B . . . using user for the installer script gave me problems. I reverted to root. Do you have better luck? Otherwise barring the resource duplication and or virtual machine isolation as a totally different alternative it sounds nice if one could get root and user going at the same time. I wonder why I had such a problem with user.
On Aug 5, 5:08 am, NorbertK <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello all, > I plan to host several plone sites for customers, all of them a little > different, with different products and theming. > > The Box is a linux box with several virtual maschines. I wonder about the > best way to organize these several Plone Sites during development, staging > and production. > > I assume a version control system for buildouts and own filesystem-based > products. > > I see the follwing options: > A) 1 Machine - 1 Zope - 1 Plone, either installed as root or as user > > B) 1 machine - several Zopes, each with 1 Plone, installed as user > > C) 1 machine - x Zopes, each with several Plones. > > My thoughts about the alternatives follow and I appreciate any feedback. > > Option A seems pretty expensive in terms of ressources but gives a good > isolation betweeen the instances. Under this aspect it is easy to manage. > All updates of the lower parts of the software stack (e.g. Zope) must be > done several times. Seems good for production but a lot of hassle for > development if one tries to evaluate ideas. > > Option B is easier when Zope is not installed as root, less plumbing > required on the OS level than in option A, same good isolation between the > instances as in A, same overhead when doing Zope updates. > > Option C brings no isolation between the plone instances wrt different > product versions. Seems not advisable to me. > > So the conclusion is : Option A for production, Option B for development and > staging. > > Thoughts, ideas ? > > How do you guys handle this, especially when you try new ideas ? > > Thanks for your time > > Norbert > > -- > View this message in > context:http://n2.nabble.com/Q%3E-How-to-organize-several-plones---tp3390448p... > Sent from the Installation, Setup, Upgrades mailing list archive at > Nabble.com. > > _______________________________________________ > Setup mailing list > [email protected]http://lists.plone.org/mailman/listinfo/setup _______________________________________________ Setup mailing list [email protected] http://lists.plone.org/mailman/listinfo/setup
