Hi, I'd definitely be interested in getting involved with this in any way I can. Vishwa - did you have any luck creating a VM?
Jon On Fri, Oct 4, 2013 at 4:41 AM, Vishwanath Krishnamurthi < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi Ross, > > This sounds pretty interesting. I'll take a crack at creating an image this > weekend and will get back to you on any > questions. > > -Vishwa > > > On Fri, Oct 4, 2013 at 4:28 AM, Ross Gardler (MS OPEN TECH) < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > I just got off a call with David Blevins in which we were discussing > > TomEE. It turns out that we both feel that TomEE should provide a VM for > > deployment on Azure. Such a VM can be used to demo the capabilities of > > TomEE, it can also be used as a quickstart for people wanting to build > > applications on TomEE. > > > > There is a resource called VM Depot [1] which provides a community > managed > > repository of freely redistributable virtual machine images. It costs > > nothing to publish and store images on VM Depot. To build and test the > > image (or to deploy a VM from the image) one does need an Azure > > subscription. Fortunately there are free subscriptions for users and > > committers to ASF projects get free MSDN subscriptions which include > enough > > Azure time. > > > > I see from http://openejb.apache.org/comparison.html that there are > three > > distinct distributions of TomEE. I suggest creating a bare bones VM for > > each along with a demo VM for each (assuming there are sensible demo > > applications that you could include). But I also suggest focusing on > > whichever you feel is most important to your community first. > > > > I'd like to offer my help in understanding what it means to create an > > image on VM Depot. If there is anyone in the community that would like to > > build the images I'd be very happy to provide whatever guidance and > support > > is needed. Once the images are up there I'd love to work with the > community > > to ensure the message gets out there too - which is where I should > identify > > my affiliation. I work for MS Open Technologie, inc. and am responsible > for > > VM Depot. As such I can't build your images for you (that just wouldn't > > scale) but I can help you make the most of any images that are up there. > > > > If you have questions fire away, if you want to have a crack at creating > > the first image let me know and I'll start feeding you the instructions, > > it's really easy. Essentially: > > > > > > - Create a Linux VM (either using a node.js command line or the > > Azure web portal) > > > > - Install TomEE (via SSH) > > > > - [optional] install demo's, tutorials, source and anything else > > you want to include on the image > > > > - Deprovision the VM (a single command via SSH) > > > > - Publish to VM Depot > > > > The whole process takes about 20 minutes plus TomEE installation time > > (there are a couple of periods of waiting for images to copy etc. but > this > > is unattended so doesn't eat into your time). > > > > Ross > > > > [1] http://vmdepot.msopentech.com > > >
