tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541296000399974369.post1847974144806223125..comments2024-03-09T02:51:27.612-05:00Comments on Peter Eisentraut's Blog: Looking for Free HostingAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02849480732923051923noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541296000399974369.post-47830321702742472082010-03-11T05:41:53.879-05:002010-03-11T05:41:53.879-05:00Try to follow this http://autonomo.us/ and the mai...Try to follow this http://autonomo.us/ and the mailing list.macnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541296000399974369.post-4177378913154042942010-03-11T01:09:39.642-05:002010-03-11T01:09:39.642-05:00I recently spent some time trying to get a collect...I recently spent some time trying to get a collection of java web applications deployed. In theory a .war or .ear with properly documented dependencies and setup scripts provided would be able to function on any J2EE compliant app server. Unfortunately, at least the projects I picked had failed to document and/or test sufficiently to make the code work elsewhere. <br /><br />The two biggest problems that I see in terms of installing someone else's service are data and configuration. You discuss configuration, but getting initial/sufficient data without getting all of the data is hard. I'm continually fighting with our developers at work about the appropriate location for data and trying to separate data from configuration. <br /><br />Groups want to provide useful services. Taking it a step farther to provide a replicatable install involves significantly more work and documentation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541296000399974369.post-90025957655130258722010-03-10T19:06:41.703-05:002010-03-10T19:06:41.703-05:00I don't know if this answers your question, bu...I don't know if this answers your question, but I find the Wikimedia foundation approach remarkable.<br /><br />Not only everything is public (take a look at http://noc.wikimedia.org/conf/), they even maintain their core software (MediaWiki) so that it is usable by third parties.<br /><br />Of course it's unlikely that you will ever have the same scalability problems, but it's nice to know there is documentation on how to run a top-10 site "for real".Jacopohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14568356112647020045noreply@blogger.com