Would someone be up to creating two versions of the Tracks install on Ubuntu in VMWare?

I think we could have two optimal installs as Tracks Appliances (http://www.vmware.com/appliances/): Stable and SVN

The stable version would of course contain the latest stable build, hopefully with the best server (mogrel?), and MySQL as the back end, so that when you start the appliance, it simply runs a fresh install of tracks on port 3000.

The SVN version would be similar, but with the latest tracks already checked out, and able to be updated.

The reason I ask, is two-fold:
One: It would be <u>amazing</u> to me to be able to just hit a button and carry the tracks with me to any pc (I work on Linux, OSX, and Windows server)

Two: I am <u>really</u> lost as to what the best technology is for speed (mongrel, fastcgi, apache, etc), and even though I have the SVN version on a monster server running ubuntu, it is very slow to respond (10+ seconds to add a task).. I don’t know if it’s a config error, or a problem with tracks itself.

If someone told me what basic config is needed, I can do the stable version (tracks in /var/www/, running on mongrel with MySQL backend, etc), but as I mentioned: I cannot make the SVN version run properly.

One: It would be amazing to me to be able to just hit a button and carry the tracks with me to any pc (I
work on Linux, OSX, and Windows server)

Alternatives to this include a) hosting it on a web server that you can access from your various environments, and b) helping to port Tracks to use Slingshot.

Two: I am really lost as to what the best technology is for speed (mongrel, fastcgi, apache, etc), and even though I have the SVN version on a monster server running ubuntu, it is very slow to respond (10+ seconds to add a task).. I don’t know if it’s a config error, or a problem with tracks itself.

It shouldn’t take that long. I use Apache with mod_proxy a single mogrel instance and get good results. Add another mongrel for even more speed. I’ve heard great things about nginx as a repalcement for apache, too.

I don’t know too much about automating VMWare images.

Cheers from NYC,
Luke

lukemelia - 27 July 2007 07:28 PM

Alternatives to this include a) hosting it on a web server that you can access from your various environments, and b) helping to port Tracks to use Slingshot.

I have considered hosting on a “web server”, but run up against the same problems; making it run fast.
The machine it’s on probably outclasses most “regular” web serving machines, so I know it’s not a hardware problem

lukemelia - 27 July 2007 07:28 PM

It shouldn’t take that long. I use Apache with mod_proxy a single mogrel instance and get good results. Add another mongrel for even more speed. I’ve heard great things about nginx as a repalcement for apache, too.

How would I go about duplicating that setup, if I were to test it?
Secondly: what version of tracks are you running: stable, or svn trunk?

lukemelia - 27 July 2007 07:28 PM

I don’t know too much about automating VMWare images.

That part is the easiest:
1) download vmware player ( http://www.vmware.com/products/player/ )
2) download a premade ‘appliance’ (like this ubuntu 6.10 one: http://www.vmware.com/vmtn/appliances/directory/648 )
3) run the vmware appliance, install tracks and get it to the point that it works fast
4) clean out anything you don’t want public
5) turn off the appliance, and upload it somewhere