Education Systems developer VMs

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What is an Education Systems VM

A Education Systems VM is a virtual Windows 7 PC that is fully pre-configured with all the standard software tools that a software developer will need for developing software.

The hardware/software specifications for the virtual Windows 7 PC are as follows:

• HARDWARE

  Description	Configuration
  Operating System	Microsoft Windows 7 (64 bit)
  Number of CPUs	2
  Total memory	8 GB
  Hard drive	128 GB

• SOFTWARE

  Installed Software
  7-zip 9.20 x64
  Apache maven 3.0.5
  Apache tomcat 7.0.29
  CertAid 1.0.0
  CollabNetSubversion client 1.7.9-1
  Firefox 21.0
  Gaim 1.5.0
  gnu
  Internet Explorer Google toolbar
  Java SE Development Kit 6u27
  McAfee Virus Scan 8.8-p2
  myEclipse Professional 2013
  Notepad++ 6.3.3
  OpenSSL 1.0.1e x64
  Oracle OC4J 10.1.3.5.0 application server
  MIT securecrtfx 70 x64
  SQLDeveloper 3.2.20.09.87 x64
  Tuvoli Storage Manager (TSM)
  Tortoise SVN 1.7.12.24070 x64
  WinMerge 2.12.4

Request a ES developer VM

Send an email to csf-support@mit.edu using the subject line: Request for a VM.

Connecting to a ES developer VM

After you have submitted a Request a ES developer VM email and your request has been processed by csf-support, you will receive an email detailing how to connect to your new VM.

Configure a ES developer VM task list

1. CHANGE THE ESUSER PASSWORD!!!!
   
   
2. Open the file: C:\Users\esuser\AppData\Roaming\Subversion\config for editing.
   
   Find the line:
   

   ssh=C:/program Files/TortoiseSVN/bin/TortoisePlink.exe
   

   and change it to:

   ssh=C:/program Files/TortoiseSVN/bin/TortoisePlink.exe -l <username> -pw <password>
   

   where <username> is your Kerberos Principal and <password> is your Kerberos password.
   
   When you are satisfied that everything is correct, SAVE YOUR CHANGES.
   
   
3. Open the file: C:\oracle-oc4j-10.1.3.5.0-server\j2ee\home\config\datasources.xml for editing.
   
   Find the 2 lines:
   

   user="<DBusername>"
   password="<DBpassword>"
   

   and change <DBusername> to your DEV database user name and change <DBpassword> to your DEV database password.  The DBusername and DBpassword are different from your Kerberos username and Kerberos password.
   If you don't know what username and password to use, ask your team leader.
   
   When you are satisfied that everything is correct, SAVE YOUR CHANGES.
   
   
4. Open the file: C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\apache-tomcat-7.0.29\conf\context.xml for editing.
   
   Find the 2 lines:
   

   user="<DBusername>"
   password="<DBpassword>"
   

   and change <DBusername> to your DEV database user name and change <DBpassword> to your DEV database password.  The DBusername and DBpassword are different from your Kerberos username and Kerberos password.
   If you don't know what username and password to use, ask your team leader.
   
   When you are satisfied that everything is correct, SAVE YOUR CHANGES.
   

   The Install Tomcat 7 instructions gives an example on how to add a new Resource Definition (database connection) to Tomcat.

   
   
5. Open the SQL Developer application.
   
   In the Connections tab, right click on the dev database and select the properties option.
   In the Username field, change <DBusername> to your DEV database user name.
   In the Password field,  enter your DEV database password.
   When you are satisfied that everything is correct, SAVE YOUR CHANGES.
   
   In the Connections tab, right click on the test database and select the properties option.
   In the Username field, change <DBusername> to your TEST database user name.
   In the Password field, enter your TEST database password.
   When you are satisfied that everything is correct, SAVE YOUR CHANGES.
   
   
6. TSM has been pre-installed on your VM.  Use the TSM gui client (Backup-Archive GUI icon on your desktop) to schedule the backup of your VM.
   
   
7. Many of the Educational Systems applications require the use of Java Keystores (JKS). You may find that some of your keystores have expired. You may download the most current keystores at https://wikis.mit.edu/confluence/display/EduSys/Application+Certificates