GETTING_STARTED.md

Getting started

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CentOS 7 Linux

1. Configure files

• Copy or Configure files in the "/etc" directory.

2. Install python version 3

$ sudo yum install -y python3
$ python3 -V

3. Set up the sudo environment

$ export SUDO_USER=cyoun

4. Create an account and change the ownership for the configuration files

% sudo adduser xdusage
% sudo groupadd xdusage
groupadd: group 'xdusage' already exists
$ sudo chown root.xdusage -R ./etc/

5. Add the current user to a group

$ sudo usermod -aG xdusage "your current user"

# check groups
$ id
uid=1000(cyoun) gid=1000(cyoun) groups=1000(cyoun),10(wheel),48(apache),996(vboxsf),1001(xdusage)
$ groups
cyoun wheel apache vboxsf xdusage

# If you can't see the "xdusage" group in the group list for your current user, 
# run the commandline below for the change to take effect.
# As the other way, you would need to log in again.
$ su - $USER

6. Set up the file permission mode

$ sudo chmod 750 ./etc
$ sudo chmod 640 -R ./etc/*.conf

7. Test xdusage version 2

$ python3 ./bin/xdusage.py -h
$ python3 ./bin/xdusage.py
$ python3 ./bin/xdusage.py -p TG-MCB190139
$ python3 ./bin/xdusage.py -up neesittg
$ python3 ./bin/xdusage.py -r expanse
$ python3 ./bin/xdusage.py -s 2021-06-28 -e 2021-10-01
$ python3 ./bin/xdusage.py -r expanse -ip

8. Test xdusage version 1

$ python3 ./bin/xdusage.py -av 1 -h
$ python3 ./bin/xdusage.py -av 1
$ python3 ./bin/xdusage.py -av 1 -p TG-MCB190139
$ python3 ./bin/xdusage.py -av 1 -up cyoun
$ python3 ./bin/xdusage.py -av 1 -r expanse
$ python3 ./bin/xdusage.py -av 1 -s 2021-06-28 -e 2021-10-01
$ python3 ./bin/xdusage.py -av 1 -r expanse -ip