[App_rpt-users] wiki instructions for a manual install

[David McGough]

Hi Trevor,

I seriously doubt this approach will give you anything even close to
satisfactory results. Any type of VoIP application requires instantaneous
server availability or your audio quality will be lousy. Virtualized
servers (such as provided by the host you mention) work okay for websites,
etc., where host latency is tolerable. But it flat out won't work for
VoIP.

For your first step, you *really* need to build a system on a small
dedicated box, using the distro you're considering. Then, try 
virtualization using a free package like VirtualBox. Once you've achieved 
these steps, next consider how to host the conference server.

BTW, I'm not trying to dissuade from trying this, but, there will be a
steep learning curve.


73, David KB4FXC



On Thu, 8 May 2014, Trevor Halsey wrote:

> HI, I'm trying to make a node/conference server on a Amazon server, 
e.g. a virtualized server without the capability to use an iso, I have to 
use a prebuilt image of debian, redhat, centos, or whatever distro is 
available there. Is there something out there instruction to do this on a 
CentOS 6 (x86 or x64, does it matter?) instance? My final goal is to be 
able to just make the machine a public image for others to install as 
well, but I'm still learning on how in the world I'm supposed to use 
Amazon AWS. Keep in mind I'm using their free package, 1cpu, 60gb of 
storage, and ~600mb of ram. I saw some instructions for raspberri pi, but 
I can't seem to find them again. 
> 
> I'm also looking to install freestar (I though I saw Ramesh in the 
somewhere in the archives) on top of apt_rpt in the future to be an 
echolink, allstar, and xrf reflector, but I'm having trouble for the 
initial steps after installing the OS. (Sucks to be a linux n00b.) I'm 
intending on using this only on occasion at first, where my county might 
have a need to bridging Echolink, AllStar, and DStar to a weather net for 
any/all connectible repeaters in the coverage area when a tornado warning 
occurs. 
>