I believe it should be rather straighforward to convert our vmdk to a vhd and add a vhd of OSGeo live to the VM-depot of MS Azure: https://vmdepot.msopentech.com/List/Index
Then anyone interested can start up a VM using that base image. This can be done using trial accounts. Kind Regards, Johan On Sun, Oct 18, 2015 at 3:41 PM, Suchith Anand <suchith.an...@nottingham.ac.uk> wrote: > Thanks Cameron, Angelos, Giuseppe , Peter and everyone who contributed to > these discussions. I am ccing this to discuss list so that the wider > community and users who want a cloud service can let their views known and > how they would use and benefit from an OSGeo-Live cloud service. > > That way, we will get better idea if there is need/demand and a sustaining > community who will step up to keep the project maintained with each > OSGeo-Live release. > > All - please look though the ideas/inputs below that Cameron summarised for > OSGeo-Live sustainable cloud service based discussions we had so far in > education and live lists. If you are able to contribute to this , please let > us all know. Thanks. > > Suchith > > > ________________________________ > From: ica-osgeo-labs [ica-osgeo-labs-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] on behalf of > Angelos Tzotsos [gcpp.kal...@gmail.com] > Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2015 12:01 PM > To: live-demo; ica-osgeo-l...@lists.osgeo.org > Subject: Re: [Ica-osgeo-labs] Ideas/inputs for having a cloud service that > runs the OSGeo-Live VM > > I realize that my previous e-mail was not received by the list so I > summarize: > > 1. OSGeo-Live is already cloud-ready on Synnefo stack > http://www.synnefo.org/ > So basically we could deploy synnefo + geneti on OSGeo infrastructure and > have a Free Software solution. > Alternatively we could deploy an OpenStack instance. > https://www.openstack.org/software/ > We should ask SAC if the above options are feasible. > > 2. In case we want to deploy OSGeo-Live on AWS, it seems straightforward: > http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/VMImportPrerequisites.html > https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/vm-import/ > > Any other options in mind? > > Best, > Angelos > > > On 10/18/2015 01:32 PM, Cameron Shorter wrote: > > Bringing a few different email threads back to one, and answering Suchith's > "next steps" question: > > On 16/10/2015 12:43 am, Suchith Anand wrote: > > Cameron - from your experiences with OSGeo live community, what do you think > is the best way now forward ? Can you please summarise all discussions so > far and reply to the public lists.Thanks. > > Suchith > > If we are to be successful at setting up an OSGeo-Live sustainable cloud > service, I suggest we consider: > > 1. Would a cloud service be used? By who? > I'd suggest that people who want a cloud service speak up, say how you would > use an OSGeo-Live cloud service. We are looking here to determine if there > is a sustaining community who will step up to keep the project maintained > with each OSGeo-Live release. > > 2. What are the steps technically required to set up the cloud service? > Hopefully someone will step up to do the research on what is required, and > will set up a Proof-of-Concept. > > 3. What will hosting a cloud service cost? Would it be a pay-as-you-use > model? Would we be asking the OSGeo Foundation to sponsor? Would we be > asking workshop providers to pay for the service? > I suspect that we could ask the OSGeo Foundation for base funding to prove a > Proof of Concept (by paying for a cloud service for 1 year or so), but ask > workshop providers and other users to pay for the service in moving forward. > This is something that can be decided once costs are understood. > > 4. But the bottom line is that the best chance of success will occur if > someone stands up and champions its development. Do we have someone > interested to do the hard work of making it happen? (Speak up if > interested). It certainly would be a valuable contribution to the OSGeo > community. > > > Warm regards, Cameron > > > On 14/10/2015 7:59 pm, Peter Baumann wrote: > >> 1.Do you think it is important to have a cloud service that runs the >> OSGeo-Live VM > > not necessarily a cloud, as the whole OSGeo Live is not prepared. > But definitely hosting it on a VM (for easy cloning + move) is an asset - > any > demo just needs to show a URL then. > > >> >> 2.What are the steps that we need to take to make this possible > > find a caretaker with a machine. > Jacobs University can do that, for example, in tight collaboration with > Angelos > on technical level. > > -Peter > > > > On 15/10/2015 2:53 am, Giuseppe Amatulli wrote: > > Hi, > under the http://www.spatial-ecology.net/ initiative we use the the > OSGeo-Llive for courses and intensive training in Geo Computation. > > In this line we have been used also Amazon Web Service to teach remote > connection and scripting routines in the cloud. For this I was customize a > Ubuntu Instance very similar to the OSGeo-Llive. > > Nonetheless, would be grate to have the OSGeo-Llive directly hosted in AWS > to allow teach but also to provide to the course participants something > that they can use after the course. > > The AWS Educate <https://aws.amazon.com/education/awseducate/> provide > grants for education so maybe an official cooperation OSGeo&AWS can be a > solution to host for free a OSGeo-Llive Instance > > Best Regards > Giuseppe > > > On 10/13/2015 05:57 PM, Suchith Anand wrote: > >>Hi all, >> >> >>Myself, Maria and Peter are now at ESA event and had a chance to catch up >> on ideas for future to expand education globally. >> >> >>I also remembered that few months back, we had an initial discussion on >> the importance of having a cloud service that runs the OSGeo-Live VM to help >> running workshops at conferences, training events etc. Venka made this idea >> in one of the Geo4All AB discussions on workshops at FOSS4G Bonn that i copy >> below >> >> >>"Instead of buying 80-100 computers, it could be a worth considering to pay >> for a cloud service that runs the OSGeo-Live VM. Maybe one of our sponsoring >> companies could be approached to deploy such OSGeo Software as a Service >> solution.Such service could be made available to any event/institution >> wishing to run their own workshops anywhere place on earth with a good >> internet connection and thin client. For subsequent events or users could be >> charged to cover cost of cloud hosting and paying for some developers to >> maintain the system.If the experiment is successful, we can think of >> replicating it in our globally through our local chapters." >> >> >>Me, Maria and Peter in our discussions today, thought it is good time to >> start doing something about this and have this for scaling up our education >> and training needs globally. So it will be good to get ideas from key >> people, so i request you all to give your thoughts/ideas. >> >> >>1.Do you think it is important to have a cloud service that runs the >> OSGeo-Live VM. >> >>2.What are the steps that we need to take to make this possible >> >>Looking forward to your inputs. >> >>Suchith >> >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > ica-osgeo-labs mailing list > ica-osgeo-l...@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/ica-osgeo-labs > > > > -- > Angelos Tzotsos, PhD > OSGeo Charter Member > http://users.ntua.gr/tzotsos > > This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee > and may contain confidential information. If you have received this > message in error, please send it back to me, and immediately delete it. > > Please do not use, copy or disclose the information contained in this > message or in any attachment. 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