

if __name__ == '__main__':
    ns_addr = '192.168.0.7:5020'
    ns_proxy = NSProxy(ns_addr)
    a1_proxy = conn_NS()
    time.sleep(5)
    agents_in_NS = ns_proxy.agents()
    #agents_in_NS = ['agent2', 'agent3']

    print(agents_in_NS)
    a1_proxy.connect_to()
    time.sleep(10)
    for _ in range(3):
        time.sleep(2)
        a1_proxy.send_hello('agent12')  # send hello on 'agent12' channel

agent2.py

from osbrain import Agent
from osbrain import NSProxy
from osbrain import run_agent
import osbrain
import Pyro4
import time
from osbrain.proxy import Proxy
import sys

class Agent2(Agent):

    def on_init(self):
        addr21 = self.bind('PUSH',transport='tcp',alias='agent21')

    def set_ns_proxy(self,ns_proxy):
        self.ns_proxy = ns_proxy

    def connect_to(self):
        print("connecting to agent1")
        try:
            a1_proxy = self.ns_proxy.proxy('agent1')#find a1's proxy
            print(a1_proxy)
        except:
            print("exception::ns_proxy.proxy('agent1')")
        try:
            a1_addr = a1_proxy.addr('agent12') # find a1's addr
            print(a1_addr)
        except:
            print("failed to fetch addr")
        try:
            self.connect(a1_addr, handler=self.custom_log)  # listen to agent1
        except:
            print("failed to connect in connect_to()")

    def send_hello(self,ch):
        print("Sending hello")
        self.send(ch,'agent2 says hello!') #ch is 'agent21' or 'agent23'

    def custom_log(self,message):
        self.log_info('Recieved:%s'%message)

def conn_NS():  # https://github.com/opensistemas-hub/osbrain/issues/341
    ns_addr = '192.168.0.7:5020'
    while True:  # look for nameserver
        try:
            ns_proxy = NSProxy(ns_addr)

            break
        except Pyro4.errors.CommunicationError:
            print('Pyr04.errors.CommunicationError,no nameserver found')
            print('Trying again...')
            pass

    while True:  # join nameserver
        try:
            # register with server
            print("registering agent with server...")
            a2_proxy = run_agent('agent2', base= Agent2, nsaddr=ns_addr, addr='192.168.0.12')  
            a2_proxy.set_ns_proxy(ns_proxy)
            # wait for proxy to set up
            checkstatus = a2_proxy.get_attr('_running')
            print(a2_proxy)

            while checkstatus == False:
                checkstatus = a2_proxy.get_attr('_running')

            # verify that agent has registered successfully
            agents_in_NS = ns_proxy.agents()
            print('The following agents are in the server: %s' % agents_in_NS)
            break

        except KeyError:
            print('Key Error')
            print('Trying again...')
            pass

        except Pyro4.errors.CommunicationError:
            print('Pyro4.errors.CommunicationError, no nameserver found')
            print('Trying again...')
            pass

        except TimeoutError:
            print('TimeoutError, no nameserver found')
            print('Trying again...')
            pass

    print('a2 agent has joined the nameserver')
    return a2_proxy

if __name__ == '__main__':
    ns_addr = '192.168.0.7:5020'
    ns_proxy = NSProxy(ns_addr)
    a2_proxy = conn_NS()
    time.sleep(5)
    agents_in_NS = ns_proxy.agents()
    #agents_in_NS = ['agent1']
    print(agents_in_NS)
    a2_proxy.connect_to()
    time.sleep(10)
    for _ in range(3):
        time.sleep(2)
        a2_proxy.send_hello('agent21')
Peque commented 3 years ago

Good to know! :blush: