Virtual appliance

Getting the guest image

Stable builds are available here, http://link/

Nightly builds are available here, http://ica-atom.org/dailyVEbuilds/

Running the guest image

KVM (Linux)

See KVM HowTos for information on running KVM on your host machine

1. change directory to the location of KVM image,

   $ cd /path/to/image/ubuntu-kvm/

2. start kvm ica-atom instance (-m sets the memory in MB in this case 256MB, -redir tells the host machine to direct port 8000 to 80 on the guest instance)

   $ sudo kvm -m 256 -redir tcp:8000::80 disk0.qcow2

3. wait until the machine is completely booted (you will see Ubuntu shell login)
4. ica-atom is now reachable at http://localhost:8000

VirtualBox (Windows/OSX/Linux/Sun)

See VirtualBox downloads for information on running VirtualBox on your host machine

To use VirtualBox download the 'vmserver' image

To load the guest image,

1. Click New
2. Select Operating System Linux
3. Select Version Ubuntu
4. Click Use existing hard disk
5. Click folder icon to browse hard disks
6. Click Add to add new hard disk
7. Select downloaded virtual appliance
8. Click Select
9. Click Finish

To access ICA-AtoM from the host operating system,

1. Select new appliance
2. Click Settings
3. Click Network
4. Select Attached to Host-only Adapter
5. Click OK

VMware (Windows/OSX/Linux)

...Please pardon our dust...

Xen (Linux/FreeBSD)

See Xen HowTos for information on running Xen on your host machine

Links

wikipedia:Virtual appliance

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/KVM

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/VirtualBox

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/VMware

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Xen

http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Software_appliances

http://codex.gallery2.org/Gallery:Appliance