Setting up a LAMP server (on my new XVM)

with help from bbaren

1. Log in:
         $ ssh username@vmname.xvm.mit.edu
2. Can you sudo? Try sudo bash, if you get an "username is not in the sudoers file.  This incident will be reported." error, do
         su -
         gpasswd -a username sudo
         grep sudo /etc/group should show results
         (If you want to give user sudo powers)
3. If everything worked, you should see "It works!" here http://vmname.xvm.mit.edu/
4. The "It works!" page is at /var/www/index.html

Done!

Extra stuff:

Configurations are in /etc/apache2/.
1. cd /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/
2. ls -l
total 0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 26 2011-05-23 20:27 000-default -> ../sites-available/default

The following changes the sites-enabled to sym link to an edited version:
3. cd ../sites-available/
4. sudo cp default default_1
5. cd ../sites-enabled/
6. sudo rm 000-default
7. sudo ln -s ../sites-available/default_1 000-default
8. sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 reload

Setting up an MIT XVM

With help from quentin and bbaren.

1. Go to https://xvm.mit.edu/
2. Fill in "Create a new VM" with
        vmname.xvm.mit.edu
        Your description
        Selet "Autoinstall" and pick "Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick (amd64)" or your choice
3. Click "Create it!"  This will take 5 minutes or more.
        After a few seconds, your new vm's row appears on top with an orange installation sign
        You can see the installation process by ssh vmname@xvm-console.mit.edu
4. After the orange installation sign turns into a green power button, click on "vmname"
5. Click on "Power on" and wait a while for it to turn on.
6. ssh vmname@xvm-console.mit.edu again.
         Press Enter. You should see "vmname login:"
         Type in "root' and press Enter
7. Create root password:
         root@vmname:~# passwd
8. Create new user, "username":
         root@vmname:~# useradd -m -s /bin/bash username
         root@vmname:~# passwd username
9. Install OpenSSH so you can SSH
         root@vmname:~# aptitude install openssh-server openssh-client
         Optional: test that SSH works
              ssh localhost
              logout
10. Give user, "username", ability to sudo
         gpasswd -a username sudo
         grep sudo /etc/group should see "username" is there.
11. Log out of root
         logout
12. Close terminal

13. Login user, "username", in a new terminal:
         ssh username@vmname.xvm.mit.edu