----- Original Message -----
| From: "Tobias Pape" <Das.Linux at gmx.de>
| To: "The general-purpose Squeak developers list" <squeak-dev at lists.squeakfoundation.org>
| Cc: "Norbert Hartl" <norbert at hartl.name>
| Sent: Saturday, July 6, 2013 9:21:42 AM
| Subject: Re: [squeak-dev] Re: SS3 canary question
| 
| Am 05.07.2013 um 15:35 schrieb Stephan Eggermont <stephan at stack.nl>:
| 
| > Tobias wrote:
| >> I would strongly suggest to use GemStone for the server works.
| >> I think it brings more benefits than downsides.
| >> For example, I set up canary in less than 20 minutes, including
| >> the complete gemstone install.
| > 
| > And the install scripts/puppet or chef recipes/blog posts are
| > where? :)
| > 
| > Hmm, can I temp you with: "If you put them online I'll make you a
| > screencast."?
| > 
| > Stephan
| 
| Manual installation.
| Admittedly, I haven't even used the installGemstone.sh script from
| seaside.gemtalksystems.com, beacuse there is already another gemstone
| and some maglevs installed, so I
|  - FTPed the 3.1.0.4 GemStone zip
|  - Unzipped it into place
|  - modified some scripts
|  - deployed my stone and went on.
| Yes, this is not the most repeatable installation. But it fitted me.
| 
| However, the Scripts that Norbert uses for his CI work. :)
| Norbert?

Tobias,

I recommend that you at least start with installGemstone.sh[1] ... the script downloads and installs a given version of GemStone, makes sure that the os is configured correctly for GemStone (shared memory and semaphores) and sets up glass/seaside extent so it's ready to run:

installGemstone.sh 3.1.0.4
source /opt/gemstone/product/seaside/defSeaside
startGemStone
topaz -l -T50000  <<EOF
set user GemStone pass swordfish
set gemstone seaside
run
"Metacello installation script for SS3"
%
commit
logout
EOF
# lauch your seaside gems...

If you have multiple GemStone installations things are a bit more complicated...Setting up the server with lighttpd/nginx/apache/daemontools/monit/cron/etc. also adds a bit more complexity ... 

When we moved ss3.gemstone.com to ss3.gemtalksystems.com, I kept track of everything I did and I centralized all of the configuration files under git control for easy management and the intent to eventually share the formula but I could make them available to you as a template for getting started ...

Dale

[1] http://seaside.gemtalksystems.com/scripts/installGemstone.sh