Difference between revisions of "Setting up osgeo vm"
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# check here on how to detach the medium use: <pre>VBoxManage storageattach osgeo --storagectl "IDE Controller" --port 1 --device 0 --type dvddrive --medium none</pre> | # check here on how to detach the medium use: <pre>VBoxManage storageattach osgeo --storagectl "IDE Controller" --port 1 --device 0 --type dvddrive --medium none</pre> | ||
# shutting down the vm per vboxmanage : <pre>VBoxManage controlvm <uuid>|<name> pause|resume|reset|poweroff|savestate|acpipowerbutton|acpisleepbutton</pre> | # shutting down the vm per vboxmanage : <pre>VBoxManage controlvm <uuid>|<name> pause|resume|reset|poweroff|savestate|acpipowerbutton|acpisleepbutton</pre> | ||
− | # tomcat 6 can be found in /usr/share/tomcat6/bin. However, the start/stop command is simply: <pre>sudo service tomcat6 start</pre> Check out: [http://hendrelouw73.wordpress.com/2012/06/06/how-to-install-apache-tomcat-6-0-35-on-ubuntu-12-04-linux/ Blog: How to instal Tomcat 6 on Ubuntu 12.04]. Also, don't forget to create uses for the manager interface (see [http://www.mkyong.com/tomcat/tomcat-default-administrator-password/ here]) | + | # tomcat 6 can be found in /usr/share/tomcat6/bin. However, the start/stop command is simply: <pre>sudo service tomcat6 start</pre> Check out: [http://hendrelouw73.wordpress.com/2012/06/06/how-to-install-apache-tomcat-6-0-35-on-ubuntu-12-04-linux/ Blog: How to instal Tomcat 6 on Ubuntu 12.04]. Also, don't forget to create uses for the manager interface (see [http://www.mkyong.com/tomcat/tomcat-default-administrator-password/ here]). Finally, the right amount of memory can be assigned in the file ''/etc/tomcat6/tomcat6.conf''. |
# displaying catalina output: <pre>cd /var/lib/tomcat6</pre><pre>tail -f logs/catalina.out</pre> | # displaying catalina output: <pre>cd /var/lib/tomcat6</pre><pre>tail -f logs/catalina.out</pre> |
Revision as of 18:47, 28 November 2013
>> return Cedeus IDE
Setting up a OSGeo VirtualBox-VM on Lautaro with SuseLinux - but using command line (because creating the VM via the graphical interface vboxgtk did not work properly). The general documentation was taken from here: http://stdioe.blogspot.com/2012/01/creating-virtual-machine-with.html
Steps:
- install virtualbox on server/computer (done by Daniel, needs admin rights of course)
- create a VM based on Ubuntu:
VBoxManage createvm --name osgeo --ostype Ubuntu --register
- check it is there:
VBoxManage showvminfo osgeo
- set the memory/ram:
VBoxManage modifyvm osgeo --memory 8192
(which is 8GB) - check the memory/ram:
VBoxManage showvminfo osgeo | grep "Memory size"
- set the number of cpu's to use (here 4):
VBoxManage modifyvm osgeo --cpus 4
- set the network connection/routing
VBoxManage modifyvm osgeo --nic1 nat
Here we use 'nat'-ing instead of a bridge - create a harddisk of 100GB size:
VBoxManage createhd --filename osgeo.vdi --size 100000
- define the VM's disk controller:
VBoxManage storagectl osgeo --name "SATA Controller" --add sata --controller IntelAhci
- mount the disk:
VBoxManage storageattach "osgeo" --storagectl "SATA Controller" --port 0 --device 0 --type hdd --medium osgeo.vdi
- check if everything is there:
VBoxManage showvminfo osgeo
- add DVD device:
VBoxManage storagectl osgeo --name "IDE Controller" --add ide --controller PIIX4
- load the DVD device with the Ubuntu VM/osgeo iso file:
VBoxManage storageattach osgeo --storagectl "IDE Controller" --port 1 --device 0 --type dvddrive --medium yyy/osgeolive7.iso
- starting VM
VBoxHeadless -s osgeo -n -m 7777 &
The -s is for start, 7777 defines the port for conecting with VNC, and the & is for keeping the VM running when I disconnect from the server. Headless actually means, that we have no monitor... - don't forget to install VNC Viewer (e.g. RealVNC), and then connect via the defined port - to "146.155.xx.xxx:7777"
- ... do a real install of the osgeo VM, etc.
- install ssh server
sudo apt-get install openssh-server
- how to do a mapping for ssh (& ftp), so that the guest VM can be reached from the host machine is described here: http://blogs.oracle.com/rmanus/entry/virtualbox_how_to_ftp_from
In particular one has to do the following:/usr/bin/VBoxManage setextradata name_of_vm "VBoxInternal/Devices/pcnet/0/LUN#0/Config/ssh/HostPort” 2222
/usr/bin/VBoxManage setextradata name_of_vm "VBoxInternal/Devices/pcnet/0/LUN#0/Config/ssh/GuestPort” 22
/usr/bin/VBoxManage setextradata name_of_vm "VBoxInternal/Devices/pcnet/0/LUN#0/Config/ssh/Protocol” "TCP"
These entries are then added to osgeo.vbox xml file. For ftp the port would be 21 instead of 22. To enable Apache, do the same but use: config folder "apache", HostPort "8888", GuestPort "80", Protocol "TCP", e.g. (as one line):VBoxManage modifyvm osgeo --natpf1 "apache,tcp,,8888,,80"
- Note, if a "Error: failed to start machine. Error message: Configuration error: Failed to get the "MAC" value (VERR_CFGM_VALUE_NOT_FOUND)" appears, then it may be necessary to change the network adapter to PCnet-FAST III (Am79C973), according to this Blog entry
- check here on how to detach the medium use:
VBoxManage storageattach osgeo --storagectl "IDE Controller" --port 1 --device 0 --type dvddrive --medium none
- shutting down the vm per vboxmanage :
VBoxManage controlvm <uuid>|<name> pause|resume|reset|poweroff|savestate|acpipowerbutton|acpisleepbutton
- tomcat 6 can be found in /usr/share/tomcat6/bin. However, the start/stop command is simply:
sudo service tomcat6 start
Check out: Blog: How to instal Tomcat 6 on Ubuntu 12.04. Also, don't forget to create uses for the manager interface (see here). Finally, the right amount of memory can be assigned in the file /etc/tomcat6/tomcat6.conf. - displaying catalina output:
cd /var/lib/tomcat6
tail -f logs/catalina.out