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Sturm: /* Install MediaGoblin Prerequisites */

2020-05-11T03:52:13Z

Install MediaGoblin Prerequisites

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	[[Configure MediaGoblin]]		[[Configure MediaGoblin]]
	<pre>cp paste.ini paste_local.ini		<pre>cp paste.ini paste_local.ini
	cp mediagoblin.ini ~~mediagoblin_local~~.ini</pre>		cp mediagoblin.example.ini mediagoblin.ini</pre>

	Edit paste_local.ini to ~~point to mediagoblin_local.ini and~~ allow remote connections		Edit paste_local.ini to allow remote connections
	<pre>-~~config~~ = ~~%(here)s/mediagoblin~~.~~ini~~		<pre>-host = 127.0.0.1
	+config = %(here)s/mediagoblin_local.ini
	-host = 127.0.0.1
	+host = 0.0.0.0</pre>		+host = 0.0.0.0</pre>

Willkg: fixing the tag

2012-08-01T13:55:33Z

fixing the tag

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Willkg: this page is sooooo old. tagging it with needs work because it needs serious updating.

2012-08-01T13:55:10Z

this page is sooooo old. tagging it with needs work because it needs serious updating.

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	= Motivation =		= Motivation =

Cfdv: /* Prepare instance for bundling into a public AMI */

2011-08-21T02:25:11Z

Prepare instance for bundling into a public AMI

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	<pre>sudo find / -name "authorized_keys" -print -exec rm {} \;</pre>		<pre>sudo find / -name "authorized_keys" -print -exec rm {} \;</pre>

	Verify you can not ~~login~~ to the instance anymore		Verify you can not log in to the instance anymore
	<pre>me@myhomemachine:~$ ssh -i $(KEY_PATH) ubuntu@ec2-##-##-##-##.compute-1.amazonaws.com		<pre>me@myhomemachine:~$ ssh -i $(KEY_PATH) ubuntu@ec2-##-##-##-##.compute-1.amazonaws.com
	##Permission denied (publickey).</pre>		##Permission denied (publickey).</pre>

Cfdv: /* Motivation */

2011-08-13T02:53:16Z

Motivation

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	== Get your favorite distribution to fit in less than 10 Gb volume size ==		== Get your favorite distribution to fit in less than 10 Gb volume size ==

	Ubuntu makes this easy. Start with an official EC2 Ubuntu instance in us-east: ami-61be7908. Other [http://ubuntutym2.u-toyama.ac.jp/uec-images/lucid/20110719/ official Ubuntu AMIs] are also available		Ubuntu makes this easy. Start with an official EC2 Ubuntu instance in us-east: [https://console.aws.amazon.com/ec2/home?region=us-east-1#launchAmi=ami-61be7908 ami-61be7908]. Other [http://ubuntutym2.u-toyama.ac.jp/uec-images/lucid/20110719/ official Ubuntu AMIs] are also available

	Login to this fresh instance using [http://aws.amazon.com/archives/Amazon-EC2/5673744618146887 EC2 tools]		Login to this fresh instance using [http://aws.amazon.com/archives/Amazon-EC2/5673744618146887 EC2 tools]

Cfdv: /* Motivation */

2011-08-12T22:41:07Z

Motivation

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	= Motivation =		= Motivation =

	If you want to give MediaGoblin a try, but would prefer to run it on someone else's machine for a while, then you may be interested in spinning up an [http://aws.amazon.com/ec2/ EC2] instance from an [http://aws.amazon.com/amis AMI] pre-loaded with MediaGoblin. The following recipe should make a public MediaGoblin AMI. Make your own or skip ahead Martha Stewart style to [https://console.aws.amazon.com/ec2/home?region=us-east-1#launchAmi=ami-3bf33252 ami-3bf33252]		If you want to give MediaGoblin a try, but would prefer to run it on someone else's machine for a while, then you may be interested in spinning up an [http://aws.amazon.com/ec2/ EC2] instance from an [http://aws.amazon.com/amis AMI] pre-loaded with MediaGoblin. The following [http://aws.amazon.com/articles/0155828273219400 recipe] should make a public MediaGoblin AMI. Make your own or skip ahead Martha Stewart style to [https://console.aws.amazon.com/ec2/home?region=us-east-1#launchAmi=ami-3bf33252 ami-3bf33252]

	== Get your favorite distribution to fit in less than 10 Gb volume size ==		== Get your favorite distribution to fit in less than 10 Gb volume size ==

Cfdv: /* Motivation */

2011-08-12T22:13:08Z

Motivation

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	= Motivation =		= Motivation =

	If you want to give MediaGoblin a try, but would prefer to run it on someone else's machine for a while, then you may be interested in spinning up an [http://aws.amazon.com/ec2/ EC2] instance from an AMI pre-loaded with MediaGoblin. The following recipe should make a public MediaGoblin AMI. Make your own or skip ahead Martha Stewart style to [https://console.aws.amazon.com/ec2/home?region=us-east-1#launchAmi=ami-3bf33252 ami-3bf33252]		If you want to give MediaGoblin a try, but would prefer to run it on someone else's machine for a while, then you may be interested in spinning up an [http://aws.amazon.com/ec2/ EC2] instance from an [http://aws.amazon.com/amis AMI] pre-loaded with MediaGoblin. The following recipe should make a public MediaGoblin AMI. Make your own or skip ahead Martha Stewart style to [https://console.aws.amazon.com/ec2/home?region=us-east-1#launchAmi=ami-3bf33252 ami-3bf33252]

	== Get your favorite distribution to fit in less than 10 Gb volume size ==		== Get your favorite distribution to fit in less than 10 Gb volume size ==

Cfdv: /* Motivation */

2011-08-12T22:12:11Z

Motivation

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	= Motivation =		= Motivation =

	If you want to give MediaGoblin a try, but would prefer to run it on someone else's machine for a while, then you may be interested in spinning up an EC2 instance from an AMI pre-loaded with MediaGoblin. The following recipe should make a public MediaGoblin AMI. Make your own or skip ahead Martha Stewart style to [https://console.aws.amazon.com/ec2/home?region=us-east-1#launchAmi=ami-3bf33252 ami-3bf33252]		If you want to give MediaGoblin a try, but would prefer to run it on someone else's machine for a while, then you may be interested in spinning up an [http://aws.amazon.com/ec2/ EC2] instance from an AMI pre-loaded with MediaGoblin. The following recipe should make a public MediaGoblin AMI. Make your own or skip ahead Martha Stewart style to [https://console.aws.amazon.com/ec2/home?region=us-east-1#launchAmi=ami-3bf33252 ami-3bf33252]

	== Get your favorite distribution to fit in less than 10 Gb volume size ==		== Get your favorite distribution to fit in less than 10 Gb volume size ==

Cfdv: moved Amazon Free Tier to Virtual Machine Hosting: original title suggests the link would go to an amazon page...

2011-08-12T22:01:36Z

moved Amazon Free Tier to Virtual Machine Hosting: original title suggests the link would go to an amazon page...

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Cfdv: Created page with "= Motivation = If you want to give MediaGoblin a try, but would prefer to run it on someone else's machine for a while, then you may be interested in spinning up an EC2 instance..."

2011-08-12T21:38:02Z

Created page with "= Motivation = If you want to give MediaGoblin a try, but would prefer to run it on someone else's machine for a while, then you may be interested in spinning up an EC2 instance..."

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= Motivation =

If you want to give MediaGoblin a try, but would prefer to run it on someone else's machine for a while, then you may be interested in spinning up an EC2 instance from an AMI pre-loaded with MediaGoblin. The following recipe should make a public MediaGoblin AMI. Make your own or skip ahead Martha Stewart style to [https://console.aws.amazon.com/ec2/home?region=us-east-1#launchAmi=ami-3bf33252 ami-3bf33252]

== Get your favorite distribution to fit in less than 10 Gb volume size ==

Ubuntu makes this easy. Start with an official EC2 Ubuntu instance in us-east: ami-61be7908. Other [http://ubuntutym2.u-toyama.ac.jp/uec-images/lucid/20110719/ official Ubuntu AMIs] are also available

Login to this fresh instance using [http://aws.amazon.com/archives/Amazon-EC2/5673744618146887 EC2 tools]
<pre>me@myhomemachine:~$ ssh -i $(KEY_PATH) ubuntu@ec2-##-##-##-##.compute-1.amazonaws.com</pre>

Once logged in, update the links to package updating materials
<pre>sudo apt-get update</pre>

Then run the package manager to download and install the latest patches
<pre>sudo apt-get -u upgrade</pre>

Reboot from the EC2 instance manager. Then log in and install any remaining upgrades
<pre>sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get -u upgrade</pre>

== Limit remote access to improve security ==

Disable password-based login by editing /etc/ssh/sshd_config to explicitly disallow it.
<pre>+# Disable password-based login
+PasswordAuthentication no</pre>

Also remove this moot parameter
<pre>-# To enable empty passwords, change to yes (NOT RECOMMENDED)
-PermitEmptyPasswords no</pre>

Reboot the ssh server
<pre>sudo restart ssh</pre>

Disable root login, and specify login by ubuntu only by editing /etc/ssh/sshd_config
<pre>-PermitRootLogin yes
+PermitRootLogin no
+AllowUsers ubuntu</pre>

Reboot the ssh server
<pre>sudo restart ssh</pre>

== Install MediaGoblin Prerequisites ==

Setup directory for mediagoblin source code
<pre>mkdir src
cd src</pre>

The following matches the [[HackingHowto]] except for how mongodb is installed. MongoDB is only at version 1.2.2 in Lucid 10.04, which the original AMI is based on, but MediaGoblin requires v1.3+
<pre>sudo apt-get install git-core python python-dev python-lxml</pre>

[http://www.mongodb.org/display/DOCS/Ubuntu+and+Debian+packages Get the latest mongodb]

First get the gpg key for the 10gen repository
<pre>sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv 7F0CEB10</pre>

Add the 10gen repository to the list of apt sources by editing /etc/apt/sources.list
<pre>+deb http://downloads-distro.mongodb.org/repo/ubuntu-upstart dist 10gen</pre>

Install mongodb
<pre>sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install mongodb-10gen</pre>

Fetch the mediagoblin code from the git repository, buildout, and test
<pre>git clone git://gitorious.org/mediagoblin/mediagoblin.git
cd mediagoblin
python bootstrap.py && ./bin/buildout
./runtests.sh
###Ran 45 tests in 12.160s ... OK!</pre>

Install sendmail
<pre>sudo apt-get install sendmail</pre>

[[Configure MediaGoblin]]
<pre>cp paste.ini paste_local.ini
cp mediagoblin.ini mediagoblin_local.ini</pre>

Edit paste_local.ini to point to mediagoblin_local.ini and allow remote connections
<pre>-config = %(here)s/mediagoblin.ini
+config = %(here)s/mediagoblin_local.ini
-host = 127.0.0.1
+host = 0.0.0.0</pre>

== Prepare instance for bundling into a public AMI ==

The instance you've built so far is currently configured to accept your private key as a login. Lock yourself out now...or don't, and see if anyone notices. It's your call.

Find and remove your public key
<pre>sudo find / -name "authorized_keys" -print -exec rm {} \;</pre>

Verify you can not login to the instance anymore
<pre>me@myhomemachine:~$ ssh -i $(KEY_PATH) ubuntu@ec2-##-##-##-##.compute-1.amazonaws.com
##Permission denied (publickey).</pre>

Take a snapshot, convert the snapshot to an AMI, then set the AMI permissions to public.