Hi,
I've created a Bio-Linux 8 instance on iPlant Atmosphere:
https://atmo.iplantcollaborative.org
ID396a5744-87c2-4d3f-ad40-75134482f5ee
I worked around a problem of insufficient space on their default 10GB VM
system volume by mounting /usr on a 20GB partition of an attached volume
instead (I've asked them about getting a 20GB system volume):
> # login to instance
> ajt@beluga:~$ ssh
ajtr...@128.196.64.133
>
> # list available block devices
> ajtravis@vm64-133:~$ lsblk
> NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
> vda 253:0 0 9.4G 0 disk /
> vdb 253:16 0 60G 0 disk
> vdc 253:32 0 120G 0 disk
>
> # partition attached volume /dev/vdc
> parted /dev/vdc
> unit MiB
> mklabel msdos
> mkpart primary 1 20GB
> mkpart primary 20GB -0
>
> lsblk
> NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
> vda 253:0 0 9.4G 0 disk /
> vdb 253:16 0 60G 0 disk
> vdc 253:32 0 120G 0 disk
> ├─vdc1 253:33 0 18.6G 0 part
> └─vdc2 253:34 0 101.4G 0 part
>
>
> # create filesystems
> mkfs -t ext4 /dev/vdc1
> mkfs -t ext4 /dev/vdc2
>
> # move /usr onto attached volume
> mount /dev/vdc1 /mnt
> rsync -axHP /usr/ /mnt/
> mv -i /usr /usr.old
> mkdir /usr
> mount /dev/vdc1 /usr
>
> # update /etc/fstab
> vim /etc/fstab
> ...
> /dev/sda1 / ext3 defaults 0 0
> /dev/vdc1 /usr ext4 defaults 0 0
> ...
>
> # reboot to make sure /usr on attached volume is available at boot
> reboot -f
>
> # login again and do Bio-Linux 8 upgrade
> wget -q
http://nebc.nerc.ac.uk/downloads/bl8_only/upgrade8.sh
>
This is the disk usage after installation:
> ajtravis@vm64-133:~$ df -hT -t ext3 -t ext4
> Filesystem Type Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
> /dev/vda ext3 9.3G 3.8G 5.1G 43% /
> /dev/vdc1 ext4 19G 8.9G 8.6G 52% /usr
I can access my Bio-Linux 8 instance via "x2go", which is my preferred
method, but I can't get their web-browser RealVNC client to connect: It
complains that their licence has expired
I going to use this Bio-Linux 8 instance to try out iPlant Atmosphere
with a view to maybe using it for teaching a Bio-Linux course at UoA.
Anyone else using iPlant Atmosphere (based on OpenStack)?
Bye,
Tony.