Getting started?

[Ramsey Gurley]

Thanks for the quick response Nick and Mark :)

Installing Xenial is definitely plausible. FWIW, I purchased this NUC 
for the sole purpose of setting up a self hosted cloud to build software.

I'll find a USB stick and install Xenial ASAP and give the 2.0 a shot. 
I'll either be back with more questions, or I'll write up my progress 
and share it if/when I get something interesting running :)

Thanks again for your help,

Ramsey


On 02/16/2016 07:10 AM, Mark Shuttleworth wrote:
> On 16/02/16 12:47, Nick Veitch wrote:
>> It is also worth pointing out that the upcoming Juju 2.0 release has much
>> better local provider support as it uses LXD, and if you are just
>> experimenting, it may be better for you to try that!
>> There are details on installing the Juju 2.0 alpha here:
>> https://jujucharms.com/docs/1.25/reference-releases#development
>> and configuration for LXD is here:
>> https://jujucharms.com/docs/devel/config-LXD
> The combination of LXD and Juju 2.0 is in principle a MUCH better
> experience for laptop-local deployment:
>
>   - you bootstrap into a container not your laptop
>   - you can run and test an HA controller
>   - you can run multiple separate local controllers
>   - LXD with ZFS or BTRFS has a 1-second machine launch time
>
> So, if it's plausible for you to use Xenial, I'd recommend kicking the
> tires on the alpha/beta bits. Several folks have said it's been a
> game-changer for their iteration process.
>
> Mark
>