How about a VMWARE image that had a standard OS (like Centos) for evaluation or production use? Ihad several issues that were unresolvable with the rPath version.
=================================== Tony Graziano, Operations Manager Telephone 434.977.2750, Ext. 430 Fax 434.984.8431 sip:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 03/30/07 21:20 PM >>> We talked about doing a LiveCD (ala Knoppix). The problem is that for Zenoss to be really usable you have to load devices into it, and that requires a disk that's persistent across reboots. I think some LiveCD utilities out there can mount an existing filesystem and make a small snapshot file that is offered up through a block level loopback device you can mount and write to. But configuring all that wasn't intuitive the last time we checked. Plus we'd also have to push the MySQL database, the ZODB database, and the perf files onto this filesystem (and currently those are in 3 separate directories). Yes you could solve that with symbolic links and config changes... But we're rapidly getting into the world of "this isn't a 5 second thing to do", and there are other things we're trying to do to push the project forward. The VMWare is a pretty reasonable compromise of convenience and usability. Sure you can use it for production if you wanted to, or you could also just use it for a quick 1 week eval. Anyhow... we're always looking for volunteers - if you have some spare cycles and would like to prepare a LiveCD we'd love it! :) -c On Mar 27, 2007, at 3:22 PM, Tony Graziano wrote: > It's very good for a 1 or two day test run to see what Zenoss is > about. > > After that there are (IMHO) severe limitations to accessing the system > and customizing it. Think of the current vmware version as a > "predefined" box with little or no shell access, etc. That's good > if you > dont want to be able to penetrate the underlying OS, hackers are > somewhat thwarted. It's not so good if you want to change a lot of > things yourself. > > Is there a ZENOSS ISO install (OS AND Zenoss)? If there was, then you > would just make sure to have kernel-devel installed so you could load > vmware tools and get timesync in check. > > It would be great to see a ZENOSS bootable ISO based on CentOs or > something like that that people can put on a standard machine or > vmware > box to alleviate the install hassle. > >>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 03/27/07 15:13 PM >>> > Hi all! > > Is the virtual appliance a complete and fully operational zenoss > instalation just like if I would have if I installed it myself? > > Thanks... > > Jorge > > ------------------------ > Jorge Gomes Raimundo > > > > > -------------------- m2f -------------------- > > Read this topic online here: > http://community.zenoss.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=4912#4912 > > -------------------- m2f -------------------- > > > > _______________________________________________ > zenoss-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.zenoss.org/mailman/listinfo/zenoss-users > > ------------------------ > For LAN Support: > http://www.myitdepartment.net/component/option,com_facileforms/ > Itemid,36/ > > For Internet Support: > http://www.cavalierbroadband.com/component/option,com_facileforms/ > Itemid,45/ > _______________________________________________ > zenoss-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.zenoss.org/mailman/listinfo/zenoss-users _______________________________________________ zenoss-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.zenoss.org/mailman/listinfo/zenoss-users ------------------------ For LAN Support: http://www.myitdepartment.net/component/option,com_facileforms/Itemid,36/ For Internet Support: http://www.cavalierbroadband.com/component/option,com_facileforms/Itemid,45/ _______________________________________________ zenoss-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.zenoss.org/mailman/listinfo/zenoss-users
