Difference between revisions of "Create WeBWorK Amazon Machine Image (AMI) File"
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Locate the current Ubuntu LTS AMI in http://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/locator/ec2/ and search us-east-2 and click on link |
Locate the current Ubuntu LTS AMI in http://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/locator/ec2/ and search us-east-2 and click on link |
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| − | Choose an Instance Type e.g. T4g small |
+ | Choose an Instance Type e.g. T4g small or T3a small |
ADD Storage |
ADD Storage |
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Follow direction in |
Follow direction in |
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| − | https://webwork.maa.org/wiki/WeBWorK_2. |
+ | https://webwork.maa.org/wiki/WeBWorK_2.17_Ubuntu_Server_22.04_LTS_Amazon_Machine_Image |
about adding security groups, etc |
about adding security groups, etc |
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add the wwadmin user |
add the wwadmin user |
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| − | sudo aduser wwadmin |
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| + | sudo adduser wwadmin |
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| − | Install WW following https://webwork.maa.org/wiki/Installation_Manual_for_2.16_on_Ubuntu |
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| + | Install WW following |
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| + | # [[Installation_Manual_for_2.17_on_Ubuntu]] |
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| + | # [[Create WeBWorK Virtual Machine (.OVA) File]] |
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Before configuring WeBWork, set the server time zone |
Before configuring WeBWork, set the server time zone |
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sudo timedatectl set-timezone America/New_York |
sudo timedatectl set-timezone America/New_York |
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| − | Configure WeBWorK, set URL to ip address in site.conf |
+ | Configure WeBWorK, set URL to ip address in site.conf. Use Google domains to forward aws.apizer.org to ip address for testing. |
| + | Note using aws.apizer.org in site.conf caused errors in the Library Browser. |
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Set up HW sets with due dates, class lists, etc the same way as in current AMI's or the current virtual machine image |
Set up HW sets with due dates, class lists, etc the same way as in current AMI's or the current virtual machine image |
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Create the AMI see https://docs.aws.amazon.com/toolkit-for-visual-studio/latest/user-guide/tkv-create-ami-from-instance.html |
Create the AMI see https://docs.aws.amazon.com/toolkit-for-visual-studio/latest/user-guide/tkv-create-ami-from-instance.html |
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| − | ===Follow the standard instructions=== |
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| − | ====site.conf and localoverrides.conf==== |
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| − | # use the ip address (e.g. 192.168.201.128) everywhere. Do not use localhost |
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| − | # set password for webworkWrite (wwadmin) |
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| − | === set up MyTestCourse=== |
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| − | # add practice users and jsmith/jsmith to myTestCourse |
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| − | # add profa |
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| − | # add the standard sets to myTestCourse |
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| − | ===Implement all options A-E === |
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| − | ====Clean up the system==== |
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| − | * rm apache's error.log's in /var/log/apache2/ |
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| − | * rm apache's access.log's in /var/log/apache2/ |
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| − | * rm webwork's timing.log's in /opt/webwork/webwork2/logs/ |
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| − | * Remove unneeded backup's in /opt/webwork/webwork2/conf/ |
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| − | * Remove contents of /var/www/html/wwtmp/ |
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| − | wwadmin@wwserver:~$ du -sh /var/cache/apt/archives/ |
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| − | du: cannot read directory '/var/cache/apt/archives/partial': Permission denied |
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| − | 71M /var/cache/apt/archives/ |
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| − | wwadmin@wwserver:~$ sudo apt clean |
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| − | [sudo] password for wwadmin: |
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| − | wwadmin@wwserver:~$ du -sh /var/cache/apt/archives/ |
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| − | du: cannot read directory '/var/cache/apt/archives/partial': Permission denied |
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| − | 44K /var/cache/apt/archives/ |
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| − | sudo apt autoremove --purge |
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| − | ====Remove openssh-server==== |
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| − | Keeeo openssh |
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| − | sudo apt remove openssh-sftp-server |
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| − | sudo apt autoremove |
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| − | ====Reset CPU's amd Memory==== |
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| − | Set the memory to 4 GB and processors to 2 |
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| − | ===Export to an .ova file=== |
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| − | ====Workstation Player==== |
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| − | Find the path to your VM. |
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| − | Open a command prompt as administrator |
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| − | cd E:\Programs\VMware\OVFTool\ |
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| − | Enter |
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| − | ovftool “C:\the path to your VM\your VMname.vmx” c:\new directory\name.ova |
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[[Category:Developers]] |
[[Category:Developers]] |
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Latest revision as of 14:58, 5 September 2023
Instructions for creating a WeBWorK Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
Log into EC2 Dashboard
Locate the current Ubuntu LTS AMI in http://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/locator/ec2/ and search us-east-2 and click on link
Choose an Instance Type e.g. T4g small or T3a small
ADD Storage
20 GM storage
Launch
Follow direction in https://webwork.maa.org/wiki/WeBWorK_2.17_Ubuntu_Server_22.04_LTS_Amazon_Machine_Image about adding security groups, etc
Security groups have to be setup from the AMS dashboard
add the wwadmin user
sudo adduser wwadmin
Install WW following
and
Before configuring WeBWork, set the server time zone
sudo timedatectl set-timezone America/New_York
Configure WeBWorK, set URL to ip address in site.conf. Use Google domains to forward aws.apizer.org to ip address for testing. Note using aws.apizer.org in site.conf caused errors in the Library Browser.
Set up HW sets with due dates, class lists, etc the same way as in current AMI's or the current virtual machine image
Create the AMI see https://docs.aws.amazon.com/toolkit-for-visual-studio/latest/user-guide/tkv-create-ami-from-instance.html
