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For our first pass, we would like to set up 3 machines as shown in the diagram above. We expect that we'll have to do some experimenting to get these "right". Once we are happy with these 3 VMs (the "application assembly") we plan to clone the VMs to create a QA, and a PROD environment. Our general plan for managing changes is to make changes to DEV. After DEV is stable, we will "promote" the assembly to QA. After QA passes all testing, we will "promote" QA to PROD. Is this the right way to do things in VMWare land? Is there a way to clone the entire assembly? Will we have to tweak the firewall settings each time we clone to a new environment?
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- gdal
- python
- django
- geo-django
All VMs
- set up nagios
- what version?
- monitor and notify for the follow
- disk space
- what else?
linux admin
- set up appropriate new linux users
- Password & Access security
- use of public/private keys
- limit root access
- use sudo as needed
- provide file system security
- umask settings
- setting up appropriate file permissions
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