Yep, that was the best deal we found too- a little more reasonable than some, but for the volume we'd likely pump through it, one probably wouldn't cut it unless they allow nested virt of some sort (is that even a thing on AIX?). We'd want to be running full integration tests on every pull request and merge (the only way we can tell if someone broke something *before* we merge it). Given the low number of AIX users, it's tough for us to justify putting a lot of effort and $$$ into fully supporting it, which kinda leaves us where we are today: we have to wait for users to submit fixes when stuff is busted on AIX... :(
-Matt On Monday, June 6, 2016 at 3:24:08 PM UTC-7, Adam Morris wrote: > > Yes you can use custom perl modules... > > > http://marcus.nordaaker.com/building-ansible-modules-with-perl-and-mojolicious/ > > http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/developing_modules.html > > Naturally if it is to be released (preferable if you are adding new AIX > functionality in my opinion) then Python would be a requirement. > > I assume that the reason you want to use Perl is that it is standard on > AIX and that you have more familiarity with it. Otherwise I would think > that you could use the copy and rpm modules to install the linux toolbox > Python module. > > The IBM toolbox python should work, but as I said I have not tested it > yet. I am currently more interested in standardising (and automating) our > server builds so that they are identical across all of our engineers (I am > still having issues with the guy who insists he NEEDS a full X install on > every server.) > > The Rhel 6 (I manage 6 and 7) will work. AIX will mostly work, but not > all functionality is there. Software installation isn't. User management > is. Cron entries work. I don't think I tested starting or stopping > services but I doubt that SRC support is there. > > As for where to get a development AIX box I would love to be able to offer > you an LPAR but there is no way I can do that. > > The cheapest virtual offering I found was $169 a month from lparbox.com, > but that seems a bit higher than I personally would want to pay. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ansible Project" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/e48e5ea8-b166-4bb3-a226-c7d31e0cab12%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
