Sheester Xen VM Linux Install Notes

installation on XenCenter linux server:

Debian etch

Using the Xen admin console, provision a new etch VM
Configure Networking:

edit /etc/network/interfaces
copy from existing xen image
note that the 'internal' interface may be configured as eth0 - in which case you need to setup eth1 as your external interface
copy over resolv.conf and hosts file from existing xen image
setup attached storage -- if you configure additional virtual disks in the Xen Admin console, then you still need to configure your VM manually to mount the disks:

find device name in Xen Admin console/Virtual Disks/Device Path (ie; /dev/xvdc)
edit mtab and fstab, copy exising line for xvda, adjust to taste...
you'll need a mount point in root directory like /data, so mkdir in root

install packages using apt-get
pull down a tarball of /usr/bin/ExtenXLS360 directory from a working server, untar and you should be good to go.
setup jikes compiler:
apt-get install jikes
copy over the e360 shell script from /etc/init.d on a working server

Notes on procedure for setting up e360 using the Java installer:

use FTP to fetch installer apt-get install ftpd

- need to disable/remove db.extentech.com from installer build

- be sure there is no usertoken or AWS info in the installer build

- shortcut lnks do not seem to exec app from home dir

- globals/java_path is still: C:/Program Files/... should be /jre/

- need to include in /jre/bin/: The javac bytecode compiler, consisting of the following files:

bin/javac [Solaris(TM) Operating System and Linux] bin/sparcv9/javac [Solaris Operating System (SPARC(R) Platform Edition)] bin/amd64/javac [Solaris Operating System (AMD)] bin/javac.exe [Microsoft Windows] lib/tools.jar [All platforms]

- javac file needs to have execute permissions

- old problem of no linux right-click still exists

- login perspective goes away

- max_db_retries seems not to work right

- strange files in root?