EC2 - Tracks - Persistence

Hello,

I have just started playing with the bitnami Tracks appliance on EC2 and I had a couple quick questions.

If I want the data persisted, can I create one of their volume stores and then move the mysql databases to that location? Or do I need to move the entire bitnami tree (/opt/bitnami) there? I assume I need to somehow preserve the modified mysql startup config to point it at the new location as well.

Also, I fired up an instance, played around, then shut it down. After that, it would not let me restart it so I needed to pick another instance off the list of public instances. Is there some way to keep one of these around so I can start/stop it when needed?

Very cool technology. Thanks for any info anyone can provide.

Hi,

There are some possibilities but I think that the most reliable way is to store the whole /opt/bitnami folder in your storage volume. Then you can start the Linux distro that you prefer and create a symlink from /opt/bitnami → /path/to/storage_disk/bitnami. You can manage the servers using the control script “ctlscript.sh” but you can not start/stop the machine because you will lost your data. Another possibility is to create and save a snapshot of the machine.

Cheers.