Okay, here you are. It is over 1GB so I will not leave it up too long. http://ukjazz.net/british_jazz/static/abc.vdi
If you do chkconfig --add uwsgi_nginx chkconfig uwsgi_nginx on you will have both uwsgi and nginx set up as services that will start at boot up. 127.0.0.1 should bring up the welcome app. Peter On Thursday, 14 June 2012 05:37:40 UTC+1, Craig Matthews wrote: > > Hi. Can you put this vm image up and provide a link to it? > > > On Wednesday, June 13, 2012 2:47:51 PM UTC-4, peter wrote: >> >> If you are setting up a website on a remote server you are hiring, then >> life is difficult. Setting things up often requires a lot of trial and >> error. Googling how to do it is useful but comes up with many many bum >> steers. Using a virtual machine on your own laptop with a duplicate of the >> operating system on the remote machine makes life a lot easier. I wasted a >> lot of time finding out how to best set up a virtual machine, so here are >> some tips to ease the path for other users. >> >> Use virtual box. This allows you to have snapshots. These are brilliant >> as they allow you to return the system to this point at a later date. So >> after each successful step you can take a snapshot. This really helps with >> the trial and error approach. >> >> Do not use livecds. Most operating systems income with a simpe livecd and >> a much larger multiple DVD installation. Do not use the livecds, these >> will cause unexpected and unpredictable problems. However the full >> installation approach works reliably. Use 1GB of ram for the virtual >> machine. >> >> When you do the installation of a linux OS, it rather alarmingly asks if >> it can format your hard disk, destroying all the data on it. It evens names >> your actual hard drive. However provided that it says the size of the disk >> is 8GB, then you can safely let it format the drive, it is only formatting >> the virtual drive not your hard disk. >> >> The easiest way of communicating between your normal OS and the virtual >> machine is via a flash USB drive. By clicking on 'devices' and then USB >> devices, you can switch the usb drive to work with either system (only one >> at a time). Clearly ensure all files are closed before switching the flash >> drive. >> >> The virtual box does successfully access the internet using a bridge with >> your main operating system's connection. >> >> I used this virtual box approach to develop a script for Nginx with Uwsgi >> and Web2py on Centos 5. This prevented my site being down for significant >> amounts of time. >> >> Peter >> >> >>
