Hey Folks, Alright, after an amazing amount of work, I've got a BETA version of the OpenBD 1.1 installer available for testing. I've tested it exhaustively in my own development environment, so now it would be great if I could get some functionality feedback from anyone willing to give it a try and let me know how it works for them.
For those of you who have never heard of the "Installer" before, the "Installer" creates a single instance of OpenBD that can manage multiple web sites through Apache. Because of how it ties into Apache, it is compatible with most server control panels. The Installer's target audience is anyone who wants to easily manage multiple domain names using only a single instance of OpenBD and (probably) a control panel. While the installer package itself remains nearly identical to the previous installers, a great deal of effort was placed on several new features. I've outlined those in the release notes below. Here's a link: http://openbd.viviotech.net/downloader.cfm/id/70/file/openbd-1.1.0_rhel32_pl0_beta.sh I really have put this installer through it's paces, and I want to call it production-ready. I guess I'm just looking for some confirmation that things look good with it. =) Documentation for the installer is available here: http://wiki.openbluedragon.org/wiki/index.php/OpenBD_Installer This is the 32-bit version. The 64-bit version will be released shortly. Please help me test this by giving it a shot on one of your test systems and letting me know how it works out for you. Thank you in advance for any feedback you can offer. Release Notes: - [UPDATE] Installer now features UPGRADE functionality (for those of you who are using previous versions of the installer). A huge amount of time went into developing this feature. - [UPDATE] Installer features an updated directory structure. OpenBD directories are now almost entirely located in the root install directory. This should make finding files for OpenBD much easier, and should more accurately conform to the directory structure of existing CFML servers. - [UPDATE] Tomcat's heap size memory can now be controlled by updating the setenv.sh file. Rather then no memory settings existing and Tomcat reverting to it's defaults. The default heap size memory settings are currently set to 128 MB minimum, and 256 MB Max. - [UPDATE] Extra files (examples, demo, source) have been removed from the bundled JDK in order to reduce the size of the installer. The installer is now approximately 30 MB smaller then previous installers. - [UPDATE] The installer will now prompt the user for an OpenBD Administrator password. When Upgrading, the existing OpenBD Administrator password is retained. - [UPDATE] The OpenBD engine has been updated to support the resource specification in the bluedragon.xml file. This makes features like CFVIDEO possible when deployed outside the Jetty and WAR deployments. Special thanks to Alan Williamson for his assistance and support in this matter. - [UPDATE] OS template default paths have been introduced into the installer code. This will make it MUCH easier to support additional OS's in future releases (like the much-requested UBUNTU support). - [UPDATE] Tomcat's default settings (in web.xml) now contain OpenBD code that supports SES URL's. The Apache connector and settings have also been updated to support SES URL's. This means frameworks such as Fusebox, etc that implement SES URL's should work out-of-the-box when used on a system set up by the installer. - [UPDATE] The 32-bit and the 64-bit versions have now been separated in order for 64-bit installations to fully utilize the 64-bit JDK. Previously, 64-bit installations still used the 32-bit JDK. This worked, but was not as effecient as it could have been. This has now been corrected. -- Warm regards, Jordan Michaels Vivio Technologies http://www.viviotech.net/ Open BlueDragon Steering Committee Adobe Solution Provider --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Open BlueDragon Public Mailing List http://groups.google.com/group/openbd?hl=en official site @ http://www.openbluedragon.org/ !! save a network - trim replies before posting !! -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
