Thanks Dimitri, That's helpful nonetheless. I may try both CentOS and Ubuntu then.
I also found something which I think answers my somewhat ill articulated question regarding upstream relay servers: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OPENMEETINGS/Cluster+Master-Slave+overview Thanks again, Nicklas On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 2:04 PM, Dimitri Yioulos <dyiou...@onpointfc.com>wrote: > Hi, Nicklas. > > I can't answer any of your technical questions, but can say > that I've installed OM on a VMware virtual machine running > CentOS 6.3. It works a treat. Others have installed it on > machines running Ubuntu. I guess that's a matter of > personal choice depending on, for example, the distro > you're most comfortable with, or run in your environment. > > HTH. > > Dimitri > > > On Wednesday 12 December 2012 5:55:41 am Nicklas af Ekenstam > wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I am in the process of setting up a proof of concept > > based on OpenMeetings and would very much appreciate your > > input on a few questions before I get started. > > The goal of this proof of concept is to evaluate if > > OpenMeetings would be a suitable replacement for a > > current system based on Adobe Connect. (I sure hope so.) > > > > What I would like to do is install a fully working > > OpenMeetings environment that we can play around with. As > > I would propably have to take this on the road I'm > > wondering if a VMware based install would work? I see > > that there are some VMware images available for download > > but I think I would prefer to do the install from scratch > > myself in order to assess the installation process as > > well. > > > > I'm thinking of doing the install in one of our Vsphere > > clusters and, if I need to take it on the road with me, > > export it to VMware Workstation images and run locally on > > one (or more) laptops with my own networking equipment. > > > > These are my questions: > > What is a solid choice for the OS/distro? I'm guessing, > > based on reading the Wiki, that CentOS is a good choice; > > but what version? Or should I look into one of the other > > fine distros out there? > > > > I'm looking to try the clustering features as well on > > this project so, based on that, how many servers - > > performing what tasks - do you propose I setup? I would > > like to use PostgreSQL for the DB, but MySQL would also > > work. Two servers running OpenMeetings and one server > > running the database? > > > > I would also like to explore SIP connectivity so perhaps > > one server running Asterisk (or similiar)? > > > > Do I need any more servers for something that would, > > pretty much, mimic a real live situation? > > > > And while I'm asking questions: > > Is there a way to extend OpenMeetings so that video > > broadcasts could use upstream relaying servers somehow? > > We have schools in different locations and it would be > > nice if people in these schools could connect to a > > locally installed relay server for the video feed instead > > of each of them having to go the main OpenMeetings server > > gobbling up unnecessary bandwidth in the process. > > > > Thanks in advance, > > Nicklas > > > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > >
