Task 1.4

Sign up for Carolina CloudApps

Overview:

1. login to the class computer
2. Sign up for a CloudApp account
3. Confirm your console start page: View (in a browser) the Openshift container platform console
4. Confirm your source control start page: View (in a browser) the Source Control Account
5. Create two repositories (projects) and grant the instructor Master permission role.

If you want to set up your cloud server outside of class on your own laptop, and you are off campus, you will need to install the VPN client and connect with it.

1. Log in to the class computer and get oriented

For this exercise, use the class computers. You may not always have a working laptop at your disposal. Take advantage of this introduction on how to log in and use the tools on the classroom computer in case your laptop is ever cracked, crashed or frozen.

• Login with your ONYEN and ONYEN password
• Open up the chrome browser on the desktop and go on the the next step:

Task 1.5

4. Create two projects

You are limited to 10 repositories in your UNC source control account.

You will need two repositories for this class.

File naming is important!

Notice the name of the suggested project: my-awesome-project.

• there are no caps
• there are no spaces
• there are dashes in the place of spaces

This a great way to name all of your repositories, files, and folders (aka directories). You will be creating files and directories on your computer that will ultimately be pushed up a to unix cloud server. So any files that you create on your laptop, should follow these linux naming conventions. It is okay to use all caps. Sometime you will see some files in all caps. For instance, you will often see README.md in all uppercase. (Usually, all-cap names are system related.)

For regular files, stick to lower case. Here is a situation that can really mess with your head: If you name your image files like this, IMAGE.jpg, and then link to them in html like this, image.JPG, it will work on your laptop which does not care about case, but when you post your files to a linux or unix server, the images might not show because linux is case-sensitive. That can take a long time to debug. (This happened last semester.) Try to keep everything lower-case and consistent.

a. The first project/repository should be named:

2017-fall-inls-161-tasks

You will have lots of directories within this project by the end of the course.

b. Make this project private (not visible).

(You still have higher permissions than a Master as the owner) These are for your grades, so you should not give access to anyone else, because you don't want anyone to accidentally delete anything you have submitted.

Click the create project button now.

c. Grant me Master permission role access to your project

To grant me access

a. click on the Members link.
b. Click in the Select members to invite box and start typing Lawrence.

This will allow you to choose from any student or staff member that has a
Carolina Cloud app, so make sure you get the right Lawrence: (Lawrence Blake Jones @lblakej). 

c. Then Choose Master in the Choose role permission box. d. Then click Add to project button.

d. Now click on Settings

Make sure the Project is not visible and that team members can edit the Repository. (I should be the only team member.)

The second project/repository should be named:

2017-fall-inls161-website

This can be public or private. If you choose to make it private, you will need to give me "master role permission" as you did in the previous repository.

In our next session, we will set up our ssh keys and and start learning some git and unix.