www.ubugeocloud.com
UbuGeoCloud is a geo-centric cloud-based web-server
This project began on December 22, 2011 as an experimental development server. Being cloud-based, the "hardware" configuration can and will change depending on the needs of the project. To date, all instances of this server have been hosted using Amazon Web Services (AWS). For the most part, a micro-instance will be used in order to keep costs as low as possible. If a more powerful system is needed for a particular application, a small or medium instance can be "spun up" in a matter of minutes from a copy of the base micro-instance.
UbuGeoCloud is a development server designed for testing and demonstration purposes. It will host experimental web pages and applications that are often updated, and possibly unstable. This is not a typical production machine, although it mayl occasionally host client projects on a temporary basis.
Software
Software specs as of April 5, 2012 are:
- Operating system - Ubuntu 11.10
- Web server - Apache 2.2
- Geo services - Open GeoSuite 2.4.4 which includes GeoServer 2.1.3
- Access is via ssh/FileZilla when using an Ubuntu OS, and via PuTTY/WinSCP when using a Windows OS
Configuration
You can read the details about how the initial version of this server was set up in a series of blog posts at blog.donmeltz.com.
The specific steps taken to setup this particular server can be found on the config page.