[arm-allstar] Non RaspberryPi Version

[Patrick Perdue]

Also plus 1000 from here. I'm currently using ASL on a VPS where I would 
prefer to use HamVoIP, in a situation where I don't always have reliable 
internet or living conditions.

On 5/22/2020 6:26 PM, "Bryan St Clair via ARM-allstar" wrote:
> +1000
>
> Would love to load a copy on a VM.
>
>
> On Fri, May 22, 2020, 15:23 "Danny K5CG via ARM-allstar" <
> arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
>
>> There are those of us who would like an x86/X64 version purely as a
>> virtual machine. Rather than providing an ISO to build a hamvoip node on an
>> old PC, wouldn't it be easier to provide a unified virtual appliance?
>>
>> Create an Arch Linux VM with a generic hamvoip config, export it as a .ova
>> file and make it publicly available.
>>
>> Then users could import it (into VMware, Citrix XenServer, XCP-ng and
>> probably others). That reduces the number of types of hardware considerably
>> because really there would be none.
>>
>> The caveat being that it would never be deployed on bare metal.
>>
>> Danny
>> K5CG
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "ARM Allstar" <arm-allstar at hamvoip.org>
>>> To: "ARM Allstar" <arm-allstar at hamvoip.org>
>>> Cc: "W4EDP - Emmett Perdue" <w4edp at w4edp.com>
>>> Sent: Friday, May 22, 2020 3:35:53 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [arm-allstar] Non RaspberryPi Version
>>> Thanks for the answer.
>>>
>>> There are many reasons why someone might want to or prefer to do it on
>> other
>>> than a Pi. I run machines in the cloud where I already have other
>> software
>>> running. I run DVSwitch, Analog_Bridge and md380_emu and bridge to
>> Allstar on
>>> one of those. I can’t put a Pi there, I do not want it at my house and I
>> do
>>> not want to pay yet another lease fee for a Pi when I already have
>> machines in
>>> the cloud that are more than capable of running HAMVoip.
>>>
>>> I appreciate your position and all your work.
>>>
>>> 73
>>> Emmett Perdue
>>> W4EDP
>>>
>>>> On May 22, 2020, at 3:36 PM, Doug Crompton via ARM-allstar
>>>> <arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> The short answer is no, not at this time. The longer answer is why
>> would
>>>> you want to do that? I can see where it would be necessary for a
>> virtual
>>>> server but why on a local PC? The Pi and in particular the Pi4 has more
>>>> capability than you would ever need. We have now put as many as 200
>> direct
>>>> connects on a Pi4 in turbo mode load balanced across 4 virtual nodes.
>> At
>>>> this point there is really nothing the PC would do that the Pi would
>> not so
>>>> why would you want to run a 50+ watt PC when you could run a less than
>> 5W
>>>> Pi? I understand you have a 10 year old PC and you want to use it for
>>>> something, Instead send it to the recycle and buy a Pi for $35
>>>>
>>>> Another aspect of a PC version that is often not thought about is the
>>>> multitude of hardware it would be used with and the update process that
>>>> would be outside of our control. Tis would cause a complete headache
>> trying
>>>> to keep up with changes. You can see this problem now in the ASL
>> releases.
>>>> For the virtual market we are now offering Pi4's setup and configured
>> at
>>>> our data center for lease. Enquire if you are interested.
>>>>
>>>> *73 Doug*
>>>>
>>>> *WA3DSP*
>>>>
>>>> *http://www.crompton.com/hamradio <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>*
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, May 22, 2020 at 2:52 PM "larry via ARM-allstar" <
>>>> arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Emmett,
>>>>>
>>>>> Last I saw on here was that it was being worked on... then Later
>>>>> something about Hamvoip abandoning that project.
>>>>> I'm sure Dave or Doug will enlightens us before long.
>>>>>
>>>>> Like you I was looking forward to updating old Centos Acid servers.
>>>>>
>>>>> Larry - N7FM
>>>>>
>>>>> On 5/22/20 11:29 AM, "Emmett Perdue via ARM-allstar" wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Is a non RaspberryPi version of HAMVoip available? One that could be
>>>>> installed on a full blown Debian server as an example.
>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks & 73
>>>>>> Emmett Perdue
>>>>>> W4EDP
>>>>>>
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