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I'm a huge fan of apps released as VM images. I've seen this used extensively in testing and development, but not for production applications. Do you know of

I'm a huge fan of apps released as VM images. I've seen this used extensively in testing and development, but not for production applications. Do you know of other companies who follow the same "our default install is an OVF" strategy? I first heard the idea from Jeff Atwood in 2006 [1], neat to see the idea taking root with a high-profile product. [1] http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2006/01/our-virtual-machine-future.html http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2006/01/our-virtual-machine...

tmitchell 15y ago
OpenVPN Technologies distributes a virtual appliance for their Access Server product, in addition to packages for the various distros.
damncabbage 15y ago
Squiz switched to distributing a free VM for the trial and production versions of their CMS: http://squiz.com.au/products/squiz-cms http://squiz.com.au/products/squiz-cms (Previous versions were a tarball of PHP code and a lot of brittle install scripts.)