configure proxy: /etc/apt/atp.conf

 Acquire::http::proxy "http://proxyconf.xxx.com:81/";
 Acquire::https::proxy "https://proxyconf.xxx.com:81/";
 Acquire::ftp::proxy "ftp://proxyconf.xxx.com:81/";
 Acquire::socks::proxy "socks://proxyconf.xxx.com:81/";
 

then run below command to downloads the package lists from the repositories and “updates” them to get information on the newest versions of packages and their dependencies:

  sudo apt-get update

In vmplayer menu, select player → Manage → ReInstall VMWare Tool.

Then it will mount a CDROM under Ubuntu VM.

Right on the mounted VMware Tools folder & click on “Extract to” to extract VMware tools files.

run:

  sudo ./vmware-install.p

Note:

• it is very important to install vmware tools, otherwise the vmplayer windows size is fixed and very small.
• Sometimes downloading vmware tools will fail, in this case, must power down the virtual machine and change CD/DVD to use physical drive, like below
• 

sudo apt-get install vim

sudo apt-get install xinetd

sudo apt-get install openssh-server

sudo apt-get install vsftpd

Modify /etc/vsftpd.conf file and make changes as follows:

Uncomment the below lines (line no:29 and 33).

 write_enable=YES
 local_umask=022 
 

Uncomment the below line (line no: 120 ) to prevent access to the other folders outside the Home directory.

 chroot_local_user=YES 
 

and add the following line at the end.

 allow_writeable_chroot=YES

Add the following lines to enable passive mode.

 pasv_enable=Yes
 pasv_min_port=40000
 pasv_max_port=40100

Restart vsftpd service:

  sudo service vsftpd restart

sudo apt-get install xinetd tftpd tftp

Create /etc/xinetd.d/tftp and put this entry

service tftp
{
protocol        = udp
port            = 69
socket_type     = dgram
wait            = yes
user            = nobody
server          = /usr/sbin/in.tftpd
server_args     = /tftpboot
disable         = no
}

sudo mkdir /tftpboot

sudo chmod -R 777 /tftpboot

sudo chown -R nobody /tftpboot

sudo /etc/init.d/xinetd restart

sudo apt-get install subversion

sudo apt-get install samba

Manually download the TWKI, for example currently TWIKI is v6.1

cp /var/www/html/twiki/bin/LocalLib.cfg.txt /var/www/html/twiki/bin/LocalLib.cfg

chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/twiki

sudo apt-get install wireshark

sudo apt-get install python

sudo apt-get install perl

sudo apt-get install tcl

sudo apt-get install original-awk

sudo apt-get install grep

sudo apt-get install expect

sudo apt-get install vlan

sudo apt-get install pppoe

sudo apt-get install xl2tpd

Since any interface not listed in /etc/network/interfaces will remain under Network Manager control, we just move some interface into /etc/network/interfaces to make these interface not under Network Manager control.

For example, below interfaces will not be controlled by Network Manager:

auto eth1
iface eth1 inet dhcp

auto eth2
iface eth1 inet static

sudo service network-manager stop

sudo service network-manager start

sudo apt-get remove network-manager

install linux compare tool meld:

 sudo apt-get install meld
 

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install gdebi

Manually download beyond compare via firefox from , for example bcompare-4.0.0.18847_i386.deb

sudo gdebi /xxx/xxx/bcompare-4.0.0.18847_i386.deb

sudo apt-get install apache2

sudo service apache2 restart

Note: In order to execute cgi instead of text display or download, it needs to run:

sudo a2enmod cgi  
sudo service apache2 restart

• Mount 2nd virtual machine (data disk only)

  [ ! -d /mnt/data ] && mkdir /mnt/data
  sudo mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/data/
  
* create soft link from /mnt/data/www  to /var/www
  cd /var/
  sudo mv www www.old 
  sudo ln -s /mnt/data/www .
  
* set up twiki configuration in apache2:
  cd /etc/apache2/sites-enabled
  sudo ln -s /mnt/data/general_bin_httpd.conf .
  sudo ln -s /mnt/data/twiki_httpd.conf .

• restart apache server

sudo service apache2 restart

Install new TWIKI and make it works

• Download latest TWIKI and extract to /var/www, it will create folder: /var/www/twiki
• sudo cp /var/www/bin/LocalLib.cfg.txt /var/www/bin/LocalLib.cfg
• Modify /var/www/bin/LocalLib.cfg file for Variable $twikiLibPath: Must absolutely folder for it

$twikiLibPath = “/var/www/html/twiki/lib”;

• sudo chown www-data:www-data * -R
• Run Twiki config for the first time:http://localhost/twiki/bin/configure, setup admin password

and paths.

Edit /var/www/html/twiki/bin/LocalLib.cfg:

   $twikiLibPath = "/var/www/html/twiki/lib";
   

sudo cp /xxx/old_twiki/data/xxx /var/www/twiki/

sudo cp /xxx/old_twiki/data/xxx /var/www/twiki/

sudo cp /xxx/old_twiki/data/.htpasswd /var/www/twiki/.

sudo chown www-data:www-data /var/www/twiki/* -R

Note : Do not forget to enable cgi.load by

sudo a2enmod cgi sudo service apache2 restart

Enable the conf.d directory created by you for twiki.conf file in apache2.conf file.

• If there are multiple network interfaces, partially or fully disable network manager seems not work, it always some strange behavior happen: for example, after ubuntu bootup, access ubuntu 14.04 via ssh/ftp will fail/refused, also ping the ubuntu is ok. But if we ping from ubuntu to outside PC, then ssh/ftp access works.
• Virtunal machine's windows size cannot be expanded, ie, only supported fixed windows size

Fixing: install vmware tools

content in /etc/resolv.conf will be auto overwritten. In order to support static DNS, need follow below instruction:

sudo vim /etc/resolvconf/resolv.conf.d/base

Then put your nameserver list in like so:

nameserver 8.8.8.8

nameserver 8.8.4.4

Finally update resolvconf:

$ sudo resolvconf -u