Newbie wanting to install Open Edx - problem with script, nginx not installed

[Michael Fackerell]

Hello, I attempted to follow the instructions at https://openedx.atlassian.net/wiki/display/OpenOPS/Native+Open+edX+Ubuntu+12.04+64+bit+Installation

for the automated installation on a new VPS server running Ubuntu 12.04 on a 64 bit system. It didn't work.

I went to the troubleshooting guide and the first thing wrong is that nginx did not even get installed.

Also during installation I got this message:

 failed: [localhost] => {"changed": true, "cmd": ["swapon", "/swapfile"], "delta": "0:00:00.001351", "end": "2016-12-07 15:33:52.257944", "rc": 255, "start": "2016-12-07 15:33:52.256593", "warnings": []}

stderr: swapon: /swapfile: swapon failed: Operation not permitted

FATAL: all hosts have already failed -- aborting

Not sure if I should restart.

Also, do I need to point a domain to the IP address for this to work?

Any help would be appreciated.

[Juanan Pereira]

Hi Michael:

On Wed, Dec 7, 2016 at 10:35 PM, Michael Fackerell
<michaelf...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello, I attempted to follow the instructions at
> https://openedx.atlassian.net/wiki/display/OpenOPS/Native+Open+edX+Ubuntu+12.04+64+bit+Installation
> for the automated installation on a new VPS server running Ubuntu 12.04 on a

>...

> failed: [localhost] => {"changed": true, "cmd": ["swapon", "/swapfile"],
> "delta": "0:00:00.001351", "end": "2016-12-07 15:33:52.257944", "rc": 255,
> "start": "2016-12-07 15:33:52.256593", "warnings": []}
> stderr: swapon: /swapfile: swapon failed: Operation not permitted

It seems that some VPS providers are really enforcing their "RAM limit" policy:
http://www.serveridol.com/2014/08/03/how-do-i-create-swap-partition-in-linux-mkswap-operation-not-permitted/
It means that your VPS server has some RAM limitations and for the
provider, adding a swap file (simulating RAM using the file system) is
against their rules.
So you probably need to upgrade your vps or use another one to install Open edX

--
Greetings,

Juanan Pereira

[apymic...@gmail.com]

Hi,

whenever you install Linux VM make sure you have to select LVM(logical volume management), so you won't get this kind of problems.

It will ask you during installation of Ubuntu.