Re: [GMG-Devel] One click installer for MediaGoblin?

[Christopher Allan Webber]

So a few things:

So what Manolinux said is mostly right.  I actually think it could be
made pretty easy to install (via things like Puppet manifest, which we
have, and some of the auto-deployment things like Redhat's OpenShift and
proper distro packaging), but the truth of the matter is even if you
install it and that's made super easy to do it still takes technical
skills to maintain between upgrades, etc.  But I *would* like to
continue to make the process easier; I'd like to even beat out how easy
it is to install shared hosting PHP sites.

I think though that it probably is easier to go on a site that already
supports other users.  For now, I recommend one of two things:
 - go register on http://mg.wandborg.se/
 - email me your username and email, and I'll set you up on
   mediagoblin.com

One more thing:

> Until communication beetween server is implemented, and I think that
> will not be soon, an artist who runs his server is alone in it,

You may be right, but we're starting to look into working on this now,
so I'm hoping OStatus integration will actually start to become fairly
good fairly soon!

Mu <address@hidden> writes:

> Hi.
>
> I have known MediaGoblin for a day until now, so someone correct me if
> I make a mistake.
>
> I think MG isn't prepared for 1CI right now, the buliding process can
> be used to generate something similar to a package, but it would be
> difficult to bundle all the requirements (for example, the Mongo
> DBMS).
>
> But in my opinion you are missing the point (or I am). I don't think
> an artist want to install MediaGoblin. I think she just wants to use
> it. Until communication beetween server is implemented, and I think
> that will not be soon, an artist who runs his server is alone in it,
> and is not sharing his work in the same site that other people, she
> would be lucky if someone visit his place. The artist will also have
> to get a hosting that meets all requirements and take care of any
> problem (the install can be the easiest task).
>
> What I think an artist need is to join a server which is already up,
> so she can draw/record/write/etc and upload, and forget about
> everything else.
>
> Regards,
> Manolinux.
>
> 2011/11/18 Advrk Aplmrkt <address@hidden>:
>> Hello,
>> I've been recently introduced to MediaGoblin, and it is exactly the
>> libre media sharing solution I have been wishing for!
>> However, I am not a very technically inclined person. So I am
>> wondering if there is a "one click", or at least easy to use,
>> installer for MediaGoblin available? Or is one being developed?
>> If not, could this be a feature request? I think MediaGoblin would be
>> so useful for so many artists. But since not all artists, or people
>> who want to share media, are computer experts, having an easy
>> installer would make the barrier to entry much, much smaller!
>> Thanks.
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