[Tfug] linux to windows web host

[Jordan Aberle]

Running linux inside a virtual box doesn't really help your manager, might
as well just run linux.

Try loading it on a windows box, who knows maybe it won't be as hard as you
think.  If you do have problems, explain to your manager that it isn't work
the time and money to get it working on windows, maybe he will let you keep
it on linux but will appreciate the fact that you tried :)

I would try to keep it on pure linux, personally.

-Jordan

On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 2:42 PM, Jeff Breadner <jeff at breadner.ca> wrote:

> Nathan England wrote:
>
>> Hello Hello,
>>
>> I have a large (150k+ lines) web application I've developed for internal
>> use in a non-profit. I currently run it on a linux distro developed and
>> maintained by myself specifically for my web applications and several other
>> things. My current employer is not very linooks friendly and wants it
>> running on a windows server 2003 machine. Currently, I utilize apache, php,
>> perl, openldap, mysql, maybe some others and all the libraries needed for
>> php-ldap, php-mysql and ... you get the idea. All the wonderful stuff us
>> linux guys take for granted.
>>
>> So, I'm wondering. The rationale behind moving it to a windows system is
>> simply for backup purposes, so they say, regardless, I'm the employee so I
>> need to make this happen.
>> Should I ... ?
>>
>> (A) install VirtualBox on this machine, load my linux and everything else
>> onto that and go to town...
>>
>> (B) install cygwin and everything I need in that and fix anything that
>> gets borked....
>>
>> (C) Install apache, mysql, perl, php and others? in windows natively and
>> hope for the best...
>> I would like opinions as well as any useful info you might be able/willing
>> to contribute!
>>
>> Nathan
>>
>>
>>
>
> I vote for the virtual machine route; it's the least effort on your part,
> they can back up the VM configuration and hard drive from Windows so it
> satisfies their requirements, and if you get a manger at some future time
> who is more *NIX friendly then you can migrate to a physical machine easily.
>
> I'd consider VMware too, but it's what you're comfortable with.
>
> cheers
>  Jeff
>
>
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