On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 5:43 PM, Doug Ballance <dball...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'll second the use of something like LXC (new to me) or OpenVZ (what > we use), allowing you to run/test multiple distros at once. If you > want to try debian (or pretty much any linux distro), download a > container skeleton for it and install in a few seconds. I've used > virtualbox/kvm, but I found containers in openvz to be much easier to > work with. A 'machine' is simply a folder on the host server. You > can zip it up, move between machines, rsync it. Whatever. It's like > virtualenv for distros. > > To be able to rsync/clone an entire container to create a second > instance for upgrade or other testing is a wonderful thing. Since we > also use in production, it's a simple remote rsync to have a fully > working clone of our live servers for troubleshooting too. I can't > imagine going back at this point, and even run it on single purpose > machines in production for the flexibilty. > +1. The same concept applies to LXC. Even before we used LXC, we used to just use a basic chroot with our own hacky init.d stuff ;D Containers are the way forward! > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django users" group. > To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.
