On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 4:03 PM, Simon Mbuthia
<simon.mbuthia@gmail.com> wrote:
Hahaha.. MDaemon for UNIX?
I've been thinking of having a Unix mail server, but my boss would be reluctant coz the box running MD has another number of services such as internet proxy and a cheque ordering system's MySQL DB, which we can all have obn Linux, but I know he'd have cold feet. i am very much for the Linux box idea which reminds me.. I've been thinking of creating a Linux VM with exactly the same services... somewhat like a prototype and after testing... migrate the installation to the real server. Question is: Is there a way you can "copy" a VM to a real machine? Like the way ghosting works? Or will I have to install Linux on the box, install all the packages then copy the conf files...
What do you think?
I am currently running PC-BSD, FreeBSD and TrixBox all on VMware workstation. If I wanted to move one out of the VM, I'd simply install a "minimal" real machine and use dump/restore from any of them to populate the real machine.
But you can also just bump up the RAM on this machine you have and install VMWare wkstn and install your choice of *nix inside.
All you have to do is to put the VM network into a NAT mode, so that it shares the physical address with the host machine. However, at the initial stages, you can put it in bridged mode, so that it has it's own IP address for testing, then later change that. Once you are sure the apps are running as expected and you have laid down a thought out migration strategy, then you can switch to the VMized server. I can help you with the "thinking" if you want.
A choice of Exim+MySQL+SpamAssassin+Clamav with a web front-end is cool. Dovecot-2.0.x for POP3/IMAP4.