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At 5:53 PM -0400 9/2/08, Michael R. Gettes wrote:
> Here's my concern with the comanage environment presented thus far...
>
> in order for me to play with comanage as it is now -

can someone point me toward the current "install for a test drive" 
instructions?

>  I need to
> integrate and configure the shib SP environment just to be able
> to see and play with comanage - seems to be a high-ish barrier
> to entry.  May I suggest we either provide a network version of
> COmanage (as I had done with comanage.internet2.edu) OR you
> preconfigure the VM to use localhost only for shib SP and credentials
> thus allowing me to immediately experience comanage and then
> maybe provide a config option allowing me to easily integrate
> into my own shib environment.  Does this make sense?

Shib is heading toward the VM route -- at the May Shib installfest, 
we told people to bring VMWare Player, and we gave them an image. 
This worked very well.  I believe we're headed toward making an image 
available on our website; we'll tell people "download this, and take 
it for a test drive".

I believe this is Michael's second suggestion above? I'd second this 
approach....