Re: [xwiki-users] Off-topic: Xwiki and VMs

I think it's kind of easy to create one VM. The issue is that we need an easy way to create them everytime there is a new version. Best would be a solution to create them using maven. We should check if there is any progress in this area.

Ludovic Le 10/03/11 10:55, Andreas Hahn a écrit : > Hi Johannes, everyone, > > actually this is sort of repsonse to Johannes @jstoldt contribution here > http://xwiki.475771.n2.nabble.com/Back-to-the-future-of-XWiki-tt6084764.html > regarding VM's and it is off-topic in either dev and user. > > Johannes, why not drill deeper into this VM stuff ? > If you have spare time leftover and want to contribute - > why not be the first one to create an Amazon EC2 xwiki image ? > > For newbies there are free Amazon EC2 accounts: > http://aws.amazon.com/de/free/ > > When creating a VM I'd check for an Ubuntu Ready-to-go image - there are > several hanging around. > Check the Ubuntu website for a recommendation. > Of course Linux background is beneficial - might be mandatory. > However with Ubuntu many installations are pretty straight forward and > well documented - > installation of database (postgres ?) - webserver (tomcat ?) and an > XWiki .war should be straightforward. > > When you're are done and all is running fine you can make a template of > it for others to use. > > I'd be interested in a report. > I'd love to do it but I'm lacking time now ... > > As here is no real forum for this we might continue correspondence in > another place. > > WDYT ? > > Andreas