caGrid 1.4 Host Configuration

Step 1: Network

Once the VM is created and started the following instructions to enable networking.

These instructions apply to CentOS 5 Linux distribution.

1. Open network configuration GUI

   system-config-network-tui

   ## select eth0, return

   1. DHCP : deselect
   2. Static IP : <static_ip>
   3. Netmask = <netmask_ip>
   4. Default gateway IP = <gateway_ip>
2. edit resolv.conf

   vi /etc/resolv.conf

   ## Add search domain

   nameserver static_ip

3. Edit ifcgc-eth0

   vi /etc/sysconfig/networking/profiles/default/ifcfg-eth0

   ## Add "HOSTNAME=hostname.domain.org"

4. Edit /etc/hosts

   vi /etc/hosts

   ## Add "type_static_ip hostname.domain.org hostname"

Step 2: Accounts

One user account, "cagrid", was created with /home/cagrid as the home directory

Folder layout

Step 3: Software

Required software is based on the CBIIT Tech Stack

Manually Installed

1. Java 1.6.0_21
   1. Go to the following URL to select your Java distribution: [Sun JDK 1.6.0_21 Download Site]
   2. Follow install instructions.
2. caGrid 1.4 Installer
   

    $ wget http://gforge.nci.nih.gov/frs/download.php/6860/caGrid-installer-1.4.0.1.zip --no-check-certificate $ unzip caGrid-installer-1.4.0.1.zip -d ~/ext/.
   

3. MySQL 5.0.45
   1. Not required for all caGrid Services.
   2. Download the installer for your operating system: http://downloads.mysql.com/archives.php?p=mysql-5.0&v=5.0.45
   3. Follow install instructions for your environment: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/installing.html

Software To Be Installed by the caGrid Installer