MongoDB replicaset on Amazon ec2 with Ensemble

[theeclipseguru]

Is it possible to provide more details about the EC2 setup (security/firewall settings, private network, etc.)? Is that managed by Ensemble as well?

[h0lyRS]

What is the "spidermonkey build without utf8 support" message? It sounds scary... is there a way to create a formula that builds with utf8 support? What about having a formula for a newer version of MongoDB, is it possible? Thanks.

[emailahmedkamal]

@h0lyRS Hi there, well the utf8 issue is not really related to ensemble formulas. The formula installs mongo from debian packages, thus it is a packaging issue which should be fixed there

You *can* however build a newer version of mongo (which would also solve the utf issue) by modifying the install hook in the formula to download and compile a new mongo (instead of using apt-get for installation). If you're interested in doing that, join us on irc #ubuntu-ensemble and ping kim0 :)

[h0lyRS]

@emailahmedkamal Thanks for the info! I ended up changing the install hook to add the mongodb-10gen repository in run-time, then apt-get update && apt-get install mongodb-10gen . This installed the version I needed (1.8.x), and also eliminated the utf-8 issue. The only problem is that I couldn't get replica set to work :( I'm not sure what are the proper mongodb.conf keys to set. What would the best time of the day to hang around on irc? I'm in timezone GMT-3.

[emailahmedkamal]

@h0lyRS Sounds great! Well the irc room is active almost all day long, but the formula author "negronjl" is US west coast .. so perhaps you can find him in your early morning if you need help from him. I think your issue now is purely mongo related though ..

[h0lyRS]

@emailahmedkamal Yes, I think so.... Thanks again, I appreciate it! and please keep up with the videos, they're awesome :)

[MrCloudany]

Thank you for these video tutorials.