running jss on linux in a vm

rockpapergoat
Contributor III

Is anyone currently running Casper's JSS on another platform, either on real or virtualized hardware? It seems easy enough to do as long as tomcat, mysql, and maybe a few other things are available.

I'm mainly interested in doing this for testing but could see using a vm or dedicated hardware for production.

What are the limitations, if any? Any takers?

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Kedgar
Contributor

I'm not running the whole thing on Linux, just the database. Jamf
won't provide the same level of support running outside of OS X from
my understanding. You will need to manually handle updates, and won't
be able to make full use of the jss setup utility.

Sent from Ken's iPhone

donmontalvo
Esteemed Contributor III

Bob,

I'm actually flying to the west coast on Monday to review the Casper implementation at a client site. We're very much interested in getting JSS off of Apple hardware. I'd love to see your notes. If only to show our Linux engineers (who might step up to the plate on the MySQL/ Tomcat side if we go that route). :)

Don

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tlarkin
Honored Contributor

Just for the record, anyone who wants to put a document together you can create an account on my site, and I can give you access to create content. You can use screen shots, code blocking and so forth. You will get full credit too. This way everyone could see it, you get credit for it, and I get more content for my site! It is win-win-win.

That way you can go to the URL and see it instead of digging through mailing list posts.

Just saying,

Tom

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I just moved our JSS install (still at 7.1) from an old G4 Xserve to a
virtual linux server (Lucid Lynx 64-bit Server on a VMware cluster + SAN).
It's only been about a day, but so far so good. Great performance
(especially when compared to the G4 Xserve). Install was easy
enough---minor tweaking required for, for example, creating a keystore for
tomcat and referencing it (if you want to use SSL).

I'll post my work here with this (setup, upgrades, etc.) if there's
interest.

-Bob Carneim

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Bob Carneim <rcarneim at ortn.edu> writes: I just moved our JSS install (still at 7.1) from an old G4 Xserve to a virtual linux server (Lucid Lynx 64-bit Server on a VMware cluster + SAN). It's only been about a day, but so far so good. Great performance (especially when compared to the G4 Xserve). Install was easy enough---minor tweaking required for, for example, creating a keystore for tomcat and referencing it (if you want to use SSL). I'll post my work here with this (setup, upgrades, etc.) if there's interest.

Absolutely. Yes, please.

Gene Anderson
Systems Analyst, ACTC, MCP
Pembina Hills Regional Division No.7
Phone: (780) 674-8535 ext 6860
email: ganderson at phrd.ab.ca

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- Darth Vader, Sith Lord.

tlarkin
Honored Contributor

If you want to put something together I'd host it on my website and give you full credit, let me know. yes, I would love to see your set up

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Hey Bob-

We are considering the same course of action and would love to see your
notes.

Thanks.
Jon

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