Prepare Ubuntu VM for SteVe

We suggest running SteVe under the latest Ubuntu LTS version as it is our default target. Following you find some basic steps to prepare a Ubuntu VM to run SteVe.

Install OS

Install Ubuntu LTS 18.04 Server in a Virtual Machine, e.g. using VirtualBox or VMware. Hypervisors like ESXi or Proxmox are fine as well. SteVe does not require any special OS configuration or installation options.

After the Installation finishes log into the system and add the universe package repository (it contains maven):

sudo add-apt-repository universe

Afterwards completely update the system and reboot to activate newest kernel (This will take some time)

sudo apt update && sudo apt -y upgrade && sudo reboot

Install Prerequisites

To install maven execute:

sudo apt -y install maven

Next install MySQL Server, we suggested explicitly selecting version 5.7 as this is currently supported.

sudo apt -y install mysql-server-5.7

(optional) Configure and set a root password for the MySQL server:

sudo mysql_secure_installation

VM preparation finished

You can now follow the SteVe installation guide at https://github.com/RWTH-i5-IDSG/steve

To enter the MySQL commands in Ubuntu just use sudo mysql