Gentoo

The Gentoo OS is a simply OS that can be use for a personal computer or for a server. After installing a Gentoo computer, it is possibly to customize it to include a XWCH Worker. But, it is also possibly to configure a dedicated computer to server as a XWCH Worker and even more as a XWCH Relay.

The Gentoo OS should be consider when you need to deploy high performance Worker. Using Relay running on Gentoo should be consider when high availability is needed.

• The Gentoo Worker is a special version of the standard Worker that is available with the usage of a Portage overlay. This allow a simply (and transparent) installation using the standard way on Gentoo.
• The Gentoo Relay is a special version of the standard Relay that is available with a Portage overlay. This relay can work transparently and safely on computer for a very long time.
• A livecd based on Gentoo is also available.

A number of special feature is available for the Gentoo platform. These features are adapted to be as most as possibly compliant with the Gentoo Standard. A big difference between the program that are available and the way that Gentoo work is the fact that the packages are binary packages.

The Gentoo version of the program use the specifically application java-config to locate the java application and the dynamic library that are needed. The start-stop-daemon application is used to start the services.

The Gentoo version contains special security issues. Theses features ensure that program run safely.

Actually, only the Worker and the Relay are available on Gentoo. The Dispatcher is not yet available (thru portage overlay) for Gentoo but it should be possibly to install the dispatcher by hand. The Livecd can be use to deploy fast worker for XWCH.