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0 pointsmewse9y ago0 comments

Sadly, while it's easy to play with the software this way, the 'vagrant up' implementation is missing a bunch of functionality; you don't get any authentication functionality, and you don't get the ability to attach external workers. Also, as of right now, the vagrant build hasn't even been updated to the 1.0 release; it's still limited to version 0.76.0. So you can't play with this new Concourse release using a vagrant box in the first place.

I've had a brief struggle with trying to get the standalone executables to work under Linux, without any success (I'm told that they probably are incompatible with my server's kernel version; note that the documentation does not state what kernel or OS versions are supported). Similarly, I've had a brief look at what it'd take to set up an install using BOSH.. but it looks like that's going to be a massive undertaking.

As a practical matter, if you want to use Concourse for real work, you probably do have to jump in with BOSH right away, since the standalone versions are likely not to work with your VMs, and the vagrant version is missing critical features and hasn't even been updated to the 1.0 release.

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mewseOP9y ago

And I just want to add.. I really like Concourse. I'd love to use it instead of Jenkins.

But at the moment, I haven't been able to get it to work, apart from in a vagrant box running an old version of the software, which I can't deploy to a real server, and to which I can't attach workers. Which, from a brass-tacks point of view, means that I haven't be able to get it to work at all.

I'd be thrilled if you can make it less painful to install on a proper server. I totally would jump on board in a heartbeat. But I've already spent a couple days trying to make it work, and I just can't afford to throw more of my time at it right now, particularly since I already have a fully functional (albeit somewhat unpleasant and occasionally unreliable) Jenkins install, which only took me 20 minutes to set up and configure.

I'd be very interested in taking another look if and when the whole install process has been streamlined somewhat! There's lots of promise here; I just can't get into it.

jacques_chester9y ago

Speaking as a one-eyed Concourse fan, I think your remarks are fair and reasonable. My personal hope is that the binary version will be picked up by downstream channels (Homebrew, linux distros etc), which will simplify the experience for 99% of users.

kraig9y ago

Or a simple 'docker run'

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