UFW - default firewall confirguation tool for Ubuntu; eases iptables firewall configuration

Enable UFW:
sudo ufw enable
Check status of UFW:
sudo ufw status verbose

Limit ssh:
sudo ufw limit ssh

Enable http, https:
sudo ufw allow http
sudo ufw allow https

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http://evilrouters.net/2011/02/18/using-etckeeper-with-git-on-ubuntu/

Install etckeeper:
sudo apt-get install etckeeper

Edit /etc/etckeeper/etckeeper.conf to comment out VCS="bzr" and comment in VCS="git"

Initialize repository:
sudo etckeeper init

Do initial commit:
sudo etckeeper commit "Initial commit."

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Get git:

sudo apt-get install git

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Clone code from git repository:
git clone http://github.com/zsloan/genenetwork.git gene 

Pull from branch in git repository:
git pull origin flask(or whatever the branch is)

**"apt-cache search" searches for text in the description for various packages, while
"apt-file search" searches for files within the packages**

Search for package with a specified file that can be installed with apt-get
apt-file search _______

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Install pip:
sudo apt-get install python-pip

Install from requirements.txt:
pip install -r gene/wqflask/requirements.txt -t ve27


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Using dpkg

Check which system packages are already installed:
dpkg -l | less

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Using Yolk

Install Yolk:
pip install yolk

Check packages installed in this virtual environment:
yolk -l

Checks packages that have updates available:
yolk -U

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Installing virtualenv:
sudo pip install virtualenv

Tell virtualenv which directory to use:
virtualenv ve27

Start up virtual environment:
source ~/ve27/bin/activate

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Installing yaml

Install libyaml-dev:
sudo apt-get install libyaml-dev

Install yaml:
pip install pyyaml

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Install MySQL Client

To fix error "mysql_config not found" while installing packages with pip:
sudo apt-get install libmysqlclient-dev

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Installing QTL Reaper

wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/qtlreaper/qtlreaper/1.1.1/qtlreaper-1.1.1.tar.gz?r=http%3A%2F%2Fsourceforge.net%2Fprojects%2Fqtlreaper%2Ffiles%2Flatest%2Fdownload&ts=1358975786&use_mirror=iweb
mv -v qtlreaper-1.1.1.tar.gz?r=http%3A%2F%2Fsourceforge.net%2Fprojects%2Fqtlreaper%2Ffiles%2Flatest%2Fdownload&ts=1358975786&use_mirror=iweb qtlreaper-1.1.1.tar.gz
tar xvf qtlreaper-1.1.1.tar.gz (to unzip)
python setup.py build
sudo mkdir /home/zas1024/ve27/include/python2.7/Reaper
sudo chown /home/zas1024/ve27/include/python2.7/Reaper (or whereever the directory is; the problem
involved the fact that doing "sudo python setup.py install" doesn't install within the virtualenv)
python setup.py install

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Installing numarray 1.5.2

wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/numpy/Old%20Numarray/1.5.2/numarray-1.5.2.tar.gz?r=http%3A%2F%2Fsourceforge.net%2Fprojects%2Fnumpy%2Ffiles%2FOld%2520Numarray%2F1.5.2%2Fnumarray-1.5.2.tar.gz%2Fdownload&ts=1358978306&use_mirror=superb-dca2
mv -v numarray-1.5.2.tar.gz?r=http:%2F%2Fsourceforge.net%2Fprojects%2Fnumpy%2Ffiles%2FOld%20Numarray%2F1.5.2%2Fnumarray-1.5.2.tar.gz%2Fdownload numarray-1.5.2.tar.gz
tar xvf numarray-1.5.2.tar.gz
sudo python setup.py install

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Installing R

sudo apt-get install r-base-dev

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Install Parallel Python (pp)

wget http://www.parallelpython.com/downloads/pp/pp-1.6.3.tar.gz
tar xvf pp-1.6.3.tar.gz
python setup.py install

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Install requests

pip install requests

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Install logging_tree

pip install logging_tree

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Install colordiff (just to make it easier to view differences in files, not necessary for GN)

sudo apt-get install colordiff

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To get server running:

!If having seemingly inexplicable problems with imports, make sure I've started the environment!

Start up virtual environment:
source ~/ve27/bin/activate

To set WQFLASK_SETTINGS environment variable:
export WQFLASK_SETTINGS=~/gene/wqflask/cfg/zach_settings.py (or wherever file is located)

To change screen environment variable (if man not working or to get color, for example):
export TERM=screen

To search for commands in history if necessary:
history | grep "(whatever is being searched for)"

Run web server:
/usr/local/nginx/sbin/nginx

Run server:
python runserver.py

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