On the heels of Cathy's enthusiastic
vserver thread I have updated
Oasis, my prepackaged OpenACS and .LRN virtual machine.
This one is built on Debian stable (with some unstable packages recommended by Roberto ) and uses daemontools as suggested by the docs, to keep things humming.
Versions:
TCL 8.4
AOLServer 4.0r5
Pg 7.4.2
Openacs 5.1.1 (port 8000)
.LRN 2.0.3 (port 8080)
username password (for .LRN and openacs) : nobody@localhost / test
username password for Debian : root/rootpass, john/johnpass
For those into fringe web development platforms, I had hoped to include an
alternative web server running some OpenACS code on port 80, but code rot has ensured it didn't make it into this release.
If you have questions about getting it up and running, your best bet to get it read and answered by a knowledgable person is to post here -- as opposed to emailing me directly. But I'll do my best to respond either way.
Alternatively, you may want to try Malte Sussedorf's Knoppix distribution mentioned here. It has a few advantages -- it's VM technology-agnostic, and may work
MS Virtual PC, VMWare (I tested it here), coLinux etc. It includes a Jabber server and a complete desktop development environment.
Also, one of Postgresql's competitors was jealous that Postgres has been shipping via VM for a few years, so they've decided to follow suit. Your Oracle 10i grid, like your OpenACS or .LRN server environment, is now only a download away.
Enjoy.