Monday, Feb. 9th - Drupal Indy Meetup

Hey dudenhofer, we could combine topics a bit, if you'd like to give that a go. Here's what I'm planning for my presentation, which has kindof expanded a bit beyond just webmin/virtualmin since I really wanted to show it in context on a web-accessible VPS rather than on a virtual machine on my computer.

1. Create an Amazon EC2 instance for the VPS (no monthly sign-up necessary, just hourly charges until I terminate the instance) using Virtualmin's own AMI.
2. Some Webmin/Virtualmin install and setup options
3. Creating a new virtual host on Virtualmin
4. Installing Drupal using symlinks and a script to help set things up (this is just the way I do things and not necessary for installing Drupal)
5. Setting up Subversion Repositories using Webmin/Virtualmin (this can build on sdudenhofer's subversion presentation a few weeks back)

I can do any and all of those steps. I would rush through step 1 and 2 a bit, since it wouldn't be practical to delve into EC2 fully or the intricacies of Virtualmin installation, but I'll point everyone in the right direction with appropriate urls. The main idea is to show a progression from blank slate (empty VPS) to subversioned Drupal site (or subversioned Drupal server for that matter) going from 0-60 in 4.2 seconds flat. Or, something like that. :)

When I have the server and Drupal install ready and subversioned, we can install your must-have modules right on that server and you can do a demonstration of them. In fact, we should be able to setup subversion, and have you add your modules by svn adding and commiting while I am finishing up my presentation. You might need to demonstrate your modules on an existing website, but if you can demonstrate them on a standard D6 or Acquia install you could do it on the site I setup during the meeting. With an adequate backup plan in case I fail, of course.

What do you think?

Ray