How to install or mount an appliance?

[matthew byers]

sorry pandu for sending that last email to you only, i meant to post
here...anyways, jfyi to op, you can run virtualbox from command line.

On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 8:26 AM, Pandu Poluan <pandu at poluan.info> wrote:

> (sorry for top-posting; the Gmail mobile client can only reply by
> top-posting)
>
> Well, if you want to run that appliance on the file sever, you still
> have to install a hypervisor on the file server (e.g., VMware or Xen
> or Linux KVM).
>
> I'd recommend setting aside another server box and install a baremetal
> hypervisor on it (e.g., VMware ESXi or Citrix XenServer).
>
> Rgds,
>
>
> On 2011-02-11, dxiri343 at gmail.com <dxiri343 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Thats exactly why, me neither have never configured either, and the
> > appliance provides web chat, registration, domain configuration with the
> > domain name of my choice, security fixes, etc. In short it provides a
> better
> > configuration that configuring it myself. Only thing missing would be the
> AD
> > replication.
> >
> > Another advantage is that the files on this file server are VERY critical
> to
> > my company and having a virtual machine separates roles, so if for some
> > reason I screw up I can just delete the VM instead of doing a painfull
> > system troubleshoot.
> >
> > Regards
> > ------Original Message------
> > From: Pandu Poluan
> > To: Diego Xirinachs
> > Subject: Re: How to install or mount an appliance?
> > Sent: Feb 10, 2011 18:44
> >
> > (sorry for top posting. the Gmail mobile app insists on top posting)
> >
> > Um, why would you want a virtual appliance when Maverick has ejabberd
> > package? See http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=ejabberd
> >
> > Do a sudo apt-get install ejabberd (or use sudo aptitude), and follow
> > ejabberd's documentation on how to configure
> > http://www.process-one.net/docs/ejabberd/guide_en.html
> >
> > If you want ejabberd to auth against Active Directory, you'll have to
> > go the LDAP route, and (probably) need to learn how to have OpenLDAP
> > replicate from AD.
> >
> http://www.google.com/m?q=openldap+replicate+active+directory&client=ms-opera-mobile&channel=new
> >
> > Note: I've never done either (use ejabberd or OpenLDAP), so I can't
> > guide you further. Sorry.
> >
> > Rgds,
> >
> >
> > On 2011-02-11, Diego Xirinachs <dxiri343 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Dear List,
> >>
> >> I have a File server running ubuntu server 10.04 LTS, and I was running
> >> and
> >> OpenFire server (jabber messenger service) on top of a windows server
> >> machine. Openfire is crashing a lot so I decided to go a different way
> and
> >> try a new software, then I found an appliance called ejabberd (you can
> >> find
> >> it HERE <http://www.turnkeylinux.org/ejabberd>)
> >>
> >> What I want to do is to mount that virtual appliance on my file server,
> so
> >> I
> >> dont have to mess around installing everything needed to run the jabber
> >> messenger.
> >>
> >> How can I mount the appliance if the server is command line only?
> >>
> >> I have never done this kind of stuff so I am a little lost.
> >>
> >> I guess I would have to install a virtual machine that can handle the
> >> appliance of course, but the one I know (VirtualBox) I think its GUI
> only.
> >>
> >> One last thing: Can I make ejabberd users to authenticate against Active
> >> Directory?
> >>
> >> Any light on this will be greatly appreciated
> >>
> >> --
> >> X1R1
> >>
> >
> >
> > --
> > --
> > Pandu E Poluan - IT Optimizer
> > My website: http://pandu.poluan.info/
> >
> >
> > Enviado desde un dispositivo inalámbrico BlackBerry®
>
>
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