I’ve added a couple prototypes to my prototype wiki. All of the templates, properties, and forms are protected from editing; however, you can still add/modify data. You can modify the functionality of the prototypes on my sandbox wiki, if you’d like to test things out. The two prototypes are a helpdesk system, and a datacenter inventory tracking system.

Helpdesk system prototype

I’ve made a fully functional helpdesk application using Semantic MediaWiki (SMW), Semantic Forms (SF), Semantic Tasks (ST), Semantic Result Formats (SRF), Parser Functions, and Dynamic Sidebar. As an anonymous user, you can search, and view tickets; as a logged-in user, you can create tickets, and act as a supporter. The helpdesk also supports supporter groups, which are used for email notification, and for getting lists of tickets pertaining to your group.

The response times on my site have been getting gradually worse over time, and I’ve simply been unhappy with the service I’ve gotten from my shared host; so, I’ve moved my site to an EC2 instance. A plus to this, is that I’ll finally be able to start keeping my prototype and sandbox wikis up to date, and in proper demo mode. Expect to see some Semantic MediaWiki demos, and demos of some of my newer extensions.

The documentation for this is somewhat scattered around the net; so, since I had to do this today, I thought I’d share it for others.

Create the disks in the Virtual Infrastructure Client

1. Right click on the guest, click “Edit Settings…”
2. Under the “Hardware” tab, click “Add”
3. For the device type, select “Hard Disk”, click “Next”, and “Next” again
4. Specify the size of your disk, optionally enable Thin Provisioning, and click “Next”, “Next”, “Finish”, “Ok”

Re-scan the scsi bus for new hardware

1. cat /proc/partitions
   1. Note the list of devices
2. sudo apt-get install scsitools