Running MID Server on Local Virtual Machine for Personal Instance?

[Luke Van Epen]

I'm wondering if it's practical/possible to spin up a MID server for my personal developer instance, using a Linux VM through something like OracleBox or VMWare? 

Linux because it's free, and VM because I still want to simulate a machine that isn't my work laptop. I don't have a lot of experience with MID server management and I'd like to play around/practice various things. 

Are there any special considerations here?

[Jeff Currier]

Yes, this is totally possible.  You might not want to do this for production depending on the stability of those solutions in your environment, but with your Personal Developer Instance this should be good for testing.  You will need to follow the normal Linux MID server install steps.

[DaveHertel · Accepted solution]

Hi -

  Yes, you can install a MID on either Linux-based or Windows-based machines and running on a VM in a test environment is a common approach to test & learn.   Note, a Linux-based MID can NOT discover Windows-based machines (doesn't do WMI stuff).  So if you want to explore Discovery or Service Mapping, you'll need a windows-based MID to discovery Windows machines.

Note, If installing on LONDON you need to install JRE version 8 BEFORE installing the mid server.  The installer/guided installed doesn't do a great job of explaining this.... so just be aware.   Prior to London, the JRE was installed automatically for you (so this wasn't a separate step).

Does this help? Hope so..