On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 11:46 AM, Brion Vibber <bvibber(a)wikimedia.org>
wrote:
Another possibility is to shell out to nodejs-based
services as an
alternative to running them as ongoing web services.
I have a hard time imagining a situation where you can install node and
everything else, but would not just apt-get install parsoid
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Parsoid/Setup> or mathoid. VMs that can run
MediaWiki with all bells & whistles start at around $3 per month
<http://www.ovh.com/us/vps/vps-classic.xml> these days, and are likely to
become even cheaper.
I believe we can make installing a fully-featured MediaWiki service system
as simple as copy&pasting 2-3 lines to a shell, or even executing a remote
installer script that runs those lines for you. Additionally, we can offer
VM images derived from the same install process through Bitnami or others.
To make this happen, we need to evaluate the options, make a decision and
then follow through by making this our recommended and supported
installation mechanism & providing a solid upgrade path for existing
content.
I created
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T87774 as a high-level tracking
bug for the task of evaluating and deciding on a distribution strategy
targeted at VMs.
Gabriel