WebObjects in the Cloud!

WebObjects is a full stack, Java based web application framework from Apple. It is available, for free, as part of the Xcode Developer Tools included with Apple's Mac OS X operating system. Its hallmark features are its deep object-orientation, powerful database connectivity, and rapid prototyping tools.

Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) is a virtual computing environment which provides resizable compute capacity in the cloud. Based on the same technology that powers Amazon.com, it is a reliable, secure, and inexpensive way to quickly bootstrap a dynamically scalable server environment. EC2 changes the economics of computing by allowing you to pay only for capacity that you actually use reducing up front costs and making for a very cost effective solution for deploying your web applications.

WOlastic is a website dedicated to providing the documentation, tools, and images necessary to deploy WebObjects applications in the cloud.

Amazon Machine Images (AMI) for EC2

United States (us-east-1)

20090708     ami-0be80962
20090604     ami-0305e36a

Europe (eu-west-1)

20090708     ami-75b79f01
20090604     ami-8da088f9

The images above make it trivial to bootstrap a WebObjects deployment environment in Amazon EC2. They include everything you need (web server, java VM, load balancer, database(s), configuration and monitoring tools) to deploy a WebObjects application to the world in minutes without the need for expensive hardware or hosting services.

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