Projects and namespaces

Hosting type#

Managed#

With ODIN managed cloud hosting, for each subscription, you have an individual project with an infinite number of access keys ( see Understanding Access Keys ). Each project then represents its own room namespace where people can talk to each other.

On-Premise#

When using an ODIN on-premise server, in combination with an ODIN gateway for easy scalability, you can configure everything the way you need it. You can assign namespaces on either a customer level or for each individual access key.

Organizing your projects#

As an active subscriber you can manage your projects here:

Go to ODIN Dashboard

There you can manage your keys for all the cloud hosted projects you currently have. Keys for on-premise projects you can manage in your own configuration files.

Separating rooms by project#

Each project has his own namespace. If in both projects there is a room named “lobby”, users from one project will not be able to talk to users from the other project, even if both users joined a room named “lobby”.

graph TD
    subgraph ODIN Clients
        subgraph Project 1
            C1[Client 1]
        end
        subgraph Project 2
            C2[Client 2]
        end
    end

    C1 -->|Yes| R1
    C2 -->|Yes| R2
    C2 -.->|No| R1
    
    subgraph ODIN Server
        subgraph Project 1
            R1["Room #quot;lobby#quot;"]
        end    
        subgraph Project 2
            R2["Room #quot;lobby#quot;"]
        end
    end
    
    R1 -.-|cannot talk to each other| R2
 

Separating rooms within one project#

You can also keep things simple and separate users by choosing special room IDs in the same namespace, e.g. “lobby_server1” and “lobby_server2”. But depending on where your room tokens are generated (server-side or client-side) or if clients are able to decide themselves, which room ID to use for joining, you will have to make compromises with security.

graph TD
    subgraph ODIN Clients
        subgraph Project 1
            C1[Client connected to server 1]
            C2[Client connected to server 2]
        end
    end
    
    subgraph ODIN Server
        subgraph Project 1
            R1["Room #quot;lobby_server1#quot;"]
            R2["Room #quot;lobby_server2#quot;"]
        end
    end
    
    C1 -->|Yes| R1
    C2 -->|Yes| R2
    C1 -->|should not| R2

    R1-.-|cannot talk to each other| R2