Re: Embedding postgresql in an application

On Sat, Mar 30, 2013 at 09:53:30AM -0700, George Hartzell wrote:
> Joshua D. Drake writes:
> >
> > On 03/30/2013 07:38 AM, David Fetter wrote:
> > >
> > > On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 04:20:46PM -0700, Sam Talebbeik wrote:
> > >> Folks, I need to manually install postgresql on Ubuntu. I can not do
> > >> apt-get install.
> > >
> > > Consider embedding the entire application in a virtual machine running
> > > your choice of OS, DB version, etc. You will be able to control that
> > > and will save your end users and yourself a *lot* of grief.
> >
> > +1 and if you do it correctly, you can support multiple VM types so the
> > user can use whichever one they already have installed (KVM, VirtualBox,
> > VMWare).
>
> Hi JD,
>
> Do you have any pointers/references about "doing it [VM images] correctly"?
>
> Thanks,

Check your favorite search engine for OVF and OVA. Just about every
virtualization platform can use them, or can at least consume them.

Cheers,
David.
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