[OSGeo-Discuss] Open Data, Open Source or Open Configuration, is there a method for Open Sourcing a particular configuration of Open Source projects?

[Karim Malhas]

Hey Bobb,

Something like Chef[0] or Puppet[1] might fit your bill.

They allow you to package your configuration into modules which can 
then be
dropped into an infrastructure that supports it.

I have been working with puppet, so if you have questions, fire away.


Regards,
Karim

[0] http://www.opscode.com/chef/
[1] https://puppetlabs.com/puppet/what-is-puppet/

On 2013-02-06 15:50, Basques, Bob (CI-StPaul) wrote:
> All,
>
> Seems like a simple question, but I'm not so positive the more I
> think about it.
>
> We've been working on an Automatic Vehicle Location application that
> is loosely built on OpenSource Projects. I say loosely because most 
> if
> not all of the Open Source components could be swapped out for
> Commercial versions if needed. There was a desire early on to
> eventually open source parts of the project in some manner. Currently
> this open sourced aspect is looking like a 
> configuration/specification
> for how data is stored and transferred between the components, and
> this is what we propose to open up to the community. It's heavily
> focused on the geospatial aspects for obvious reasons, but I would
> suspect there may be other uses for the configuration unrelated to
> tracking of vehicle locations.
>
> Currently the components being used are (and there will likely be
> more in the future) are:
>
> MapServer
>
> OpenLayers
>
> GeoMoose
>
> Postgres/PostGIS
>
> Each of the these components has been configured specifically for the
> project and these configuration templates would be included as part 
> of
> the project. There could even be an installer script included at some
> point.
>
> So, to put it more simply, does anyone here have any
> suggestions/comments on how to proceed with project packaging?
>
> Thanks
>
> Bobb
>
>
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