Ok, this is my attempt at a how to. No pictures… yet. I am assuming you already have Ubuntu server installed. The commands will look a little different for previous version of Ubuntu server, and I will fill in those gaps at a later time.
- This step updates all packages currently installed on the server
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
1b. Setup networking
sudo nano /etc/network/interfacesfor dhcp, keep the interface set as follows. Replace eth0 with the desired interface identifier.
# The primary network interface
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp
For Static Ip mapping
# The primary network interface
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
address x.x.x.x
netmask x.x.x.x
gateway x.x.x.x
Add an unprivileged user to run Ignition
sudo useradd -r ignition- Install the java runtime and the zip utilities
sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jre zip unzip3.download the Ignition executable stack. Replace xxxx with the build number you would like to use
For 32 Bit:
wget "http://files.inductiveautomation.com/release/buildxxxx/Ignition-buildxxxx-linux.zip"For 64 Bit:
wget "http://files.inductiveautomation.com/release/buildxxxx/Ignition-buildxxxx-linux-x64.zip"- Unzip software to the location of your choosing. I use /opt/ignition. Set permissions
sudo mkdir /opt/ignition
sudo cp Ignition-buildxxxx-linux(-x64).zip /opt/ignition/
cd /opt/ignition/
sudo unzip Ignition-buildxxxx-linux-(x64).zip
Set permissions
sudo chmod u+x ignition-gateway ignition.sh
sudo chown -R ignition.ignition .
Edit ignition.sh to allow unprivileged user to run ignition
sudo nano ignition.shReplace line
PIDDIR="."with
PIDDIR="/tmp"and line
#RUN_AS_USER=with
RUN_AS_USER=ignition- Symlink the startup script
sudo ln -s /opt/ignition/ignition.sh /etc/init.d/ignitionEnable startup script
sudo update-rc.d ignition defaults6.Startup the service. For Ubuntu 9.10+, use the following command
sudo service ignition startFor 9.04 and before, use
sudo /etc/init.d/ignition start- Browse to http://ipaddress:8088
That should be everything you need to get a working copy of Ignition working. I will add to this walkthough soon on how to install MySQl either from the repositories or from tar.gz. Also, I am looking a modifying the startup script to allow shutdown of the service, and running it as a different user.
