There is a VM Import/Export troubleshooting page here: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/vm-import/latest/userguide/vmimport-troubleshooting.html There is a troubleshooting page for Amazon S3 here: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/dev/troubleshooting.html You can log questions on the online Amazon S3 forum here: https://forums.aws.amazon.com/forum.jspa?forumID=24 If you have support enabled you can log support and how to questions here: https://console.aws.amazon.com/support/home
Regards John -----Original Message----- From: Cameron Shorter <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, 16 January 2019 10:07 PM To: Hildebrandt, John <[email protected]> Cc: Bruce Anger <[email protected]>; [email protected] Subject: Re: [OSGeoLive] OSGeoLive Cloud John, I wonder if you are able to provide some "next step" suggestions for Bruce? On 16/1/19 8:55 am, Bruce Anger wrote: > Hi Cameron and everyone else > > So far I have tried changing the format of the virtual machine file to > ova format and tried to upload it to an Amazon storage bucket, it > seems to upload but nothing is visible in the bucket, to proceed to > the next step, Amazon does say I have used 4.7 gb of storage. Open to > suggestions. > On 15/1/19 10:49 pm, Cameron Shorter wrote: > > During the FOSS4G Oceania community day, Bruce Anger and John > Hildebrandt made great progress toward running OSGeoLive in AWS. > > Bruce's notes are here: > https://docs.google.com/document/d/12Hix3gAlOkbpyBj9EjOza-JLMEvS6l135Z > -Hpuw7ZlU/edit?ts=5bf77367 > > James, your points are valid when considering setting up a production > server. However, if we initially limit the target use case to a > workshop/demo type setting, with nothing on the VM to be considered of > value, then I assume security should be able to be ignored. > > (A future iteration could address security). > > Brian, I probably should have been more specific about the use case I > was suggesting. > > Cheers, Cameron > > On 15/1/19 4:09 am, James Klassen wrote: >> Technically, I suspect it would be relatively easy to convert the >> OSGeoLive VM image into the formats accepted by various cloud providers. >> >> My main concern is that historically OSGeoLive has been setup >> prioritizing ease of use on a single user machine to let a new user >> explore and learn the software with as few hurdles as possible. This >> seems in fundamental conflict with best practices for putting a >> server on the open internet (in the cloud or otherwise). >> >> For example, we have easily guessable and well documented passwords, >> generally permissive permissions in applications and on the >> filesystem, unrestrictive firewall, way more than the minimum >> software installed than is needed for any given task (increasing >> attack surface area), ... >> >> I think we would need to put some serious thought into how to secure >> an OSGeoLive cloud image and what that might mean for usability. -- Cameron Shorter Technology Demystifier Open Technologies and Geospatial Consultant M +61 (0) 419 142 254 _______________________________________________ osgeolive mailing list [email protected] https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/osgeolive
