Deploying a crucible (code review tool) instance on AWS

aws-crucible

Instructions
-------------------
- Go to Amazon Web Services (http://aws.amazon.com/) and create an account
- Launch the AWS management console (https://console.aws.amazon.com/console/home?#)
- Select EC2
  - Make sure to select N. California as your region setting (top right corner)
- Create a new EC2 instance
  - Select Amazon Linux as the operating system
  - Use defaults for everything else
  - Create a private key (e.g. "crucible")
      - Save the *.pem file into ~/.ec2/
      - Then change the permissions on the *.pem file
        - $chmod 400 ~/.ec2/crucible.pem
- Launch the instance
- Try SSHing into the instance
  - $ssh -i ~/.ec2/crucible.pem [email protected]
      - where ~/.ec2/crucible.pem = Location of the local *.pem file 
      - where ec2-user = Default user
      - where ec2-54-215-217-199.us-west-1.compute.amazonaws.com = public DNS name
- If you are able to SSH in, then go back to the command prompt on the local machine.
- Then transfer the crucible files from your local machine to the remote machine using SCP
  - $scp -i ~/.ec2/crucible.pem -r /crucible/fecru-3.1.2 [email protected]:~
- SSH into the instance again
  - Download openjdk 7
    - $sudo yum install java-1.7.0-openjdk
  - Switch to java 1.7
    - $sudo alternatives --config java
      - Type '2' to select 1.7
- Follow instructions in https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CRUCIBLE/Installing+Crucible+on+Linux+and+Mac
- Go to AWS management console
  - Apply a custom TCP rule for port 8060 for the security group associated with the instance (Security options on the left)


Helpful links
-------------------
https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CRUCIBLE/Installing+Crucible+on+Linux+and+Mac
http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/AccessingInstancesLinux.html
http://paulstamatiou.com/how-to-getting-started-with-amazon-ec2
https://console.aws.amazon.com/console/home?#