A JumpBox is a virtual appliance that bundles a server based application along with all of its dependancies (database, operating system, libraries and management interface) into a single pre-configured unit.
JumpBox will make deploying that application drop dead simple and gives you a working application in minutes for what would normally take hours.
Joomla! is one of the most powerful Content Management Systems in existence and is used widely around the world. This JumpBox includes Joomla!.
Here are some key features of "JumpBox for Joomla":
· An intuitive user interface to quickly guide users through deployment.
· A web-based control panel for simplified management of system functions.
· A backup system that enables data security and portability.
Requirements:
· Virtualization software. Either VMWare, Xen or Parallels. If you don't have virtualization software already you can also download the free VMWare player.
· 3GB Free disk space
· Minimum 1GB System RAM (Virtual Machine uses 256MB) Beta 0.9
What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]
· Updated to Joomla 2.5.4
· This release fixes over 150 issues. See the full release notes for detail: http://www.joomla.org/announcements/release-news/5418-joomla-254-released.html
· It should be possible to restore backups from the JumpBox for Joomla 1.6.x version 0.9 or higher in order to upgrade to this release.