Hi Douglas,

> On 22 Mar 2017, at 23:09, Douglas Landau <dougl...@westmarine.com> wrote:
> 
> Greets,
> 
> This page :  
> https://network.xwiki.com/xwiki/bin/view/DocXE51En/XWikiEnterpriseInstallation
>   distinguishes between quick installs and production installs.  It lists the 
> standalone in the former.
> 
> Is there anything unsuitable about the standalone install being used for 
> production purposes?   I've been asked to make a server with 500GB for our 
> new XWiki installation, in anticipation of organization-wide use.

Yes the HSQLDB is configured to be in-memory for ex.

> After I hit a speedbump or two with the WAR installation, I concluded that by 
> not using the standalone installer I was going against the flow, and would be 
> better off doing as suggested, as stated on the AdminGuide Installation page: 
>  "This is the recommended option for first time XWiki users and for users who 
> wish to quickly try out XWiki."
> 
> Should I go back to the WAR installation given the production nature of the 
> requirement/anticipated use?

There are various ways to install a production-ready XWiki, see 
http://platform.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/AdminGuide/Installation#HInstallationMethods

The only one that is not production-ready is the standalone install.

> Related:  I see there is a .deb installer but none for YUM.  We use mostly 
> CentOS.  Am I doing myself a dis-service by trying to use CerntOS for this, 
> and would be better off using Ubuntu?

Possibly although installing the WAR is really not hard either.

BTW there are some tutorials for centos contributed by non-xwiki developers:
http://platform.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/AdminGuide/Installation#HOtherInstallationMethods

For example:
https://thishosting.rocks/how-to-build-your-own-wiki-with-xwiki-on-centos/

Thanks
-Vincent

> Thanks very much
> Doug
> 
> 
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