He,

My intention is to connect clients (apps) directly with the firebird
database via the Internet, without VPN or Webservice.

My question wanted to be: a direct connection is possible (IP:alias)
through a router? (Cornie talks about forwarding the router...)

Antonio




Il 27/03/2019 16:42, 'Louis van Alphen' louis@...
[firebird-support] ha scritto:

>
> My approach was to set up a Windows VM on Azure / AWS and install the app
> there. Then use RDP clients to access the app in the cloud. Users can
> access
> the app from pretty much any device that has RDP client software. Mac
> / Win
> / iPAD etc.
>
> Then at least your DB access from app is local to the VM and nice and fast
> as well as your DB is not open to the outside world.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: Wednesday, 27 March, 2019 17:32
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> Subject: Re: [firebird-support] Install a DB Firebird on a web site
>
> On 27/03/2019 12:01, 'Stellarancia.com' niobi@...
> [firebird-support] wrote:
> > I was thinking of moving the database Firebird from the computer to a
> > Web site, to allow all one connection directed by app.
> > Ithink this is possible for Firebird, but I have not succeeded in
> > finding the way to install Firebird on a site or to find a site that
> > can manage the Firebird driver.
>
> If your delphi application is designed for multiple clients to access the
> same database, then it is just a matter of making the database
> accessible on
> the internet. That does not involve a website, but it does open the
> database
> to scrutiny by anybody else on the internet.
>
> My own websites use Firebird as a tool to store the data that is displayed
> on the website, but is only accessible by the local copy of PHP, while
> another application has BuilderC clients spread across multiple locations
> all accessing the one copy of Firebird one a closed network.
>
> As Mark says, what are you actually trying to achieve?
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