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How to Install the Tatoeba Web App on a Virtual Machine

-Grab the vm file http://mirrors.bouah.net/pub/tatoeba/Tatovm/ -Untar the file: on windows: use 7zip [http://www.7-zip.org/] on linux: use file-roller or from the terminal: tar -xvf vmfile -Get and install virtual box [https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads] -Load the vm files in virtualbox: from the GUI: Machine -> Add then browse to the location of the .vbox file from the commandline: VBoxManage registervm /path/to/vm.vbox -The default http port is 8080 and the default ssh port is 4242 -To ssh into the machine use the username tatoeba and password tatoeba: ssh -p 4242 tatoeba@127.0.0.1 -Now you can see the website running in your browser, just point it to the following address: 127.0.0.1:8080 -The mysql user is root and password is tatoeba in case you need to do operations directly on the table or import more data

-To hack the codebase in your favorite editor in the comfort of your host computer there's 3 ways: -Mount a drive over ssh: -on windows: download netdrive [www.netdrive.net] and use the aforementioned credentials and port -on linux: install sshfs and then mount it using: sshfs tatoeba@127.0.0.1:4242 /path/to/mountpoint -Mount a drive over webdav: -on windows: use netdrive, the user and password is tatoeba the port is 8080 -on linux: use your favorite file manager with webdav support, or install cadaver and connect using the above credentials -Mount a shared file (slow and not recommended): -Setup Guest additions [https://help.ubuntu.com/community/VirtualBox/GuestAdditions] -In the GUI select Devices -> Shared Folders -> Add -browse to the folder you want to share from your host and select it -Select the Make permanent option -Now mount the shared file on the guest system: mount -t vboxfs /media/sharefoldername /path/to/mountpoint

-You can also install a graphical environment (gnome or any other DE) to work directly from the vm: apt-get install task-gnome-desktop

-Make sure your codebase is up to date before coding anything with: cd ~/tatoeba-www svn update -After you have hacked the code enough and would want to update the main repository do the following: -make sure your config files aren't being commited: svn ingore config/* -make sure you're still up to date then commit your changes: svn update svn commit

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