Deploying Linux Just Got Easy with SUSE Studio
by Wyatt WalterDeploying Linux out to hundreds of desktops or as a downloadable appliance just became a really easy task to accomplish. I knew that Novell had a trick up their sleeve with SUSE Studio, but I had no idea how big it was until I tried it out today. They just brought the service out of beta today so I thought I’d try it out and was I ever surprised.
SUSE Studio is offered by Novell as an online service to build appliances for VMware, Xen, Live CDs, or disk images for deploying desktops, servers, or anything in between using your choice of openSUSE, SUSE Enterprise 10 or Enterprise 11. Seriously, you just pick the one you want:
Choose Machine Type
Just before the build, you can pick the type of deployment you want:
Choose Appliance Type
When building your image you can install whatever software you want from the repositories by searching or drilling down the interface through the categories.
Studio Package Management
You can upload files, run scripts after build or at bootup. You can manage network settings, add built-in users, and configure services.
Startup Scripts
General Settings
Simply choose the type of appliance you want to build and click the build button. In a few short minutes I had a working image. The best part is that you can boot up your image and test it out without even downloading it. They have a previewer that runs in the browser and is a fully-capable machine except that outbound networking is turned off (for obvious reasons).
Test Drive at Desktop
There’s lots of options and no way that I could mention them all. If you’re looking to deploy your application via Linux “appliances”, there’s not a better way than I can think of except offer an EC2 AMI, but that’s fairly limited if you are working with customers who have already deployed other virtualization offerings and aren’t looking to spend more money.
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Jul 29th, 2009
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