title: An efficient approach to the deployment of complex open source information systems.
abstract: Complex open source information systems are usually implemented as component-based software to inherit the available functionality of existing software packages developed by third parties. Consequently, the deployment of these systems not only requires the installation of operating system, application framework and the configuration of services but also needs to resolve the dependencies among components. The problem becomes more challenging when the application must be installed and used on different platforms such as Linux and Windows. To address this, an efficient approach using the virtualization technology is suggested and discussed in this paper. The approach has been applied in our project to deploy a web-based integrated information system in molecular genetics labs. It is a low-cost solution to benefit both software developers and end-users.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Farm Animal Genetics (FLI), Höltystrasse 10, 31535 Neustadt/Mariensee, Germany.
authors.forename: Truong Van Chi
authors.initials: TV
authors.lastname: Cong
authors.forename: Eildert
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Groeneveld
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