[Fiware-tech-help] Support for vIrtual Box for wirecloud 0.6.2

Kah Tong, SEOW kts at wei-medicine.com
Thu Feb 19 17:16:31 CET 2015


Please ignore the previous email

Dear Dr Javier Soriano,

*[Basically, I hope FI Ware developers can provide us with a one stop 
VirtualBox image with Orion and Wirecloud]*

I was referred to write to you from Fiware-tech-help.
http://catalogue.fiware.org/enablers/application-mashup-wirecloud/downloads

Fi-Ware-Lab is in the transition to apply more restricted use only to 
valid users due to challenge in maintaining the cloud service to 
increasing FI-Ware users.

We would like to promote more users using Fi-Ware at Frankfurt am Main 
through our Health 2.0 Frankfurt local community.

We have been testing how to install FI-Ware to Windows 7/8 virtualboxes.

I have downloaded APPS-wirecloud 3.4.2 from https://forge.fiware.org ( 
which corresponds to wirecloud 0.6.2). I now see that there is also the 
option of 
http://catalogue.fiware.org/enablers/application-mashup-wirecloud/downloads 
to get 3.4.2.
Furthermore, there is also the version from wirecloud 0.6.3 to 0.7 form 
python site.

In the beginning, I use python PIP to install Djongo and I get 1.7+ 
version and this causes lot of problem. Then I try to figure out how to 
install Only Djongo 1.5.10 and this helps. Later, I realize that this 
does not work with wirecloud 0.6.5 and then I revert to wirecloud 0.6.2 
and I finally able to get the wirecloud interface working within CentOS 
6.4 using internal Firefox brower.

For some reasons, I am not able to use Window browser to connect to the 
virtualBox CentOS using Windows e.g.Chrome. I can do that with ITBox of 
Fire-Ops but for some reason, I can not

Other issues
Orion Context Broker needs CentOS 64 bits ( I guess), ITBox installation 
remove Window Desktop support, Wirecloud can use I guess CentOS 32bits.

FYI: I am still getting an overview of FI-Ware technology, some of the 
terms I used may not reflect a correct understanding of this promising 
technology but a steep learning curve for new users.


ISSUES:

=> with the dawn of Fi-Ware Mundus and the vision to spread FI-Ware, in 
my view, having ready to use one stop solution to distribute VirtualBOX  
e..g wirecloud.vid or ova is an important step to realize the potential 
of Fi Ware

=> This will save time for people like to us to further test and 
demonstrate wirecloud independent of the new restrictions of FI Ware Lab 
ussage.

=> For every new release of Wirecloud, hopefully there will also be 
corresponding working virtualbox distribution.

==> Ideally we want to see FI-Ware-Lab within your laptop. One Virtual 
box distribution with Orion Context Broker and Wirecloud and additional 
necessary modules.

===> response to specific questions from Alvaro Arranz below

> Dear Kah,
>
> first of all, thanks for your interest in WireCloud
=> Very excited to see wirecloud running in CentOS virtual box within my 
laptop.
>
>
>     I have tried installing wirecloud 0.6.2 using a windows 8 Virtualbox
>     It works but I am having problem uploading the widget from local
>     harddrive to the installed wirecloud in CentOS 6.4
>
>
> Can you elaborate a bit more the problem you are facing uploading widgets?
>
=> The challenge of using a virtual environment to install wirecloud, 
using a e.g. wirecloud user, making sure that when python is installed, 
it is using the virtual environment. Many of the instruction is based on 
Ubuntu e.g. Sudo Apt install. However in CentOS it is yum install.
I am still learning CentOS and sometimes I am not sure when to use yum 
install and when to use python PIP or Easy_install. Because sometimes 
the needed modules can only be obtained using Yum and sometimes using Pip.

Also, I am using MySQL instead of SQLite and PostgresSQL
I have not tried the advanced configurations ( WireCloud Pub Sub add-on, 
NGSI Proxy, IdM GE).
It would also be good to integrate WireCloud with Apache server.

All the provided link to widgets are no longer available.
https://forge.fiware.org/plugins/mediawiki/wiki/fiware/index.php/Application_Mashup_-_Wirecloud_-_Installation_and_Administration_Guide

So, I am using widgets which I have tested to work with FI-Ware-Lab 
Mashup instance from the cloud.


=============



>     In my test, I have tried wirecloud 0.6.2 and 0.6.5
>     It seems that the version of Djongo is very important for the test
>     e.g. 0.6.5 is not working with Djongo 1.5.10. I am not sure what
>     version of Djongo will works with Wirecloud 0.6.5 and higher e.g. 0.7
>
>
> Wirecloud 0.6.5 should work with Django 1.5.10, but... let me make 
> some tests, I will send you another mail providing information about 
> the status of using Wirecloud 0.6.5 with Django 1.5.10.
>
>     Right now the installation information is incomplete and not up to
>     date. I have not tested if it is necessary to install additional
>     pluggin for the wirecloud.
>
>
> CentOS 6.4 usually install some outdated version of some of the python 
> dependencies used by WireCloud. I recommend you to use virtualenv for 
> installing Wirecloud in such OS.
>
>     (a) Please let me know what could be the address of marketplace
>     which the installed wirecloud could access to
>     (b) Do you know what are the production version of wirecloud used
>     now at Fi_Ware Lab?
>     (c) Please kindly direct me to the right person who could help me
>     on the installation of wirecloud
>
>
> a) The only public instance of the marketplace is the one available at 
> FIWARE Lab. Take into account that for using it, you will need to 
> enable the IdM integration and use the FIWARE Lab's IdM server.
> b) is a release candidate of WireCloud 0.7.0
> c) I am the main developer of WireCloud, so feel free for asking me 
> anything. Anyway, I will appreciate if you ask "generic" questions on 
> StackOverflow using the fiware-wirecloud 
> <http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/fiware-wirecloud> tag ;-).
>
> Best regards,
> Álvaro
>
> On 19 February 2015 at 13:46, Kah Tong, SEOW <kts at wei-medicine.com 
> <mailto:kts at wei-medicine.com>> wrote:
>
>     Dear Support,
>
>     I have tried installing wirecloud 0.6.2 using a windows 8 Virtualbox
>     It works but I am having problem uploading the widget from local
>     harddrive to the installed wirecloud in CentOS 6.4
>
>     In my test, I have tried wirecloud 0.6.2 and 0.6.5
>     It seems that the version of Djongo is very important for the test
>     e.g. 0.6.5 is not working with Djongo 1.5.10. I am not sure what
>     version of Djongo will works with Wirecloud 0.6.5 and higher e.g. 0.7
>
>     Right now the installation information is incomplete and not up to
>     date. I have not tested if it is necessary to install additional
>     pluggin for the wirecloud.
>
>     (a) Please let me know what could be the address of marketplace
>     which the installed wirecloud could access to
>     (b) Do you know what are the production version of wirecloud used
>     now at Fi_Ware Lab?
>     (c) Please kindly direct me to the right person who could help me
>     on the installation of wirecloud
>
>     Kah Tong
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