I just saw the official announcement and the video tutorial (http://www.servoy.com/docs/servoy_4/tut … oyAMI.html) about the availability of Servoy (currently in version 4.1) as a public Amazon Machine Image on Amazon EC2. I think this is really great !!!
I just want to make sure I understood correctly, so I have some quick questions:
Ok, the Servoy application server can be launched from snapshots as one or more instances on the Amazon servers. And the provided scripts will install, configure and start Sybase and Servoy as Windows services. Wow, great again !! Question is about the data: Is the Sybase databases are stored on the persistent volume ? And does it means a developer will be able to reach remotely this data (including the repository_server) from his workstation ?
If I prefer to use MySql, do you think it is better to setup the database server elsewhere ? Is it safe ? Effective ??
And what about the security certificate (key pairs)… It has to be copied on every client computers ? The SmartClient ? Not the WebClient ??
Homer:
And what about the security certificate (key pairs)… It has to be copied on every client computers ? The SmartClient ? Not the WebClient ??
Don’t know much about servoy on amazon but I can help you about this one: you only need to configure servoy server to use the SSL certificate, no need to touch any client at all.
Homer:
I just saw the official announcement and the video tutorial (http://www.servoy.com/docs/servoy_4/tut … oyAMI.html) about the availability of Servoy (currently in version 4.1) as a public Amazon Machine Image on Amazon EC2. I think this is really great !!!
I agree this is a great solution and seems to perform well and been stable in the various tests I have done.
Homer:
I just want to make sure I understood correctly, so I have some quick questions:
Ok, the Servoy application server can be launched from snapshots as one or more instances on the Amazon servers. And the provided scripts will install, configure and start Sybase and Servoy as Windows services. Wow, great again !! Question is about the data: Is the Sybase databases are stored on the persistent volume ? And does it means a developer will be able to reach remotely this data (including the repository_server) from his workstation ?
It seems that if you take a snapshot then you have the data, but I, like you suggest prefer MySQL and am a lot more familiar with it. SO I had concluded that a separate MySQL Instance with all the various benefits Amazon describe re backup, speed etc was the way to go. I am also investigating how to set it up so that I have a multi master database configuration. I have not made great progress on this other than being able to configure it locally. My aim is to have Amazon host clients and a matched copy locally that could act as a hot backup in the event Amazon died for any reason. When the EC2 instance recovered the db’s would sync back together. This has the obvious advantage of also being able to offer far better local performance for office based staff. What do you think ??
Homer:
If I prefer to use MySql, do you think it is better to setup the database server elsewhere ? Is it safe ? Effective ??
As above, but I concluded that EC2 MySQL was probably as secure as any other configuration and I would take precautions to avoid a calamity. Performance wise I guess the more local the db is to the Servoy server the better the performance, but I am sure thats fairly subjective
Homer:
And what about the security certificate (key pairs)… It has to be copied on every client computers ? The SmartClient ? Not the WebClient ??
This was not the case once configured thats all thats required