[Workshops] Machine setup

[Jeff McKenna]

For the MapServer workshop we'll be using MS4W with it's own Apache 
installed, which in all of the past workshops ran on port 80.  Is this ok?

-jeff



Mark Leslie wrote:
> Apache running on port 80 shouldn't be a problem, but having it running 
> depends on what else needs the port, and whether we need different, 
> conflicting configurations.
> 
> Is anyone else planning on binding something non-Apache to port 80, or 
> mapping the mentioned paths?
> 
> -- 
> Mark
> 
> Tim Schaub wrote:
>> Sorry if this is asking the obvious, but does Apache get 80 (and will 
>> it be running)?
>>
>> I understand the desire to limit what workshops install and run as 
>> services, but I think it also makes sense to limit the number of 
>> things that every participant has to click through.
>>
>> I was planning on writing up instructions for configuring Apache to 
>> proxy GeoServer on port 80 and set up an alias for the root of the 
>> workshop folder.
>>
>> All the OpenLayers material assumes this (http://localhost/geoserver 
>> and http://localhost/ol_workshop).
>>
>> I had been planning on walking participants through starting 
>> GeoServer.   And I had been assuming we'd have an http server running 
>> on 80 that could get to the workshop folder.
>>
>> Tim
>>
>> Etienne Dube wrote:
>>> Yep it'll be running on 8080, but the tomcat instance will be 
>>> manually started during the workshop (it won't be installed as a 
>>> service, only launched from a batch file). Like Mark said in this 
>>> thread, I think it's a good idea to have nothing installed as an 
>>> automatic service, to avoid any port conflict.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Justin Deoliveira a écrit :
>>>> Cool. Just to ensure there are no conflicts i will set up GeoServer 
>>>> to run on a different port than 8080. Assuming that Tomcat will be 
>>>> indeed running on 8080?
>>>>
>>>> Etienne Dube wrote:
>>>>> Hi Justin,
>>>>>
>>>>> Good, it's fine for us too. I'll put JDK 6u16 in the software to be 
>>>>> installed. JAVA_HOME can point to it and our Tomcat instance will 
>>>>> be happy.
>>>>>
>>>>> Etienne
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Justin Deoliveira a écrit :
>>>>>> Hi Etienne,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> We require a JDK (not just a JRE) for GeoServer to run. Version 6 
>>>>>> will be fine for us.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -Justin
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Etienne Dube wrote:
>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Is there any other workshop that requires a Java JRE? We'll be 
>>>>>>> using the Java 6 Update 16 JRE in workshop_01 (Geospatial BI with 
>>>>>>> FOSS). Everything else is self-contained in a directory under 
>>>>>>> C:\. Could Java be pre-installed on the machines? Any possible 
>>>>>>> version conflicts (i.e. if anyone requires a Java 5 JRE)?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Etienne
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Mark Leslie a écrit :
>>>>>>>> Damnit, this one slipped past me last week.
>>>>>>>> All we've got going so far is 
>>>>>>>> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2009_Workshop_Computer_Setup, 
>>>>>>>> which really isn't up to this task, and is already incomplete.  
>>>>>>>> As a general rule, I would prefer to have nothing installed as 
>>>>>>>> an automatic service.  We can setup links to load 
>>>>>>>> applications/services as needed, but it seems easiest to not 
>>>>>>>> have everything running by default.  That way port conflicts 
>>>>>>>> shouldn't be a hugh issue (optimism?).
>>>>>>>> It will still cause collisions on install directories, in 
>>>>>>>> particular for workshops that involve an installation step, and 
>>>>>>>> service names.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> -- 
>>>>>>>> Mark
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Justin Deoliveira wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Hi folks,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Apologies if this has been covered already but is there a wiki 
>>>>>>>>> page up that lists all the software that is going to be 
>>>>>>>>> installed on all the workshop machines? I know last year we set 
>>>>>>>>> this up and it was quite useful in order to resolve any version 
>>>>>>>>> conflicts, and more importantly any port conflicts between 
>>>>>>>>> running services.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> -Justin
>>>>>>>>>
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