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This article is about using a bare SME Server as a development server for SME Server packages or contributed packages.
 
This article is about using a bare SME Server as a development server for SME Server packages or contributed packages.
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This is what I did after reading a number of older wiki articles re: developing and amending packages as well as development environment setup.
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I started with a standard SME Server 10.1 install (as a VM)
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* 4GB Ram
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* 16MB Video
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* 8GB disk (partitioned without LVM so that any future upgrades are easier)
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* 1 LAN card
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I then configured the server as:
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* Server Only (I don't want any build tools on my gateway.....)
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* Static IP (my preference)
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* Do NOT supply dhcp
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Log into the server manager panel to
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* configure ssh
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* add a developer user
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Now we ssh into our server as root, to finish setting up our developer user:<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
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db accounts setprop <userid> Shell /bin/bash
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chsh -s /bin/bash <userid>
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</syntaxhighlight>and install the tools they'll need<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
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yum --enablerepo=smeaddons install smeserver-extrarepositories-epel
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yum install cvs rsh rpm-build
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yum --enablerepo=smedev,epel,extras install plague-client mock python-ctypes glances e-smith-devtools smeserver-mock
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signal-event post-upgrade; signal-event reboot
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</syntaxhighlight>Now you need to login as your developer and set them up with all the right access<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
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# add key stuff
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cat <<_EOT > ~/.ssh/config
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Host shell.koozali.org koozalishell
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Hostname shell.koozali.org
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User <userid>
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IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa
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ForwardAgent yes
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Port 222
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Host buildsys
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Hostname buildsys.koozali.org
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User <userid>
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IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa
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ForwardAgent yes
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Port 222
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# add .buildsys stuff
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</syntaxhighlight>and create their working directories<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
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mkdir -p work/{smebase,smecontribs}
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</syntaxhighlight>You may want to tweak their shell to make it a little friendlier<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
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cat <<_EOT > ~/.bashrc
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# .bashrc
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# User specific aliases and functions
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alias rm='rm -i'
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alias cp='cp -i'
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alias mv='mv -i'
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# Source global definitions
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if [ -f /etc/bashrc ]; then
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. /etc/bashrc
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fi
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cat <<_EOT > ~/.bash_profile
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# .bash_profile
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# Get the aliases and functions
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if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then
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. ~/.bashrc
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fi
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# User specific environment and startup programs
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PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin
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export PATH
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</syntaxhighlight>You will have to log out and back in for this to take effect.

Revision as of 09:11, 20 March 2023

This article is about using a bare SME Server as a development server for SME Server packages or contributed packages.


This is what I did after reading a number of older wiki articles re: developing and amending packages as well as development environment setup.


I started with a standard SME Server 10.1 install (as a VM)

  • 4GB Ram
  • 16MB Video
  • 8GB disk (partitioned without LVM so that any future upgrades are easier)
  • 1 LAN card

I then configured the server as:

  • Server Only (I don't want any build tools on my gateway.....)
  • Static IP (my preference)
  • Do NOT supply dhcp

Log into the server manager panel to

  • configure ssh
  • add a developer user

Now we ssh into our server as root, to finish setting up our developer user:

db accounts setprop <userid> Shell /bin/bash
chsh -s /bin/bash <userid>

and install the tools they'll need

yum --enablerepo=smeaddons install smeserver-extrarepositories-epel
yum install cvs rsh rpm-build
yum --enablerepo=smedev,epel,extras install plague-client mock python-ctypes glances e-smith-devtools smeserver-mock
signal-event post-upgrade; signal-event reboot

Now you need to login as your developer and set them up with all the right access

# add key stuff 

cat <<_EOT > ~/.ssh/config
Host shell.koozali.org koozalishell
Hostname shell.koozali.org
User <userid>
IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa
ForwardAgent yes
Port 222

Host buildsys
Hostname buildsys.koozali.org
User <userid>
IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa
ForwardAgent yes
Port 222
_EOT

# add .buildsys stuff

and create their working directories

mkdir -p work/{smebase,smecontribs}

You may want to tweak their shell to make it a little friendlier

cat <<_EOT > ~/.bashrc
# .bashrc

# User specific aliases and functions

alias rm='rm -i'
alias cp='cp -i'
alias mv='mv -i'

# Source global definitions
if [ -f /etc/bashrc ]; then
	. /etc/bashrc
fi
_EOT

cat <<_EOT > ~/.bash_profile
# .bash_profile

# Get the aliases and functions
if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then
	. ~/.bashrc
fi

# User specific environment and startup programs

PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin

export PATH
_EOT

You will have to log out and back in for this to take effect.

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