We are happy to announce the release of a new set of Infrastructure Stacks: LAPPStack, MAPPStack and WAPPStack. These stacks provide an easy to install distribution of Apache, PostgreSQL, PHP and supporting libraries. The user-friendly installer allows users to quickly install and configure a PHP-PostgreSQL platform on Linux, Windows and OS X.

At BitNami, we always try to provide you with top open source applications that can be useful for you. In this case, we’re glad to announce the release of the BitNami JasperServer Stack, which bundles JasperSoft’s JasperServer (http://www.jaspersoft.com/JasperSoft_JasperServer.html) and its needed dependencies (Apache Tomcat, Java and MySQL) in yet another easy to use installer for Windows, Linux and OS X.

JasperServer is one of the most popular open source applications to create and interact with reports. Quoting from their website,

Recently a new version of Tracks was released (download). This was a good reason for us to take a closer look at this great application that implements David Allen’s Getting Things Done methodology.

Managing your tasks and time isn’t always that easy, therefore getting things done results to be even more difficult. Tracks tries to help you organize better and do things properly.

With the support of Bsag (the creator and developer of Tracks) we have put together a short introduction on how to install and use Tracks. This way you can get started with this… more

Se ha lanzado recientemente la versión 1.6 de Tracks, así que hemos actualizado nuestra stack, y de paso echado un vistazo a esta magnífica aplicación que implementa la metodología ‘Getting Things Done’, de David Allen.

Debajo de este párrafo encontraréis cómo instalar fácilmente Tracks usando el instalador de BitNami (muchas gracias a Javier Martínez por el vídeo). El segundo screencast es una traducción realizada por nosotros del vídeo oficial de Tracks, disponible en la página de la aplicación, y realizado por Bsag, creadora y desarrolladora de Tracks, a la que también tenemos que agradecer… more

One of the best features of BitNami Stacks is that they are easy to install. This allows users to quickly and easily deploy their favorite open source software regardless of the operating system they are running. BitNami Modules take simplicity a step further by enabling you to easily plug-in additional applications that will automatically run on top of the BitNami platform.

With BitNami Stacks, you get everything that you need to run for each application you install – each stack is a complete, independent runtime. In many cases, a BitNami Stack may be just what you need. In others,... more

A new version of BitNami RubyStack has been released!

This version includes ready to run versions of two popular projects for Rails developers:

* Git, an open source version control system designed to handle very large projects with speed and efficiency * Nginx, a lightweight HTTP and proxy server server (currently only included in OS X and Linux stacks)

In addition to the above, with this new version you can enjoy new and updated gems, right out of the box, including:

* thin: is a web server that brings together mongrel parser, event machine and rack…. more

Recently we have released a new BitNami featured stack that makes it easier than ever to have your own customized web application. The most important feature of this great software are the customization possibilities that it offers.

eZ Publish is not just a CMS software, it is a framework to develop web applications. The base features allow you to easily create a site according to your needs, from a personal homepage to an e-commerce site.

The BitNami eZPublish Stack besides bundling eZ Publish software, provides you with the whole environment you will need to… more

To get Trac 0.11 working on top of the BitNami Trac Stack for Windows, you need to do the following:

* Launch the command line console (Start Menu -> Run -> type cmd) * Change directory to your Trac installation. * Load the environment variables by typing “scripts\setenv.bat” * Change directory to python\Scripts * You can install trac 0.11 by typing “easy_install http://svn.edgewall.org/repos/trac/branches/0.11-stable” from the console * Stop the servers using the Start Menu shortcut * Copy the folders DLLs and Lib from python\ to apache2\bin * Restart the servers * The last step is typing from python\Scripts ‘trac-admin… more

After a long waiting period of about 2 years, this April phpBB3 vas released. This version offers a new default theme, enhances the administration control panel with a modular design and provides support for a great variety of databases. phpBB2 will remain actively maintained by the community, due to its widespread adoption.

Here in BitNami you can find easy to install versions of phpBB3 and phpBB2. You can easily compare both versions by yourself by downloading and installing the latest BitNami phpBB Stacks from http://bitnami.org/stack/phpbb. After installing the BitNami phpBB Stack you will have a running version of… more

It’s been hard work, but we are glad to announce that the BitNami Trac Stack (http://www.bitnami.org/product/trac) finally supports Microsoft Windows :)

Quoting from the Trac website (http://trac.edgewall.org),

Trac is an enhanced wiki and issue tracking system for software development projects. Trac uses a minimalistic approach to web-based software project management. Our mission is to help developers write great software while staying out of the way. Trac should impose as little as possible on a team’s established development process and policies.

It provides an interface to Subversion, an integrated Wiki and convenient reporting facilities.

Trac allows wiki… more