The command line

This instructions are very similar to the slicehost setup from James Foster’s post, but this time on a KVM virtual machine.

Host Machine
Architecture: x86_64
Name: laptop
OS: Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 amd64 (Lenny)
Virtual Machine
Architecture: x86_64
Name: vm0
OS: Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 amd64 (Etch)
Virtual Machine Software
Gemstone/S 64 Web Edition 2.3

Install the virtual machine following those instructions. Add the IP address assigned to the virtual machine to /etc/hosts on the host machine. Log in to the virtual machine and, as root, add your normal user to the sudoers file

vm0:~# visudo

The last lines of the file should be like this:

# User privilege specification
root ALL=(ALL) ALL
miguel ALL=(ALL) ALL

Save changes and as normal user on the virtual machine, download Gemstone/S (Note: this instructions are identical to the ones from James Foster’s post);

miguel@vm0:~$ wget http://seaside.gemstone.com/scripts/installGemstone2.3-Linux.sh
miguel@vm0:~$ sh installGemstone2.3-Linux.sh

This will ask for your user password and then will download and install Gemstone/S 64 Web Edition to the virtual machine’s /opt/gemstone.

Reload your sysctl changes. Either running:

miguel@vm0:~$ sudo sysctl -p

or rebooting the virtual machine:

miguel@vm0:~$ sudo reboot

Log in again to the virtual machine if needed and execute:

miguel@vm0:~$ echo “SHR_PAGE_CACHE_SIZE_KB = 100000;” >> /opt/gemstone/product/seaside/data/system.conf

Start the start the Gemstone/S 64 Web Edition:

miguel@vm0:~$ source /opt/gemstone/product/seaside/defSeaside
miguel@vm0:~$ startGemstone
miguel@vm0:~$ startSeaside_Hyper 8080

And, from your host machine, test Seaside by pointing your web browser to:

http://vm0:8080/seaside

To stop Hyper press Ctrl+C and then stop Gemstone:

miguel@vm0:~$ stopGemstone

That’s all.