Comments on: Testing with Amazon EC2 http://blog.openx.org/07/testing-with-amazon-ec2/ OpenX Community News Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:29:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: frogcake.net » JavaOne Day 2 http://blog.openx.org/07/testing-with-amazon-ec2/#comment-40847 frogcake.net » JavaOne Day 2 Thu, 08 May 2008 01:03:44 +0000 http://blog.openads.org/07/testing-with-amazon-ec2/#comment-40847 [...] I liked the Java University session I had with Chris Richardson so I thought I would attend his talk on using EC2 for testing. He’d obviously read my previous post as he made a reference to me calling his accent “mutant”. Chris, I hope I didn’t cause offense! After introducing AWS and EC2 his talk was mainly about his open source framework called Cloud Tools which is a framework written in Groovy that’s used for deploying and testing Java apps on EC2. It was interesting, especially considering we’ve been using EC2 for testing at work for quite a while now. [...] [...] I liked the Java University session I had with Chris Richardson so I thought I would attend his talk on using EC2 for testing. He’d obviously read my previous post as he made a reference to me calling his accent “mutant”. Chris, I hope I didn’t cause offense! After introducing AWS and EC2 his talk was mainly about his open source framework called Cloud Tools which is a framework written in Groovy that’s used for deploying and testing Java apps on EC2. It was interesting, especially considering we’ve been using EC2 for testing at work for quite a while now. [...]

]]> By: till http://blog.openx.org/07/testing-with-amazon-ec2/#comment-3399 till Mon, 13 Aug 2007 12:45:51 +0000 http://blog.openads.org/07/testing-with-amazon-ec2/#comment-3399 Just a question - could you post a list of modules needed to run openads? Like a very stripped down PHP optimized to run nothing but OpenAds? (Also, is there a comment notification here? ;-)) Just a question - could you post a list of modules needed to run openads? Like a very stripped down PHP optimized to run nothing but OpenAds? (Also, is there a comment notification here? ;-))

]]> By: David Keen http://blog.openx.org/07/testing-with-amazon-ec2/#comment-1545 David Keen Thu, 12 Jul 2007 19:40:33 +0000 http://blog.openads.org/07/testing-with-amazon-ec2/#comment-1545 As I mentioned in a previous comment, releasing public Openads AMIs may be something we do in the future. In the mean time, if you want to take Openads for a test drive you can always <a href="http://www.openads.org/products/demo.html" rel="nofollow">try our online demo</a>. As I mentioned in a previous comment, releasing public Openads AMIs may be something we do in the future.

In the mean time, if you want to take Openads for a test drive you can always try our online demo.

]]> By: David Keen http://blog.openx.org/07/testing-with-amazon-ec2/#comment-1544 David Keen Thu, 12 Jul 2007 19:36:19 +0000 http://blog.openads.org/07/testing-with-amazon-ec2/#comment-1544 I agree, an S3 storage option would be a good feature! In fact, it is something I have been thinking of implementing ever since I started playing with EC2 and S3... I agree, an S3 storage option would be a good feature! In fact, it is something I have been thinking of implementing ever since I started playing with EC2 and S3…

]]> By: Jan http://blog.openx.org/07/testing-with-amazon-ec2/#comment-1482 Jan Wed, 11 Jul 2007 13:11:02 +0000 http://blog.openads.org/07/testing-with-amazon-ec2/#comment-1482 Are you thinking of including an option to upload banners to S3, rather than into the database? Would be a great feature, imho. Are you thinking of including an option to upload banners to S3, rather than into the database? Would be a great feature, imho.

]]> By: Alexander http://blog.openx.org/07/testing-with-amazon-ec2/#comment-1452 Alexander Tue, 10 Jul 2007 21:03:31 +0000 http://blog.openads.org/07/testing-with-amazon-ec2/#comment-1452 Hi there, For us EC2 account holders, it would be great to have an AMI that runs openads 2.3 configured for testing purposes or even for production. Please tell me you can share at least one AMI for this. Thank you, Alexander Hi there,

For us EC2 account holders, it would be great to have an AMI that runs openads 2.3 configured for testing purposes or even for production.

Please tell me you can share at least one AMI for this.

Thank you,
Alexander

]]> By: David Keen http://blog.openx.org/07/testing-with-amazon-ec2/#comment-1417 David Keen Tue, 10 Jul 2007 08:27:50 +0000 http://blog.openads.org/07/testing-with-amazon-ec2/#comment-1417 GoPHP5 is an interesting idea and I think people should definitely be encouraged to move to PHP5. Personally, I'd love to be able to write PHP5-only code but as the <a href="http://www.nexen.net/chiffres_cles/phpversion/17283-php_statistics_for_june_2007.php" rel="nofollow">latest PHP stats for June</a> show, over 80% of PHP sites are still stuck on PHP4. This is a real problem for the PHP community. GoPHP5 is an interesting idea and I think people should definitely be encouraged to move to PHP5. Personally, I’d love to be able to write PHP5-only code but as the latest PHP stats for June show, over 80% of PHP sites are still stuck on PHP4.

This is a real problem for the PHP community.

]]> By: till http://blog.openx.org/07/testing-with-amazon-ec2/#comment-1368 till Sun, 08 Jul 2007 19:58:03 +0000 http://blog.openads.org/07/testing-with-amazon-ec2/#comment-1368 Hey there, I've never thought of using EC2 for debugging and plattform testing - not sure how I missed that earlier. Way to go on effeciency! Also, since you blogged about the plattform support, are there any plans to join <a href="http://gophp5.org" rel="nofollow">GoPHP5</a> (in the long run)? I think OpenAds would benefit from PHP5-only code. Thoughts? Cheers, Till Hey there,

I’ve never thought of using EC2 for debugging and plattform testing - not sure how I missed that earlier. Way to go on effeciency!

Also, since you blogged about the plattform support, are there any plans to join GoPHP5 (in the long run)? I think OpenAds would benefit from PHP5-only code. Thoughts?

Cheers,
Till

]]> By: David Keen http://blog.openx.org/07/testing-with-amazon-ec2/#comment-1325 David Keen Sat, 07 Jul 2007 10:22:22 +0000 http://blog.openads.org/07/testing-with-amazon-ec2/#comment-1325 Releasing public AMIs may be something we do in the future although at the moment our images don't actually include the application. This is because we will usually want to test the latest version of the code so it is a simple matter to check it out of subversion each time. I have set up a database and user for the application on the image so this doesn't need to be created each time. Basically, our procedure for launching a test instance is: * Launch AMI with desired PHP/MySQL combination * Start SSH terminal * Checkout the latest code from <a href="https://svn.openads.org/openads/" rel="nofollow">subversion</a> * Start Apache and MySQL * Test! We can set up a dedicated testing instance of Openads in a few minutes. Releasing public AMIs may be something we do in the future although at the moment our images don’t actually include the application. This is because we will usually want to test the latest version of the code so it is a simple matter to check it out of subversion each time. I have set up a database and user for the application on the image so this doesn’t need to be created each time.

Basically, our procedure for launching a test instance is:

* Launch AMI with desired PHP/MySQL combination
* Start SSH terminal
* Checkout the latest code from subversion
* Start Apache and MySQL
* Test!

We can set up a dedicated testing instance of Openads in a few minutes.

]]> By: David Cancel http://blog.openx.org/07/testing-with-amazon-ec2/#comment-1316 David Cancel Sat, 07 Jul 2007 00:20:07 +0000 http://blog.openads.org/07/testing-with-amazon-ec2/#comment-1316 Any plans to release your PHP/OpenAds AMIs? Any plans to release your PHP/OpenAds AMIs?

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