CloudServerNattyUbuntuTrial
Launchpad Entry: cloud-server-n-ubuntu-trial
Created: 2010-11-04
Contributors: Scott Moser, Dustin Kirkland, David Walker, Others
Packages affected: awstrial
Summary
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BoF agenda and discussion
https://blueprints.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/cloud-server-n-ubuntu-trial With the 10.10 release, we offered a free test drive of 10.10 Server for 1 hour. The code that ran http://10.cloud.ubuntu.com is 'awstrial'. How else can Ubuntu use this concept. Ideas: * Ubuntu Trials/Demo of general ubuntu * Conferences * "coupon code" business cards Awstrial features: * better templating (ie, no 'ubuntu cloud 10') * configurable time limit * stop instance , start instance * always generate a password * desktop trial in the cloud (as a logical extension) -- Gerry's top priority * Edubuntu uses FreeNX server * (Beer) free java NX client * many people trying this are windows users, who have java installed * [smoser] development version (ie, natty during natty) * investigate t1.micro sized * Rackspace, UEC (or other backends)? * Actually any of these should work as long as they support the EC2 API * Nicer hostnames (via dyndns or running our own bind server) * address 'what do i do now?" * scavenger hunt or some task * show key features of ubuntu server * demo, pick task, someone try to accomplish in this time * really need to demo the management of the image (puppet, or something like) * development / bug verification * web based terminal * Alon: turnkey has a webshell * http://code.google.com/p/shellinabox/ * run a campaign of the current devel release for people to try to reproduce bugs in the current release, t1.micro ($0.02) would be sufficient for this * Gerry: would like to extend this to ISV to demo their applications * Actions: * coupon codes * isv offerings (add ibm db2 as a thing to pick) * desktop! * hostname and dyndnsgrs * graphing and reporting * templates have to be per-campaign Stats: * ~4800 users since 10.10 * $0.085 / instance * ~$408 Chuck: better countdown animation From feedback: * Main negative: people who updated their keys in Launchpad * ACTION: Perhaps always generate a password
smoser's notes * coupon codes * isv offerings (add ibm db2 as a thing to pick) * desktop! * hostname and dyndns * graphing and reporting * templates have to be per-campaign
CloudServerNattyUbuntuTrial (last edited 2010-11-05 02:05:03 by d14-69-66-169)