Make your own virtual space

So you want to have your own copies of the binaries and your own hgwdev-user.cse.ucsc.edu browser? Here is a walkthrough:

0. Request a "virtual space" from the cluster-admins.

This includes, among other things, adding a block to the file /usr/local/apache/conf/httpd.conf

<VirtualHost 128.114.50.189>

ServerName hgwdev-kayla.cse.ucsc.edu
ServerAlias hgwdev-kayla
ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ "/usr/local/apache/cgi-bin-kayla/"

</VirtualHost>

1. Populate my /usr/local/apache/cgi-bin-kayla/ directory for the first time by doing the following:

From my home directory on hgwdev /cluster/home/kayla I type the following things:

[kayla@hgwdev ~]$cd kent [kayla@hgwdev ~/kent]$ cvsup [kayla@hgwdev ~/kent]$ cd src [kayla@hgwdev src]$ make libs [kayla@hgwdev src]$ cd hg [kayla@hgwdev hg]$ make cgi [kayla@hgwdev hg]$ cd makeDb/trackDb [kayla@hgwdev trackDb]$ make update

I now have my own compiled version of the cgis.

2. Edit my /usr/local/apache.cgi-bin-kayla/hg.conf

• You can copy this file from another user, but make sure to replace their name with your name in the appropriate (4) places.
• Pay attention to the following lines (they will need to be edited or added): central.host=localhost central.domain=hgwdev-kayla.cse.ucsc.edu central.cookie=hguid.hgwdev-kayla backupcentral.domain=hgwdev-kayla.ucsc.edu
• Also play with the line: browser.background=/images/floret.jpg to change what background your browser displays. here is a generic floret.jpg file you can download and edit.

3. Keep it current:

Here is a script that you can copy and paste to make your binaries every night:

1. !/bin/tcsh

if ($HOST != hgwdev) then

 echo "\n  this must be run from hgwdev!\n"

endif

cd ~/kent/src make clean > dev/null cd ~/kent /cluster/bin/scripts/cvsup | mail -s 'CVS update report on kent tree' kayla cd ~/kent/src make libs cd ~/kent/src/hg make cgi cd ~/kent/src/hg/makeDb/trackDb make update

4. Automate it:

Set up a cronjob: