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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


Choose an Instance Type e.g. T4g small
Choose an Instance Type e.g. T4g small or T3a small


ADD Storage
ADD Storage


15 GM storage
30 GB storage


Also make sure that Delete on Termination is unchecked.




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Follow direction in   
Follow direction in   
https://webwork.maa.org/wiki/WeBWorK_2.16_Ubuntu_Server_20.04_LTS_Amazon_Machine_Image
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


Security groups have to be setup from the AMS dashboard
Security groups have to be setup from the AWS dashboard


add the wwadmin user
add the wwadmin user
sudo aduser wwadmin


sudo adduser wwadmin


Install WW following https://webwork.maa.org/wiki/Installation_Manual_for_2.16_on_Ubuntu
 
Install WW following  
# [[Installation_Manual_for_2.17_on_Ubuntu]]
and
# [[Create WeBWorK Virtual Machine (.OVA) File]]


Before configuring WeBWork, set the server time zone  
Before configuring WeBWork, set the server time zone  
sudo timedatectl set-timezone America/New_York
sudo timedatectl set-timezone America/New_York


Configure WeBWorK, set URL to ip address in site.conf for testing.  Set to aws.apizer.org and use Google domains to forward to ip address.
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
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
Create the AMI see https://docs.aws.amazon.com/toolkit-for-visual-studio/latest/user-guide/tkv-create-ami-from-instance.html


===Follow the standard instructions===
====site.conf and localoverrides.conf====
# use the ip address (e.g. 192.168.201.128) everywhere. Do not use localhost
# set password for webworkWrite (wwadmin)
=== set up MyTestCourse===
# add practice users and jsmith/jsmith to myTestCourse
# add profa
# add the standard sets to myTestCourse
===Implement all options A-E ===
====Clean up the system====
* rm apache's error.log's in /var/log/apache2/
* rm apache's access.log's in /var/log/apache2/
* rm webwork's timing.log's in /opt/webwork/webwork2/logs/
* Remove unneeded backup's in /opt/webwork/webwork2/conf/
* Remove contents of /var/www/html/wwtmp/
wwadmin@wwserver:~$ du -sh /var/cache/apt/archives/
du: cannot read directory '/var/cache/apt/archives/partial': Permission denied
71M    /var/cache/apt/archives/
wwadmin@wwserver:~$ sudo apt clean
[sudo] password for wwadmin:
wwadmin@wwserver:~$ du -sh /var/cache/apt/archives/
du: cannot read directory '/var/cache/apt/archives/partial': Permission denied
44K    /var/cache/apt/archives/
sudo apt autoremove --purge
====Remove openssh-server====
Keeeo openssh
sudo apt remove openssh-sftp-server
sudo apt autoremove
====Reset CPU's amd Memory====
Set the memory to 4 GB and processors to 2
===Export to an .ova file===
====Workstation Player====
Find the path to your VM.
Open a command prompt as administrator
cd E:\Programs\VMware\OVFTool\


Enter
ovftool “C:\the path to your VM\your VMname.vmx”  c:\new directory\name.ova


[[Category:Developers]]
[[Category:Developers]]
[[Category:Administrators]]
[[Category:Administrators]]

Latest revision as of 16:28, 12 August 2024

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

30 GB 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 AWS dashboard

add the wwadmin user

sudo adduser wwadmin


Install WW following

  1. Installation_Manual_for_2.17_on_Ubuntu

and

  1. Create WeBWorK Virtual Machine (.OVA) File

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

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