Stephen, Thanks - I have actually been to that page but missed the guides due to them being off screen for me and I just dove right into everything in the left pane instead. Will have a go with the Ubuntu 12.04 guide!
- Nicklas On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 2:39 PM, Stephen Cottham < stephen.cott...@robertbird.com.au> wrote: > Hi Nicklas, > > Debian and Ubuntu 64 Bit have been tried and tested by many users over > the past 6 months: there are up to date guides on installation that can > be found here: > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OPENMEETINGS/Tutorials+relat > ed+to+OpenMeetings > > Best Regards > > > > > Stephen Cottham > Group IT Manager (Associate) > > Robert Bird Group > Level 5, 333 Ann St > Brisbane, Queensland, 4000, Australia > Phone: +6173 319 2777 (AUS) > Phone: +44207 633 2880 (UK) > Fax: +6173 319 2799 > > Mobile: +61400 756 963 (AUS) > Mobile: +447900 918 616 (UK) > Web: www.robertbird.com > > > This email and any attachments are confidential and may contain legally > privileged information or copyright material. Unless expressly stated, > confidentiality and/or legal privilege is not intended to be waived by the > sending of this email. 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None of the sender or its > related entities accepts any liability for any consequential damage > resulting from this email containing computer viruses. > > Disclaimer added by CodeTwo Exchange Rules > http://www.codetwo.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mikael Kurula [mailto:alcar...@gmail.com] > Sent: 12 December 2012 13:23 > To: openmeetings-user@incubator.apache.org > Subject: Re: New to OpenMeetings; looking for input before installation > > Hi! > > I'm also in the process of trying out if OpenMeetings is a possible > alternative to Adobe Connect, with which I'm utterly fed up. > > The only problem I had with CentOS is that LibreOffice for CentOS 6 > depends on OpenJDK whereas OpenMeetings need Oracle's Java. Somebody > better att juggling with with yum probably can probably solve this > easily (in which case I'd be grateful for help). > > Avoiding MySQL sounds like a reasonable idea to me, since I ran into > this problem: > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OPENMEETINGS-488 > (From what I understood this is very rare.) > > Right now my only showstopper issues are with recording, so I could > suggest you check out if the recording capabilities are sufficient for > your needs. In addition to the messages I've posted to the users list, > I'm also having this problem: > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OPENMEETINGS-270 > > Otherwise OpenMeetings would surely do the job just fine for me, so I > sincerely hope I can make the recordings work, but I need help from the > OM experts for that. :) > > Friendly greetings, > Mikael > > > On 2012.12.12, at 15:09, Nicklas af Ekenstam wrote: > > > 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+Maste > > r-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. > > > > > > >
