We had a little talk on #jenkins:
frankbille: the basic idea is good
[10:47pm] frankbille: but since I'm using ubuntu linux ami's
[10:48pm] francis4: is the default user different?
[10:48pm] frankbille: my user would be ubuntu
[10:48pm] francis4: ahh
[10:48pm] frankbille: my root would be /var/lib/jenkins or something
[10:48pm] francis4: can you comment on the JIRA?
[10:48pm] frankbille: since I don't like "Poluting" the /
[10:48pm] frankbille: of course
[10:49pm] francis4: maybe we can have a way to select a default template of sorts and support Amazon and Ubuntu
[10:49pm] francis4: or maybe /var/lib/jenkins is sensible for all flavors
[10:49pm] frankbille: I don't disagree with the approach
[10:49pm] frankbille: maybe it is only the user that set me off
[10:50pm] frankbille: if we made home as /var/lib/jenkins it would be fine to have ec2-user/ubuntu/whatever as user
[10:50pm] francis4: maybe just improving the help would help (and picking ec2-user and making the suggestion for others in the help, since the user is effectively required)
[10:51pm] frankbille: +1 on improving help!!
So it might be difficult to have some sensible defaults because it depends on when linux flavor is used. A better help description will for sure improve the ease of understanding.
We had a little talk on #jenkins:
frankbille: the basic idea is good
[10:47pm] frankbille: but since I'm using ubuntu linux ami's
[10:48pm] francis4: is the default user different?
[10:48pm] frankbille: my user would be ubuntu
[10:48pm] francis4: ahh
[10:48pm] frankbille: my root would be /var/lib/jenkins or something
[10:48pm] francis4: can you comment on the JIRA?
[10:48pm] frankbille: since I don't like "Poluting" the /
[10:48pm] frankbille: of course
[10:49pm] francis4: maybe we can have a way to select a default template of sorts and support Amazon and Ubuntu
[10:49pm] francis4: or maybe /var/lib/jenkins is sensible for all flavors
[10:49pm] frankbille: I don't disagree with the approach
[10:49pm] frankbille: maybe it is only the user that set me off
[10:50pm] frankbille: if we made home as /var/lib/jenkins it would be fine to have ec2-user/ubuntu/whatever as user
[10:50pm] francis4: maybe just improving the help would help (and picking ec2-user and making the suggestion for others in the help, since the user is effectively required)
[10:51pm] frankbille: +1 on improving help!!
So it might be difficult to have some sensible defaults because it depends on when linux flavor is used. A better help description will for sure improve the ease of understanding.