Hello,

there are many projects supported by OSS community which claim to support AIX but they do it only in a limited fashion. Often the reason is a lack of access of developers/maintainers to any AIX machine. This may lead to piling of AIX-related issues in bug tracker which are just waiting there with no real progress.

I am unaware of any free AIX hosting, but I do know that temporary labs are an option for training purposes. Is there a process how to request a temporary access to a lab in order for investigate an issue in the code?

Thanks,

jose

Hello,

there are many projects supported by OSS community which claim to support AIX but they do it only in a limited fashion. Often the reason is a lack of access of developers/maintainers to any AIX machine. This may lead to piling of AIX-related issues in bug tracker which are just waiting there with no real progress.

I am unaware of any free AIX hosting, but I do know that temporary labs are an option for training purposes. Is there a process how to request a temporary access to a lab in order for investigate an issue in the code?

Thanks,

jose

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While it does not offer free access, the IBM Cloud PowerSC service gives you access to a few dollars (around 3 to 4 dollars) a day for a very small copy of AIX in a virtual machine.

See my YouTube video playlist for a quick introduction and full hands-on details of the setup and access.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyBeWf-n96A&list=PLKQlFnmiWVyeK1chlV8hFtHj7Y3plhW9d&pp=gAQB

As it has pre-setup access to the AIX open source Toolbox, the GNU compilers and Python etc., are a quick install away.

I hope this helps some projects.

Hello,

there are many projects supported by OSS community which claim to support AIX but they do it only in a limited fashion. Often the reason is a lack of access of developers/maintainers to any AIX machine. This may lead to piling of AIX-related issues in bug tracker which are just waiting there with no real progress.

I am unaware of any free AIX hosting, but I do know that temporary labs are an option for training purposes. Is there a process how to request a temporary access to a lab in order for investigate an issue in the code?

Thanks,

jose

I think you have a typo, shouldn't it be "IBM Cloud PowerVS"??

I'm sure that I've watched quite a few of your wonderful videos on the topic.

Phill.

While it does not offer free access, the IBM Cloud PowerSC service gives you access to a few dollars (around 3 to 4 dollars) a day for a very small copy of AIX in a virtual machine.

See my YouTube video playlist for a quick introduction and full hands-on details of the setup and access.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyBeWf-n96A&list=PLKQlFnmiWVyeK1chlV8hFtHj7Y3plhW9d&pp=gAQB

As it has pre-setup access to the AIX open source Toolbox, the GNU compilers and Python etc., are a quick install away.

I hope this helps some projects.

Hello,

there are many projects supported by OSS community which claim to support AIX but they do it only in a limited fashion. Often the reason is a lack of access of developers/maintainers to any AIX machine. This may lead to piling of AIX-related issues in bug tracker which are just waiting there with no real progress.

I am unaware of any free AIX hosting, but I do know that temporary labs are an option for training purposes. Is there a process how to request a temporary access to a lab in order for investigate an issue in the code?

Thanks,

jose

Phil,

You are absolutely correct I meant PowerVS = Power Virtual Server.

For anyone now confused by this thread, I was able to edit my entry PowerSC -> PowerVS.

ps: Thanks Phil for the correction and feedback.

I think you have a typo, shouldn't it be "IBM Cloud PowerVS"??

I'm sure that I've watched quite a few of your wonderful videos on the topic.

Phill.

While it does not offer free access, the IBM Cloud PowerSC service gives you access to a few dollars (around 3 to 4 dollars) a day for a very small copy of AIX in a virtual machine.

See my YouTube video playlist for a quick introduction and full hands-on details of the setup and access.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyBeWf-n96A&list=PLKQlFnmiWVyeK1chlV8hFtHj7Y3plhW9d&pp=gAQB

As it has pre-setup access to the AIX open source Toolbox, the GNU compilers and Python etc., are a quick install away.

I hope this helps some projects.

Hello,

there are many projects supported by OSS community which claim to support AIX but they do it only in a limited fashion. Often the reason is a lack of access of developers/maintainers to any AIX machine. This may lead to piling of AIX-related issues in bug tracker which are just waiting there with no real progress.

I am unaware of any free AIX hosting, but I do know that temporary labs are an option for training purposes. Is there a process how to request a temporary access to a lab in order for investigate an issue in the code?

Thanks,

jose

@Andrey I recall you had nice presentation about PowerVS and terraform usage for quick deployment. Might be good alternative to free lab for OSS develompent.

PowerVS is really great, no matter if you look for long-term environment or just ad hoc basis. 

Phil,

You are absolutely correct I meant PowerVS = Power Virtual Server.

For anyone now confused by this thread, I was able to edit my entry PowerSC -> PowerVS.

ps: Thanks Phil for the correction and feedback.

I think you have a typo, shouldn't it be "IBM Cloud PowerVS"??

I'm sure that I've watched quite a few of your wonderful videos on the topic.

Phill.

While it does not offer free access, the IBM Cloud PowerSC service gives you access to a few dollars (around 3 to 4 dollars) a day for a very small copy of AIX in a virtual machine.

See my YouTube video playlist for a quick introduction and full hands-on details of the setup and access.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyBeWf-n96A&list=PLKQlFnmiWVyeK1chlV8hFtHj7Y3plhW9d&pp=gAQB

As it has pre-setup access to the AIX open source Toolbox, the GNU compilers and Python etc., are a quick install away.

I hope this helps some projects.

Hello,

there are many projects supported by OSS community which claim to support AIX but they do it only in a limited fashion. Often the reason is a lack of access of developers/maintainers to any AIX machine. This may lead to piling of AIX-related issues in bug tracker which are just waiting there with no real progress.

I am unaware of any free AIX hosting, but I do know that temporary labs are an option for training purposes. Is there a process how to request a temporary access to a lab in order for investigate an issue in the code?

Thanks,

jose

@Jakub, do you mean this video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDg92qWgGAQ 

I presented it at IBM vTechU 2020.

@Andrey I recall you had nice presentation about PowerVS and terraform usage for quick deployment. Might be good alternative to free lab for OSS develompent.

PowerVS is really great, no matter if you look for long-term environment or just ad hoc basis. 

Phil,

You are absolutely correct I meant PowerVS = Power Virtual Server.

For anyone now confused by this thread, I was able to edit my entry PowerSC -> PowerVS.

ps: Thanks Phil for the correction and feedback.

I think you have a typo, shouldn't it be "IBM Cloud PowerVS"??

I'm sure that I've watched quite a few of your wonderful videos on the topic.

Phill.

While it does not offer free access, the IBM Cloud PowerSC service gives you access to a few dollars (around 3 to 4 dollars) a day for a very small copy of AIX in a virtual machine.

See my YouTube video playlist for a quick introduction and full hands-on details of the setup and access.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyBeWf-n96A&list=PLKQlFnmiWVyeK1chlV8hFtHj7Y3plhW9d&pp=gAQB

As it has pre-setup access to the AIX open source Toolbox, the GNU compilers and Python etc., are a quick install away.

I hope this helps some projects.

Hello,

there are many projects supported by OSS community which claim to support AIX but they do it only in a limited fashion. Often the reason is a lack of access of developers/maintainers to any AIX machine. This may lead to piling of AIX-related issues in bug tracker which are just waiting there with no real progress.

I am unaware of any free AIX hosting, but I do know that temporary labs are an option for training purposes. Is there a process how to request a temporary access to a lab in order for investigate an issue in the code?

Thanks,

jose