I downloaded it - thanks. Too bad you can't get web2py to host it as a virtual appliance. It would certainly save people a lot of time.
On Thursday, June 14, 2012 10:43:22 AM UTC-4, peter wrote: > > Okay, here you are. It is over 1GB so I will not leave it up too long. > > http://ukjazz.net/british_jazz/static/abc.vdi > > If you do > > chkconfig --add uwsgi_nginx > chkconfig uwsgi_nginx on > > you will have both uwsgi and nginx set up as services that will start at > boot up. > > 127.0.0.1 should bring up the welcome app. > > Peter > On Thursday, 14 June 2012 05:37:40 UTC+1, Craig Matthews wrote: >> >> Hi. Can you put this vm image up and provide a link to it? >> >> >> On Wednesday, June 13, 2012 2:47:51 PM UTC-4, peter wrote: >>> >>> If you are setting up a website on a remote server you are hiring, then >>> life is difficult. Setting things up often requires a lot of trial and >>> error. Googling how to do it is useful but comes up with many many bum >>> steers. Using a virtual machine on your own laptop with a duplicate of the >>> operating system on the remote machine makes life a lot easier. I wasted a >>> lot of time finding out how to best set up a virtual machine, so here are >>> some tips to ease the path for other users. >>> >>> Use virtual box. This allows you to have snapshots. These are brilliant >>> as they allow you to return the system to this point at a later date. So >>> after each successful step you can take a snapshot. This really helps with >>> the trial and error approach. >>> >>> Do not use livecds. Most operating systems income with a simpe livecd >>> and a much larger multiple DVD installation. Do not use the livecds, these >>> will cause unexpected and unpredictable problems. However the full >>> installation approach works reliably. Use 1GB of ram for the virtual >>> machine. >>> >>> When you do the installation of a linux OS, it rather alarmingly asks if >>> it can format your hard disk, destroying all the data on it. It evens names >>> your actual hard drive. However provided that it says the size of the disk >>> is 8GB, then you can safely let it format the drive, it is only formatting >>> the virtual drive not your hard disk. >>> >>> The easiest way of communicating between your normal OS and the virtual >>> machine is via a flash USB drive. By clicking on 'devices' and then USB >>> devices, you can switch the usb drive to work with either system (only one >>> at a time). Clearly ensure all files are closed before switching the flash >>> drive. >>> >>> The virtual box does successfully access the internet using a bridge >>> with your main operating system's connection. >>> >>> I used this virtual box approach to develop a script for Nginx with >>> Uwsgi and Web2py on Centos 5. This prevented my site being down for >>> significant amounts of time. >>> >>> Peter >>> >>> >>>
