It doesn't install the OS for you. I think they mean it's been tested on CentOs5
http://wiki.openbluedragon.org/wiki/index.php/OpenBD_Installer It states: The Installer creates a stand-alone instance of OpenBD, Tomcat, and Sun's JRE 1.6 specifically for use with OpenBD. It also makes installing the web server connector a snap. This wiki entry states what gets installed for you: http://wiki.openbluedragon.org/wiki/index.php/What_Gets_Installed_(OBD_Installer) tom thomas said the following on 06/19/2009 05:20 PM: > As I understand what you are saying here, this installer installs > Centos along with tomcat and openbd. They have already installed > Centos and have moved my domains from my shared hosting account to it. > If I read what you said correctly, I don't think this is going to help me. > > Thanks, > Tom Thomas > > At 04:51 PM 6/19/2009, you wrote: > >> The installer script is located here: >> >> http://openbd.viviotech.net/ >> >> Click on the "installer" directory, download the file, then run the >> installer, and it will set up a non-customized version of CentOS 5 with >> Tomcat, OpenBD (as a common class), and the mod_jk apache connector. >> However, I am not certain how compatible it is with CPanel, as I've >> never used it with that. It would depend on how much CPanel customizes >> the server when you install it. >> >> It works beautifully on a plain-jane CentOS 5 server, and I know it >> works well with the control panel that we ourselves use. >> >> HTH! >> >> Warm regards, >> Jordan Michaels >> Vivio Technologies >> http://www.viviotech.net/ >> Open BlueDragon Steering Committee >> Adobe Solution Provider >> >> >> Nitai @ SixSigns wrote: >> > You should really talk to Jordan Michaels from Viviotech. Not only do >> > they provide OpenBD hosted servers, but he also wrote a script to >> > setup a server like you want. >> > >> > Kind Regards, >> > Nitai >> > >> > On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 10:29 PM, tom thomas<[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Up until now I have ran my own servers and some shared hosting. >> Economics >> >> dictated that I close my office down and move it home. So I have >> rented two >> >> dedicated servers, one windows, the other linux. My hosting company is >> >> suppose to finish setting these up for me this weekend. It appears >> the linux >> >> box is completed, the window one is not. I will be moving my >> bluedragon.net >> >> license to the windows box. My basic experience with linux has been >> >> installing ready made programs like wordpress. >> >> >> >> My linux server has centos 5.3, whm and cpanel. I am familiar with >> cpanel, >> >> never used whm before. I will be the only one putting applications >> on it. I >> >> have spent the last hour going through past messages of this board >> and I >> >> don't think I know any more now than before I started. >> >> >> >> I would like to have cf available on any domain just like I do with cf >> >> bd.net. I have never worked with Tomcat. I have the ReadyToRun Jetty >> >> installed on a couple of Vista machines. What is the best way to >> go? Someone >> >> point me in the right direction. >> >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> Tom Thomas >> > >> > >> > >> >> >> >> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 !! -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
