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Notes on installing Scalr on Ubuntu Jaunty

Date: 2009-10-13  |   Tags: notestoself, scalr, ubuntu

Here are my notes on installing Scalr. I am using an Alestic Ubuntu 9.04-jaunty-base-20091011 image. Here are my references:

Install prerequisites

apt-get update
apt-get upgrade
apt-get install php5
apt-get install php5-mysql
apt-get install php5-mcrypt
apt-get install php5-mhash
apt-get install php5-snmp
# apt-get install bind9

Install php ssh2 extension

http://www.how2pc.co.il/blog/2009/08/how-to-install-a-php-ssh2-extension-on-ubuntu-server-9-04/

apt-get install php5-dev php5-cli php-pear build-essential
apt-get install libssh2-1-dev
pecl install -f ssh2
echo ‘extension=ssh2.so’ > /etc/php5/conf.d/ssh2.ini ...
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Fuse error on Scalr

Date: 2009-09-25  |   Tags: error, notestoself, scalr

I got the following error while trying to use s3fs on one of Scalr's Ubuntu EC2 instances:

fuse: device not found, try 'modprobe fuse' first

Trying modprobe fuse, I got:

FATAL: Module fuse not found.
FATAL: Error running install command for fuse

The solution to this problem is here: http://groups.google.com/group/scalr-discuss/web/mount-an-s3-bucket-to-your-instance. The Scalr AMI does not include fuse.ko kernel module, so I needed to install it:

mkdir -p /lib/modules/2.6.16-xenU/kernel/fs/fuse
cd /lib/modules/2.6.16-xenU/kernel/fs/fuse
rm -f fuse.ko
curl -O http ...
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