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> > I need to have VMware installed on my web server to test updates. |
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> > I've been searching for a way to do this without installing X for a |
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> > while, and it just doesn't seem do-able. |
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> Why run VMWare on the server? Run a clone of the server in a VMWare |
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> machine on a desktop computer. Test updates on there and then update the |
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> server the same when you know everything is OK. |
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That does sound pretty good, especially since VMware just virtualizes |
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all of your hardware anyway. |
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There seem to be a few different options here. Here's a summary: |
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*User-Mode-Linux |
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You have to use the usermode-sources for your guest OS or patch your |
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(vanilla) kernel. If that's not what you're running on your host OS, |
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your tests are less complete. The devs are also set up differently on |
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the guest OS. |
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*VMware Workstation |
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You have to have X installed on the system. You can use xvfb instead |
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( http://www.vttoth.com/vmvfb.htm ) |
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( http://www.lemoncube.com/104.html ) |
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but that seems to end up a lot like having full-blown X. xvfb is also |
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not in Portage and seems difficult to put together. The other option |
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(mentioned in this thread) is setting up the test OS on a workstation |
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instead of the server. This would change things a bit more from the |
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way they are on the live system so your tests are a bit less complete. |
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*chroot |
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You can't test changes to the kernel. |
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*separate box |
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Expensive. |
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- Grant |
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> Neil Bothwick |
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