If it's a good fit for your environment, I believe you can set up a Virtual Private Cloud on AWS, and have a private server running Satellite (or Spacewalk if you're more inclined) and set it up inside your network.
" 'With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably.' Those words were uttered by Judge Aaron Satie as wisdom and warning... The first time any man's freedom is trodden on, we’re all damaged." - Jean-Luc Picard, quoting Judge Aaron Satie, Star Trek: TNG episode "The Drumhead" - Alex Smith - Kent, Washington (metropolitan Seattle area) On Mon, Aug 8, 2016 at 6:45 AM, Kent Perrier <[email protected]> wrote: > This is mostly for work. I work for the crimson head apparel company so I > will be sticking with what we provide. :D > > I think I will dig a bit deeper into using AWS. I don't think I can build > VMs with satellite which is one of the primary reasons for doing this, but > its worth the look. > > Kent > > On Sat, Aug 6, 2016 at 3:33 PM, Michael L <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> May I ask, those of you who do this at home, are you mostly IT staff / >> pros? Do you do this at home for fun / convenience / cost savings / testing >> or "all of the above"? >> >> Being able to conveniently / easily create VM's is something I'd like to >> know how to do for home and small business office use (and this is the part >> of the reason I started attending NLUG). So this is achievable for just a >> few hundred bucks? >> M >> >> On Sat, Aug 6, 2016 at 2:32 PM, Brandon Bradley <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> I use Xen with headless Deban on a Lenovo TS140 which runs around $300 >>> + storage. I use xen-tools to create VMs. It works pretty well for me. >>> >>> On Sat, Aug 6, 2016 at 10:59 AM, Holland Griffis >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > The new NUC 6's take up to 32 gigs of ram. If you get the SYH model >>> you can >>> > put an M.2 and a regular ssd in for tons of fast vm storage. >>> > >>> > On Sat, Aug 6, 2016 at 9:54 AM, Kent Perrier <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >> >>> >> My work laptop runs RHEL with KVM and virt-manager installed and I use >>> >> that for quick VMs to do some fast troubleshooting/issue >>> reproduction. Its >>> >> when I out grow the RAM on my laptop (and the disk too if I really >>> want to >>> >> do anything with Satellite and capsules) is where I have problems. >>> OpenShift >>> >> and OpenStack don't play well in small memory environments. :) >>> >> >>> >> Thanks for the pointers. I think I will get a NUC with an external USB >>> >> hard drive to start with. >>> >> >>> >> Kent >>> >> >>> >> On Sat, Aug 6, 2016 at 3:06 AM, Zachariah Gibbens < >>> [email protected]> >>> >> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> I run Debian and KVM on my laptop from 2014, 64 bit AMD with 4GB of >>> ram, >>> >>> so it has it's limits. It was $300 back then. Xen or XenServer can >>> run >>> >>> inside Virtualbox (sadly KVM cannot, the VMX/SMV flags don't get >>> passed to >>> >>> the guest, but nothing says you couldn't run KVM on the laptop >>> hardware and >>> >>> still use it for the everyday too)E >>> >>> >>> >>> Everything I'm doing with Debian (at least pertaining to your goals) >>> >>> Should be doable with RHEL too. The entry point for running KVM is >>> easier >>> >>> than it's ever been. >>> >>> >>> >>> On 08/06/2016 12:20 AM, Holland Griffis wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> NUCs work fine. Lots of people using them for ESXi and KVM based home >>> >>> labs. >>> >>> >>> >>> On Friday, August 5, 2016, Kent Perrier <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> >>> >>>> I find myself in need of some hardware that can run KVM so I can >>> >>>> test/play with some tech here at home. Cost, noise and heat are >>> concerns (I >>> >>>> know, I know, pick two....) so old real server class hardware isn't >>> an >>> >>>> option. Anyone built a home lab out of intel NUCs, mini-itx based >>> systems, >>> >>>> etc that work well? 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