Volvox Labs + Microsoft Timelapse Project

Below are instructions for setting up project machines from scratch.

##Camera Controller - Local Machine Setup On-site Linux machine, connected to 4 Canon DSLRs over USB-Ethernet extenders.

• Install Ubuntu 14.04
  • via mountable ISO disk image
• Update packages
  • $ sudo apt-get update
  • $ sudo apt-get upgrade
• Install Git
  • $ sudo apt-get install git
• Install Node v0.10.39 via nvm
  • $ sudo apt-get install build-essential libssl-dev
  • $ curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.25.4/install.sh | sh
  • $ source ~/.profile
  • $ nvm install 0.10.39 #crucial for gphoto2
  • $ nvm use 0.10.39
  • $ nvm alias default 0.10.39
  • $ nvm use default
  • $ node -v // check that install worked
• Install gphoto2
  • $ sudo apt-get install libgphoto2-2-dev
• Clone repo (first $ cd to correct folder)
  • $ git clone https://github.com/jmsaavedra/volvox-microsoft.git
• Install package modules
  • $ npm install
• AuthKeys.js
  • manually copy AuthKeys.js into the root folder (this is shared privately)
• Install PM2
  • $ $ npm install pm2 -g
  • $ $ pm2 startup #follow directions if there is a reply from pm2!
  • $ $ pm2 start startup.json #run the app with pm2 startup script
  • $ $ pm2 save #save this process to the startup scripts
  • $ $ pm2 logs #tail console logs

##Video Processor - Azure Virtual Machine Setup This is an Ubunutu 14.04 Linux Virtual Machine, that processes all uploaded videos nightly, uploads to Vimeo, and reports to the a server db for display in the public gallery site.

• Update packages
  • $ sudo apt-get update
  • $ sudo apt-get upgrade
• Install Git
  • $ sudo apt-get git
• Install Node v0.10.39 via NVM
  • $ sudo apt-get install build-essential libssl-dev
  • $ curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.25.4/install.sh | sh
  • $ source ~/.profile
  • $ nvm install 0.10.39 #video processor has run on 0.12.x in the past
  • $ nvm use 0.10.39
  • $ nvm alias default 0.10.39
  • $ nvm use default
  • $ node -v // check that install worked
• Install ffmpeg
  • wget and unpack binary: see my gist here.
  • old ref
• Install graphicsmagick + ghostscript
  • $ sudo apt-get install graphicsmagick
  • $ sudo apt-get install ghostscript
• Clone repo, install packages
  • $ git clone https://github.com/jmsaavedra/volvox-microsoft.git
  • $ npm install
• AuthKeys.js
  • manually copy AuthKeys.js into the root folder of repo (this is shared privately)
• Set local time zone of server
  • Linux (ref):
  • $ date // show date
  • $ more /etc/timezone #show timezone file
  • $ sudo dpkg-reconfigure tzdata #run timezone config
  • if using cron, restart it:
    • $ /etc/init.d/cron stop
    • $ /etc/init.d/cron start
• Install PM2
  • $ $ npm install pm2 -g
  • $ $ pm2 startup #follow directions if there is a reply from pm2!
  • $ $ pm2 start startup.json #run the app with pm2 startup script
  • $ $ pm2 save #save this process to the startup scripts
  • $ $ pm2 logs #tail console logs