Write recommended hardware specs doc

[rogers492]

Assuming vagrant

[yiokki]

Hardware requirements for development

You will need at least 8Gb physical RAM in Windows and Linux. It is recommended to have a 64-bit version of Windows or Linux. In particular, OpenWIS 3.14.x has been tested in 64-bit Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS. Please note that Ubuntu is not a preference and any Linux distribution can be used as a development host.

[woollattd]

We could also include other OS - Ubuntu wasn't one on our list for the uplift was it? I think it was REHL 6.5
I've not done any official testing on Ubuntu

[yiokki]

Just to clarify that Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS has been tested as a development host (not a guest running portals or db virtual machine).

[yiokki]

I have assumed that we are using vagrant and VrtualBox on Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS.

[woollattd]

No Problem ;-) , it's just that I'm looking at the 3.14 Deployment Guide (https://github.com/OpenWIS/openwis/wiki/v3.14%3A-Deployment-Instructions) which states RHEL 6.5

shouldn't a Dev system be the same - where possible - to a Release one
I think the testing done in AWS was with RHEL 6.5

[rogers492]

@NMichas @dimipapadeas do I recall correctly that you guys are using CentOS 6?

[yiokki]

Yes. The guest virtual machine is CentOS 6 for vagrant/VirtualBox development.

[rogers492]

So I think we should list those we have used successfully: Ubuntu 16, RHEL 6 and 7, CentOS 6. People can then draw their own conclusions about what might work best for them.

[yiokki]

I have changed header and wording a bit to clarify the development environment. Basically any Linux distribution will do well as a development host.

[rogers492]

Are we putting this info into the README or on the website?

[yiokki]

I think either is OK. But the website might be more suitable, because developers can have some idea about what they need to have, before they download any code.

[lmika-bom]

Similar specs will need to be written for OpenWIS v4.

[rogers492]

This issue was moved to OpenWIS/openwis4#57