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How to Install the Tatoeba Web App on a Virtual Machine

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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