[OPEN-ILS-DEV] Playground EG server - (Was: VMWare image on MS Virtual Server?)

[Jonathan Rochkind]

Actually I didn't realize that there was a staff client downloadable  
for demo.gapines. Thanks for alerting me to it. That might be  
sufficient, I'm not sure whether anything more than that would be  
necessary, since I hadn't taken a look at that yet. Thanks!

Jonathan

On May 28, 2007, at 12:23 PM, Dan Scott wrote:

> On 28/05/07, Jonathan Rochkind <jonathan at dnil.net> wrote:
>> It strikes me that it would be useful if someone wanted to set up a
>> 'playground' EG server open to community use, so libraries can check
>> out how Evergreen looks (especially from the backend) and works (the
>> ability to load records would be good) before/without investing the
>> time to actually try to get it running themselves.
>>
>> Just in case anyone feels like spending time on this.
>>
>> Jonathan
>
> So are you looking for something more than http://demo.gapines.org (as
> documented at the top of http://open-ils.org/cvs.html - downloadable
> staff client with demo username / password). By "the ability to load
> records", I'm guessing you mean a bulk load of records, which would
> (at this point) require a shell account.
>
> Hmm. Maybe this is another job for a virtual machine. It could be
> restored to pristine condition on a nightly basis, and could be
> firewalled off from whatever network it is running on (in case someone
> tried to rootkit the playground server and attack from there). You
> might run into conflicts if multiple people were trying to use the
> system, but hey - TANSTAAFL.
>
> The administration overhead involved in being responsible for the
> security of a system with public shell access wouldn't make it my cup
> of tea, and that overhead would probably sink it for most
> organizations, but it might make sense for an entity with a commercial
> interest in Evergreen to offer private access to a playground EG
> server for the low, low price of contact information as a means of
> generating leads for future business. And it would also serve as
> infrastructure for hands-on training.
>
> There ya go. Business ideas, free of charge.