Setting up Elgg VM on CedeusGeoNode

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Elgg VM setup

  1. copying basicubunutu1404.vdi file and renaming to elgg.vdi
  2. creating the tilestream VM on CedeusDB (ip.18):
    • VBoxManage createvm --name elgg --ostype Ubuntu_64 --register
    • VBoxManage modifyvm elgg --memory 4096
    • VBoxManage modifyvm elgg --cpus 4
    • VBoxManage modifyvm elgg --nic1 nat
    • VBoxManage storagectl elgg --name "SATA Controller" --add sata --controller IntelAhci
    • assign the (old) disk image a new uuid
      VBoxManage internalcommands sethduuid elgg.vdi
    • attach the (old) disk image:
      VBoxManage storageattach "elgg" --storagectl "SATA Controller" --port 0 --device 0 --type hdd --medium elgg.vdi
    • VBoxManage storagectl elgg --name "IDE Controller" --add ide --controller PIIX4
    • set the nat rules (ports):
      VBoxManage modifyvm elgg --natpf1 "ssh,tcp,,15022,,22"
      VBoxManage modifyvm elgg --natpf1 "apache,tcp,,15080,,80"
  3. optional - set VRDE port:
    • VBoxManage modifyvm elgg --vrdeport 7765 (Note: 3389 is the default port anyway)
  4. start the VM
    VBoxHeadless -s elgg --vrde on &
    the VM will listen on port 7765
  5. The following step do not seem to be necessary with Ubuntu 14.04 and new VirtualBox - however, are necesary for 12.04. But if so: connect with VRD and adjust network card settings (remember the existing VM have an old password)
    • open /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules and comment out existing network adapters
    • reboot
    • check if ssh connection works

Elgg Setup

General Docs: http://learn.elgg.org/en/latest/

Install docs: http://learn.elgg.org/en/latest/intro/install.html

  • Elgg needs LAMPS (MySQL 5+, PHP 5.3.3+), so:
  • check what software packages are installed on the VM with dpkg -l
=> looks like 14.04 comes with MySQL 5.5 and PHP 5.5
  • Apache rewrite module should be enabled too (not sure how to check this, will just try)
  • downnload Elgg from http://elgg.org/download.php => I downloaded 1.8.19, the latest available and stable (= non RC) version