Thingworx install on Ubuntu 14.04.1 VM

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VirtualBox VM Install
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Prerequisites:
- VirtualBox installed
- Ubuntu ISO image downloaded: ubuntu-14.04.1-server-amd64.iso 
-- for 64bit architecture AMD/Intel processors
- Thingworx packages downloaded

Create new VM in VirtualBox, select ISO and use these (or other) settings:
Host thing, User Thing
Credentials: thing/thing
No LVM 64 GB
Standard installation, answer Yes to questions

Select packets to install: openssh-server (nothing else)

Reconfigure the network in VirtualBox settings:
- In VirtualBox main Preferences/Network, add a ‘named’ Host-Only network if not yet existing
- In the new VM Settings/Network, set Adapter 1 as Host-Only and select the newly created ‘named’ Host-only network.
Network Variants:
1: When connected to a wireless network, set Adapter 2 to bridge mode
2: When not connected to wireless, set Adapter 2 to NAT mode (to avoid timeouts)
Reboot VMs after a network change

sudo vim /etc/network/interfaces
# Change to following (suggestion):
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

# The primary network interface
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
        address         192.168.56.10
        netmask         255.255.255.0
        network         192.168.56.0
        broadcast       192.168.56.255

auto eth1
iface eth1 inet dhcp

Execute in VirtualBox window for the VM (on Ubuntu):
# To find out the status and IP addresses of the eth0 and eth1 adapters
ip addr

# On Apple terminal (change IP address based on ip addr output)
ssh -l thing 192.168.56.10

# The following is optional if you want shared folders with the host:
# Mount VBoxLinuxAdditions.iso via VirtualBox menu
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install dkms gcc
sudo mount /dev/sr0 /media/cdrom

cd /media/cdrom
sudo ./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run

sudo apt-get update

# Define Shared Folder in VirtualBox VM settings (named xxxxx)
# https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch04.html#sharedfolders

sudo mkdir /mnt/xxxxx


Amazon EC2 Install
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Amazon zone US-West 2 (Oregon)

Choose Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise HVM EBS-SSD boot ami-ef5e24df

# Create/Associate Security Group
Open ports SSH, HTTP, HTTPS, 8080, SOCKS5

# Associate elastic IP
xx.xx.xx.xx

ssh -i .ssh/key.pem ubuntu@xx.xx.xx.xx

# The following EBS volume setup is not necessary initially:
# Associate new EBS volumes /dev/sdg, /dev/sdh

# Format new EBS volumes
sudo mkfs -t ext4 /dev/xvdg
sudo mkfs -t ext4 /dev/xvdh

sudo vim /etc/fstab
# Add lines
#/dev/xvdm /mnt/ThingworxStorage ext4 noatime 0 0
#/dev/xvdn /mnt/ThingworxBackupStorage ext4 noatime 0 0

sudo mkdir /mnt/ThingworxStorage
sudo mkdir /mnt/ThingworxBackupStorage

sudo mount /dev/xvdg /mnt/ThingworxStorage 
sudo mount /dev/xvdh /mnt/ThingworxBackupStorage 


ThingworX Install
=================

Based on Thingworx install info: 
https://twc.thingworx.com/Thingworx/Runtime/index.html#master=ThingWorxCommunity&mashup=ThingWorxHome

# ---System
sudo aptitude update
sudo apt-get install ntp
sudo apt-get install authbind
sudo touch /etc/authbind/byport/443
sudo chmod 555 /etc/authbind/byport/443

# --- Java
# Java: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-java-on-ubuntu-with-apt-get

sudo apt-get install python-software-properties

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install oracle-java7-installer

sudo update-alternatives --config java
# no change, was ok

sudo update-alternatives --config javac
# no change, was ok

sudo vim /etc/environment
# Insert line at 0 and change PATH:
JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-7-oracle
JAVA_BIN=/usr/lib/jvm/java-7-oracle/bin
PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:$JAVA_BIN"

source /etc/environment

# --- Tomcat 7

# The following are not necessary on a new VM without preinstalled tomcat
# http://askubuntu.com/questions/173981/installing-tomcat-7-on-ubuntu-server-12-04
sudo apt-get purge tomcat6
sudo apt-get remove tomcat6-common
sudo apt-get remove tomcat7
sudo apt-get remove tomcat7-admin
sudo apt-get remove tomcat7-common
sudo apt-get purge tomcat7-common
sudo apt-get purge tomcat7
sudo apt-get autoremove

wget http://apache.petsads.us/tomcat/tomcat-7/v7.0.55/bin/apache-tomcat-7.0.55.tar.gz
tar -xvf apache-tomcat-7.0.55.tar.gz

sudo mv apache-tomcat-7.0.55 /usr/share/tomcat7
cd /usr/share/tomcat7

sudo vim bin/catalina.sh
# Add these lines after initial long comment section:
JAVA_OPTS="$JAVA_OPTS -Dserver -Dd64 -Xms512m -Xmx2g -XX:+UseNUMA -XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC"
CATALINA_OPTS="$CATALINA_OPTS -Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true"

sudo vim bin/startup.sh
# Change last line (insert the authbind --deep part):
exec authbind --deep "$PRGDIR"/"$EXECUTABLE" start "$@"

sudo vim conf/tomcat-users.xml
# Add in appropriate section:
  <role rolename="manager"/>
  <role rolename="admin"/>
  <role rolename="manager-gui"/>
  <user username="admin" password="mypasswd" roles="manager,admini,manager-gui"/>

sudo vim conf/context.xml
# Delete the lines before and after the Manager element, basically uncommenting the Manager element - this way, sessions are NOT persisted when Tomcat is restarted

sudo vim conf/server.xml
# Change 8080 to 80 to change the port number tomcat listens on

sudo vim /etc/init.d/tomcat7
# Insert the following (up to and not including --EOF):
#!/bin/bash

### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides:        tomcat7
# Required-Start:  $network
# Required-Stop:   $network
# Default-Start:   2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop:    0 1 6
# Short-Description: Start/Stop Tomcat server
### END INIT INFO

PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin

start() {
 sh /usr/share/tomcat7/bin/startup.sh
}

stop() {
 sh /usr/share/tomcat7/bin/shutdown.sh
}

case $1 in
  start|stop) $1;;
  restart) stop; start;;
  *) echo "Run as $0 <start|stop|restart>"; exit 1;;
esac
---EOF

sudo chmod 755 /etc/init.d/tomcat7
sudo update-rc.d tomcat7 defaults

# Start tomcat (in the future the daemon scripts autostart)
sudo service tomcat7 start


# --- ThingworX webapp installation
Use the browser to go to http://ipaddr - shows Tomcat main page 
Select manager or go to http://ipaddr/manager , log in using above admin/thingad7 login

In “WAR file to deploy” section, select Thingworx WAR file and upload
Wait for upload and start of Thingworx webapp. It should appear as started (Stop is a button, Start is text) in the table of Applications on this page.

Go to http://ipaddr/Thingworx and log in as Administrator/admin

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I have forked your gist and added the steps for using the ubuntu tomcat7 package.
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