https://github.com/noha/virtual-gemstone

bootstrapping a virtual appliance that runs the GemStone OO database and prerequisites to run web applications
https://github.com/noha/virtual-gemstone

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bootstrapping a virtual appliance that runs the GemStone OO database and prerequisites to run web applications

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/noha/virtual-gemstone
• Owner: noha
• Created: 2011-08-26T09:08:29.000Z (over 13 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2013-10-02T09:08:37.000Z (over 11 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-10T13:26:40.136Z (4 months ago)
• Language: Ruby
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• Size: 177 KB
• Stars: 3
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 3
• Open Issues: 1
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  • Readme: README

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Introduction

Virtual Gemstone creates a fully functioning VirtualBox virtual machine that runs smalltalk in the Gemstone Object Oriented Database proxied behind Nginx, a high performance easy configuration webserver. 

The nginx installation is configured to use ssl by default, because we care about a secure browsing experience for our users, and we want to use the same configuration in development as in production.

Vagrant (http://www.vagrantup.com) and veewee are used to generate a fresh 'box' from a debian iso.

Installation

git clone https://github.com//virtual-gemstone.git 

=create a vagrant base box using veewee:=

 cd virtual-gemstone/veewee

 vagrant basebox build 'gemstone'

run integration specs:

 vagrant basebox validate gemstone

create a .box file in the current directory, for reuse or export to other users:

 vagrant basebox export gemstone

add the box to the list of boxes on the current machine, so you can vagrant box init from it later:

 vagrant box add 'gemstone' 'gemstone.box'

check that it exists:

 vagrant box list

Now you have a running box. Next step is to populate your newly created box. Just do

 cd virtual-gemstone/vagrant

 vagrant up 

If you want to know the details please visit http://vagrantup.com

test it:

log in to the box

vagrant ssh

use the text browser in the box to see the site

(todo, nginx recipe not completed yet).

lynx http://localhost

or as soon as SSL is in place:

lynx https://localhost

How it works

Virtual Gemstone is built on Vagrant (http://www.vagrantup.com), a command line interface that lets you create, destroy VMs at will, and run Chef configuration management scripts

We use veewee to generate the vagrant vm from a standard ubuntu 11.04 LTS VM, so you can be 100% sure where your VM comes from, and you can configure it as you wish.

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