Hmm, I did just trip over https://www-356.ibm.com/partnerworld/wps/servlet/ContentHandler/stg_com_sys_power-development-platform ...
On Monday, June 6, 2016 at 10:36:07 PM UTC-7, Matt Davis wrote: > > Yep, that was the best deal we found too- a little more reasonable than > some, but for the volume we'd likely pump through it, one probably wouldn't > cut it unless they allow nested virt of some sort (is that even a thing on > AIX?). We'd want to be running full integration tests on every pull request > and merge (the only way we can tell if someone broke something *before* we > merge it). Given the low number of AIX users, it's tough for us to justify > putting a lot of effort and $$$ into fully supporting it, which kinda > leaves us where we are today: we have to wait for users to submit fixes > when stuff is busted on AIX... :( > > -Matt > > On Monday, June 6, 2016 at 3:24:08 PM UTC-7, Adam Morris wrote: >> >> Yes you can use custom perl modules... >> >> >> http://marcus.nordaaker.com/building-ansible-modules-with-perl-and-mojolicious/ >> >> http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/developing_modules.html >> >> Naturally if it is to be released (preferable if you are adding new AIX >> functionality in my opinion) then Python would be a requirement. >> >> I assume that the reason you want to use Perl is that it is standard on >> AIX and that you have more familiarity with it. Otherwise I would think >> that you could use the copy and rpm modules to install the linux toolbox >> Python module. >> >> The IBM toolbox python should work, but as I said I have not tested it >> yet. I am currently more interested in standardising (and automating) our >> server builds so that they are identical across all of our engineers (I am >> still having issues with the guy who insists he NEEDS a full X install on >> every server.) >> >> The Rhel 6 (I manage 6 and 7) will work. AIX will mostly work, but not >> all functionality is there. Software installation isn't. User management >> is. Cron entries work. I don't think I tested starting or stopping >> services but I doubt that SRC support is there. >> >> As for where to get a development AIX box I would love to be able to >> offer you an LPAR but there is no way I can do that. >> >> The cheapest virtual offering I found was $169 a month from lparbox.com, >> but that seems a bit higher than I personally would want to pay. >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ansible Project" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ansible-project+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to ansible-project@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/b1cdd1d8-bbda-46db-8ae4-c9b776a71046%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
