[Live-demo] Re: Live GIS on Click2Try
Cameron Shorter
cameron.shorter at gmail.com
Fri Oct 2 13:13:49 PDT 2009
Hi Arun, Aneel, and Tom,
Welcome to the team.
Yes, please join the email list as per Alex's link below.
I suggest you also join us on IRC at: irc://freenode.net#foss4g
You will get some faster turn around on questions.
Yes, regarding the sync question below. I didn't realise that was in the
script still. I better comment it out.
I also encourage you to contribute to our GISVM Build wiki to include
steps for building the Click2Try image.
http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GISVM_Build
If you write down the extra steps that you need to follow, then we can
make sure that we make your job easier in future versions.
I suggest you also capture any specific command line steps that you
follow into a bash script, similar to the other
gisvm/trunk/bin/build_*.sh scripts.
That way, when we run our build process, we will be able to build a
click2try image at the same time. (This is only optional, you don't need
to do this, it will just make life easier for you for the next release)
Alex Mandel wrote:
> Tom,
>
> In order to send to the list each person would need to join it:
> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/live-demo
>
> The list is the best place to get help since the scripts were written by
> 10+ people.
>
> As for the rsync command, that can be skipped. It's an optional command
> if you happen to have saved all the of the package cache and downloads
> from a previous build of the virtual machine.
>
> Thanks,
> Alex
>
> Tom Callaghan wrote:
>
>> Hello Cameron,
>>
>> First, I would like to introduce your team to our engineers. They are Arun
>> Sharma (arun.s at tecnics.com) and Aneel Rami Reddy (aneel.r at tecnics.com).
>> These gentlemen will be creating the virtual machine with the OSGeo software
>> for click2try.com. I have noticed that I cannot send email to the list
>> live-demo at lists.osgeo.org. I get an email back saying I am not allowed to
>> post to this list. Can you make sure that our email addresses can send
>> email to that list?
>>
>> As you know, our platform is built on top of the Xen virtualization
>> platform. Arun and Aneel have been trying to adapt your installation
>> instructions found in the wiki in the section "Creating a Fresh Virtual
>> Machine". They are getting stuck with the script bootstrap.sh where it has
>> hardcoded internal IP addresses for your network:
>>
>> rsync -avz
>> cshorter at 192.168.2.166::/media/Shorter/repository/livedvd/Arramagong_tmp/
>> /tmp/
>>
>> They need a publicly accessible source to get this from. Can you help them
>> with this?
>>
>> Finally, is there a technical contact that Arun and Aneel can contact
>> directly? Or, do you prefer they use the mailing list?
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Tom
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Cameron Shorter [mailto:cameron.shorter at lisasoft.com]
>> Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 7:39 PM
>> To: Tom Callaghan
>> Cc: tech at wildintellect.com; live-demo at lists.osgeo.org;
>> mark.smallwood at click2try.com
>> Subject: Re: Live GIS on Click2Try
>>
>> Thanks Tom,
>> That would be great. Please invite your engineer to join this live-demo
>> email list, and introduce himself. There are a number of us who will be
>> keen to help him get over any technical glitches.
>>
>> Tom Callaghan wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Cameron,
>>>
>>> Lets have my appliance engineer do the prelims before I answer that
>>> question. We have a process we use for assembling the appliance,
>>>
>> developing
>>
>>> quickstart guides, and QA testing. many times we can get this done in a
>>> week to ten days. It really depends on if any technical issues arise. I
>>> understand your own deadline. I will emphasize the urgency to my team.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Tom
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Cameron Shorter [mailto:cameron.shorter at gmail.com] On Behalf Of
>>> Cameron Shorter
>>> Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 3:22 PM
>>> To: Tom Callaghan
>>> Cc: tech at wildintellect.com; live-demo at lists.osgeo.org;
>>> mark.smallwood at click2try.com
>>> Subject: Re: Live GIS on Click2Try
>>>
>>> Thanks Tom, that is great news.
>>> When would be your expected launch date? I'd like to have a press
>>> release ready to send as soon as you have Live GIS image ready to view.
>>>
>>> I'm guessing that it will probably a day or two to try out and fix any
>>> glitches, then a few days on QA. Earliest would be a week from now, and
>>> probably two weeks would be better?
>>>
>>> The earlier we can get a press release out, the more people we are
>>> likely to attract to the conference. I'd love to put a release out on
>>> Monday 12 October, but Friday 15 October might be more realistic. What
>>> are your thoughts?
>>>
>>> Tom Callaghan wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hi Alex,
>>>>
>>>> How are you doing? I'm sorry I haven't followed up sooner. Yes, we
>>>>
>> would
>>
>>>> love to work with you and get OSGeo on the site. I think our best way is
>>>>
>>>>
>>> to
>>>
>>>
>>>> install using the scripts out of svn on top of our Ubuntu base image. I
>>>> will have one of our appliance engineers start the preliminary research
>>>> (which is really installing the software and seeing that it works OK on
>>>>
>>>>
>>> our
>>>
>>>
>>>> platform). I will let you know if we find any issues. If everything
>>>>
>>>>
>>> looks
>>>
>>>
>>>> good, we can move ahead with the catalog information and launch plans.
>>>>
>>>> Tom
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Alex Mandel [mailto:tech_dev at wildintellect.com]
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 3:29 PM
>>>> To: tom.callaghan at click2try.com; mark.smallwood at click2try.com
>>>> Cc: live-demo at lists.osgeo.org
>>>> Subject: Live GIS on Click2Try
>>>>
>>>> Tom,
>>>>
>>>> Just wanted to let you know that the folks over at OSGeo are close to a
>>>> final release of a new VM/ISO build that contains a lot of FOSS GIS
>>>> software already installed, preconfigured and including docs, samples.
>>>>
>>>> As I mentioned at OSCON we would love to figure out the best way to get
>>>> this loaded up on click2try. Here are the options we can easily provide:
>>>> A bootable DVD
>>>> A VMware vmdk
>>>> You can build it from a base Xubuntu 9.04 install using the scripts out
>>>> of our svn.
>>>> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GISVM_Build
>>>>
>>>> If it helps to get it in another format let us know.
>>>>
>>>> FYI, downloads which are not quite up to date (2.0.3 uploading today)
>>>> http://download.osgeo.org/livedvd/
>>>>
>>>> The mailing list can be joined at:
>>>> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/live-demo
>>>>
>>>> And just so you know, future versions of http://www.gisvm.com/ will be
>>>> based off it too, they've been collaborating on the project.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Alex Mandel
>>>> OSGeo Volunteer
>>>> Linux Users Group of Davis Installfest Coordinator
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>
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