Posting a link to it would be good so Helen can fix it.
The page has already been deleted - I guessed with a name like "clod" that it could go!
Brian, thanks a lot for the documentation Amazon EC2 Cloud Services Installation.
Hi Brian,
Would you mind explaining what "a linux box in the cloud" is? What does it do?
Sorry for being such a clod,
Glenys
A linux box is a server. As for the cloud:
http://computer.howstuffworks.com/cloud-computing/cloud-computing.htm
Hi Genys, I hope the following answers your question. If it doesn't then by all means repost or DM me.
Amazon have set up a cloud service and you can get a free virtual server on their systems provided you do not go over certain limits (which are generous). Essentially, you get a free server, ip and access to the server to install what you want. Amazon are trying to commoditise their vast infrastructure.
I came across it because someone had a problem installing moodle on an EC2 free service. He was using an Amazom maintained version of Linux which is RH/FC/Centos based. The problem that the moodle user had was a minor package problem for which I posted a workaround and I have reported to Amazon. If I am correct, they (Amazon) will fix it fairly soon.
What this means is that anyone can get themselves a moodle going for nothing and run it as they want. The server runs like a rocket, I do not know how good the net speed is. The only drawback I can see for an ordinary user is that (apparently) the service can be rebooted failry arbitrarily and as this is a virtual server, you will loose any data that you haven't backed up. This hasn't happened top me yet and I have left the server up for a few days without problems. Obviously if you are just doing Content management, this won't matter anyway.
If you are stuck in your school with some of the paranoid / contolling Managed Server contracts, this provides a viable way forward for the independent minded teacher.
Signing up needs an Amazon account.
I have documented the process of setting up the server once you have the account. If I get some requests I will put the processes of set up and getting the private keys etc into the documentation.
