I may have used/be using some images from these folks. The site isn't familiar, but it may have been redesigned since I was last there.
Yes. By all means, make sure you know how trustworthy your sources are. However, you can save tons of time and effort using canned base and VM images (a/k/a appliance VMs). I've both used and created systems of this ilk. I have a very nice Trac appliance that I have customized over the last few years - saved the pain of getting all the pieces-parts installed, patched, and integrated. When I wanted to run my own MediaWiki server, the easiest way to do so was to obtain and boot a VM appliance image. Like I said, I also produce VM appliances. One of the most important ones I have is the mail VM, which has SendMail, Dovecot and Mailman all set up and ready to customize. I can concentrate on the details of the email systems themselves and not have to worry about the OS itself other than to periodically run a system update and snapshot a new appliance image. And then there's my favorite turnkey system of them all - the one that boots up the box as an IBM mainframe IMPL and runs OS/MVS. :) Tim On Fri, 2011-09-23 at 12:08 -0400, Michael Potts wrote: > They offer a nifty 'core' install with nothing but OS, so you can very > easily roll your own custom VM. Instead of spending the time installing > Ubuntu server, patching and tweaking it, then installing your software app, > I have gotten in the (bad) habit of grabbing their core image and then > installing the app on top. > > My next side project is to spin up a Core VM, install Asterisk and hook it > up to my Google Voice. > > Tutorial: > http://www.turnkeylinux.org/forum/general/20100902/tklpatch-asterisk > > (Crap, I think I just found another meeting presentation. > Although fortunately there are some actual professional asterisk people on > the list who just might volunteer..... ) > > Michael Potts > GV: (904) 638-2914 | Gtalk: [email protected] > @HMHackMaster | http://about.me/MichaelPotts > > > > On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 10:14 AM, John Patterson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > It's never unfounded to be cautious. Anything they've added is open source, > > and they seem fairly transparent. (https://bugs.launchpad.net/turnkeylinux > > , > > http://code.turnkeylinux.org/, http://www.turnkeylinux.org/forum, > > http://www.turnkeylinux.org/forum/general/20101120/security-turnkey-lamp). > > > > For myself, I think it's a "don't know what you don't know" situation. As a > > mid-level Linux user, I think my odds of doing something stupid with a base > > system and getting pwned are higher than starting with a community-vetted > > project and going through the same security checklists that I would anyway. > > > > John > > > > On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 9:50 AM, Mike Rathburn <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I've always been weary of other's pre-built images. Skeptical of the > > > hidden > > > demons. Is that unfounded now? > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: John Patterson [mailto:[email protected]] > > > > Sent: Friday, September 23, 2011 9:48 AM > > > > To: Jax-LUG > > > > Subject: Turn Key Linux > > > > > > > > This is the organization that Michael mentioned the other day - Turn > > Key > > > > Linux <http://www.turnkeylinux.org/all>. They have a killer variety of > > > pre- > > > > built linux images for tons of common configurations - everything from > > > full > > > > LAMP stacks to torrent seed boxes to domain controllers. Boot up, set > > > > passwords/settings, and you're good to go. > > > > > > > > I also just saw that they have a free "hub > > > <https://hub.turnkeylinux.org/>" > > > > that lets you deploy directly to Amazon now for those of us without > > > physical > > > > hosted servers. > > > > > > > > John > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > Archive http://marc.info/?l=jaxlug-list&r=1&w=2 > > > RSS Feed http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml > > > Unsubscribe [email protected] > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive http://marc.info/?l=jaxlug-list&r=1&w=2 RSS Feed http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml Unsubscribe [email protected]
