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Request a ES developer VM

Send an email to csf-support@mit.edu using the subject line: Request for a VM.

Connecting to a ES developer VM

After you have submitted a Request a ES developer VM email and your request has been processed by csf-support, you will receive an email detailing how to connect to your new VM.

Configure a ES developer VM task list

1. CHANGE THE ESUSER PASSWORD!!!!
   
   
2. Open the file: C:\Users\esuser\AppData\Roaming\Subversion\config for editing.
   
   Find the line:
   

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   ssh=C:/program Files/TortoiseSVN/bin/TortoisePlink.exe

   and change it to:

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   ssh=C:/program Files/TortoiseSVN/bin/TortoisePlink.exe -l <username> -pw <password>

   where <username> is your Kerberos Principal and <password> is your Kerberos password.
   
   When you are satisfied that everything is correct, SAVE YOUR CHANGES.
   
   
3. Open the file: C:\oracle-oc4j-10.1.3.5.0-server\j2ee\home\config\datasources.xml for editing.
   
   Find the 2 lines:
   

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   user="<DBusername>" password="<DBpassword>"

   and change <DBusername> to your DEV database user name and change <DBpassword> to your DEV database password.  The DBusername and DBpassword are different from your Kerberos username and Kerberos password.
   If you don't know what username and password to use, ask your team leader.
   
   When you are satisfied that everything is correct, SAVE YOUR CHANGES.
   
   
4. Open the file: C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\apache-tomcat-7.0.29\conf\context.xml for editing.
   
   Find the 2 lines:
   

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   user="<DBusername>" password="<DBpassword>"

   and change <DBusername> to your DEV database user name and change <DBpassword> to your DEV database password.  The DBusername and DBpassword are different from your Kerberos username and Kerberos password.
   If you don't know what username and password to use, ask your team leader.
   
   When you are satisfied that everything is correct, SAVE YOUR CHANGES.
   

   Tip
   The Install Tomcat 7 instructions gives an example on how to add a new Resource Definition (database connection) to Tomcat.

   
   
5. Open the SQL Developer application.
   
   In the Connections tab, right click on the dev database and select the properties option.
   In the Username field, change <DBusername> to your DEV database user name.
   In the Password field,  enter your DEV database password.
   When you are satisfied that everything is correct, SAVE YOUR CHANGES.
   
   In the Connections tab, right click on the test database and select the properties option.
   In the Username field, change <DBusername> to your TEST database user name.
   In the Password field, enter your TEST database password.
   When you are satisfied that everything is correct, SAVE YOUR CHANGES.
   
   
6. TSM has been pre-installed on your VM.  Use the TSM gui client (Backup-Archive GUI icon on your desktop) to schedule the backup of your VM.
   
   
7. Many of the Educational Systems applications require the use of Java Keystores (JKS). You may find that some of your keystores have expired. You may download the most current keystores at https://wikis-mit-edu.ezproxyberklee.flo.org/confluence/display/EduSys/Application+Certificates