Server Deployment in PLAIN English
Please, don't see PLAIN as another acronym to be pulled to pieces.
I read the posts on this node http://dev.activegrid.com/community/?q=node/243 concerning deployment of an AG application to a server.
Somehow I experience brainfreeze (maybe due to South Africa going through a proper cold winter), could someone please just say Yes or No on the following:
Do I need to install AG Server on the LAMP setup where I host my websites at? I'm coming from a background where some of my sites are Joomla based, so from there I know that I upload the Joomla conf/setup files to the root of the domain, I create a MySQL DB using the PHPAdmin included in the Domain Control Panel, then run the Setup.php in \public_html\Joomla\Installation, during which time I specify the DB's name, username and password, etc.... Voila! I start creating content as per the Joomla procedures.
Can AG Applications be uploaded/deployed in the same easy manner?
I'm asking for three reasons, --- I can do quite a bit of magic with Html and CSS pure sites as well as Joomla sites when I need, but the above mentioned Node does my brain nothing exept confuse (too many Acronyms), --- I have to develop a WebApp were data is stored and updated in MySQL, this data must be Updated,Searched, etc as well as displayed in various "report" forms which will be printed then,--- I don't have access to the Admin/Root side of the Linux servers where my sites are hosted, so my WebApp needs to run 100% from the public_html path + the basics of what can be done with PHPAdmin...
Thank you in advance
Jan
Hi Jan- Question: Do I
Hi Jan-
Question: Do I need to install AG Server on the LAMP setup where I host my websites at?
Answer: Yes.
;)
None, all Self-Contained
(Bring your own DB of choice, if required for your app ;)
In the same way that:
ActiveGrid LAMP Server:
The app you describe creating is incredibly simple to create with ActiveGrid (Studio). Check out the docs here:
http://dev.activegrid.com/community/?q=node/281/
and click Contents -> Tutorial -> Creating a Database Application, and I think our wizards will have created 80% of the app you describe above.
The report stuff however may require a little more work. There are various ways to implement report pages, via PDF, Flash, or Custom HTML layouts. But check out the chapter above and let me know if that gets you close to what you are expecting.
But keep in mind, there are two products; the server and the studio. The Studio is also a self-contained development/runtime environment. If you install the Studio, on Windows or Linux, you can go ahead and try the Tutorial from there.
Once you have the app you want working, you can install the LAMP Server, and deploy the app via Tools->Deploy, to the standalone LAMP server.
I'm happy to give you more guidance there (on the deployment-end) once all your development questions are answered. Please let me know if I missed anything.
geremy
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A non-brainfreeze answer
Thank you lots and lots.
Your answer makes 100% sense, even after a day of 14 hours worth of reading forums and bashing my head with php and cms's and too much info and it's time to go sleep so that I can gice AG a fresh look in the morning.
Thanx again
Jan