Virtual Machine running Elgg

Hi,

Is there a Virtual Machine with Elgg setup (using LAMP) so that I can build my knowledge of Elgg before deploying onto the internet or building my own Server, We use VMware in the office and is great for debugging problems and reseting the environment back to a working baseline, It is also good for testing plugins etc in a contained environment. I believe there is also an open source product also available.

For example..... here is a defined LAMP appliance for VMWare.... http://www.vmware.com/appliances/directory/82293

Here is the drupal appliciance..... http://www.vmware.com/appliances/directory/82383

This would be really useful for development, troubleshooting and evaluation

Regards Sean

 

  • This is an awesome idea!  I don't have VMWare but I might look into implementing this in Virtual Box sometime...

  • I've set up a VMware virtual machine when I first explored Elgg and it worked really well.  I am also running a pilot site with currently about 270 users on a virtual server and it works real well.  Creating a prepackaged appliance will definitely help expand the use of Elgg.  Terrific idea and suggestion!

     

    I also have a pilot site (lionsclubs.me) running on a Sheeva Plug computer, a $99 device.  Potentially, someone can create an image that will be loaded on an SDHC flash memory card (same used on digital camera) and boot it up on a Sheeva Plug (more info on plugcomputer.org) .  

  • why not set up XAMP or Winamp ????

     

  • @Zack I think the idea here is to download something and hit "Run" and have a working Elgg to test to see if you even want to bother installing it.  Now it's not to terribly difficult to get running if you already have a dev environment up, but if you don't, having a single click local demo would be nice.

    Isn't winamp an mp3 player...?

  • im sorry, i meant wamp...

    yeah, i can understand having something like you are talking about though. that would be interesting. maybe using xamp set up with an automatic install would work? 

    I might look into that.

  • Hello,

     

    I am NEW to ELGG, however  have a number of criticisms!

    1 - Why is it that a simple application that runs on PHP is SO COMPLEX to install?

    2 - Why is it that ELGG take it upon themselves to use VERY complex .htaccess rules which make it ALMOSt impossible to install ELGG on localhost?

    3 - IS THERE a simple installation setup that can work with XAMPP?

    4 - Can I install ELGG in a FRESH VMWARE session?

    5 - is there a VMWARE ELGG that can be downloaded?

    6 - Can someone create an VMWARE ELGG instance for me to see how good this application is?

    Sorry to be so pedantic!

    1. Elgg is very easy to install as long as mod_rewrite is loaded and .htaccess is picked up
    2. I've never had to make a change in .htaccess to get Elgg to install on localhost
    3. All it takes with XAMPP is turning on mod rewrite and turning on AllowOverride
    4. I do this all the time with Ubuntu - make sure mod_rewrite is loaded and AllowOverride is set properly
    5. not that I know of
    6. it's a good idea but no one has done that yet

    Don't forget to consult the wiki if you have problems: http://docs.elgg.org/wiki/Main_Page

  • As Cash notes, Elgg is trivial to install on XAMPP.

    I use XAMPP under Windows for my Elgg development and all I need to do is to turn on mod_rewrite by uncommenting one line in apache/conf/httpd.conf.

     

  • An Elgg virtual appliance has been created by a group of high school students at Chelsea School. Crutis Fawcett, a graduating senior, led the team. THe project is available for direct download from http://9while9.com.

    What's available:

    1. Elgg appliance (1.7.1) for VirtualBox
    2. Elgg appliance (1.7.1 for VMware
    3. ISO that install and configures Elgg 1.7.1 over Hardy and a LAMP stack.

    These have been adopted by TurnKey Linux and will ultimately be available from their library.

    Much credit to Cash for providing the plugin that made this possible.

    Rik Goldman