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**Code review and optimiazation - 5% | **Code review and optimiazation - 5% | ||
*Installer design and development: 2% | *Installer design and development: 2% | ||
Revision as of 16:07, 12 February 2007
Contents
Project Goal
Create a plug and play VistA virtual appliance to support training and demonstration activities.
The following are working notes for a project in progress.
This document discusses using the VistA Appliance. See this document for details on HowTo Build an Appliance.
Development Milestones
Test bed Progress
- Host Configuration: 95%
- Virtual tool selection: 100% (QEMU)
- Virtual tool installed with QEMU Accelorator Module (optional)
- VA Demo Appliance(Toaster) downloaded - 100%
- Launch script preapred to run QEMU and VA Demo appliance - 100%
- CPRS installed and launch script prepared - 100%
- Code review and optimiazation - 5%
- Guest Configuration: 80%
- Modifications to inetd - 100%
- automatically start and stop TaskMan - 100%
- Code review and optimiazation - 5%
- Installer design and development: 2%
- Security Review and Certification: 0%
- User documentation:
- Technical documentation: 1%
- Testing and User Acceptance: 0%
Development Steps
Host architecture
Directory structure & Initial Set-up (Pre-Installer Work Envinonment)
QEMU
Extracted files from downloaded file, 'qemu-0.8.2-windows.zip' Directory 'qemu-0.8.2-windows' is produced when extaction is complete Moved 'qemu-0.8.2-windows' directory to 'C:\Program Files\qemu-0.8.2-windows'
QEMU Accelerator Module
Extracted files from downloaded file, 'kqemu-1.3.0pre9.tar.gz' Directory 'kqemu-1.3.0pre9' is produced when extaction is complete Moved 'kqemu-1.3.0pre9' directory to 'C:\Program Files\kqemu-1.3.0pre9' Right click on 'kqemu.inf' and select 'Install' from pop-up menu
VA VistA Demo Toaster 20060926
Extracted files from downloaded file, 'VAVistADemo20060912.zip' File 'VAVistADemo20060912.qcow' is produced when extaction is complete Moved 'VAVistADemo20060912.qcow' directory to 'C:\Program Files\qemu-0.8.2-windows'
Updates to VA VistA Demo Toaster appliance: http://groups.google.com/group/Hardhats/browse_thread/thread/89ba7bbdf941b19?hl=en
Modifications to inetd configuration (courtesy KS BHaskar):
To start inetd manually for only the current session:
sudo /etc/init.d/inetd start
To enable inetd to start automatically, execute each of the following commands once. When you reboot your Toaster, inetd will start automatically:
sudo ln -s /etc/init.d/inetd /etc/rc2.d/S20inetd sudo ln -s /etc/init.d/inetd /etc/rc3.d/S20inetd sudo ln -s /etc/init.d/inetd /etc/rc4.d/S20inetd sudo ln -s /etc/init.d/inetd /etc/rc5.d/S20inetd sudo ln -s /etc/init.d/inetd /etc/rc1.d/K20inetd sudo ln -s /etc/init.d/inetd /etc/rc2.d/K20inetd sudo ln -s /etc/init.d/inetd /etc/rc3.d/K20inetd sudo ln -s /etc/init.d/inetd /etc/rc4.d/K20inetd sudo ln -s /etc/init.d/inetd /etc/rc5.d/K20inetd
Enhancement to automatically start and stop Taskaman (courtesy KS BHaskar):
Edit the file /etc/init.d/VAVistADemo20060926 (e.g., with "sudo beaver /etc/init.d/VAVistADemo20060926" which gives you a WYSIWYG GUI editor), and make it look like this:
#!/bin/sh
PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin
source /usr/local/gtm_V5.2-000/gtmprofile
cd /var/VAVistADemo20060926/gtm_V5.2-000
case "$1" in
start)
sudo -u dsl /usr/local/gtm_V5.2-000/mupip journal -recover -
backward g/mumps.mjl
sudo -u dsl ./run RESTART^ZTMB <<EOF
Y
EOF
;;
stop)
sudo -u dsl ./run STOP^ZTMKU <<EOF
Y
Y
EOF
sleep 5
sudo -u dsl killall mumps
sudo -u dsl /usr/local/gtm_V5.2-000/mupip journal -recover -
backward g/mumps.mjl
;;
*)
echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/VAVistADemo20060926 {start|stop}"
exit 1
esac
exit 0
Taskman will automatically start when you boot the Toaster, and shut down when you stop it.
- Guest launch scripting
Modifications: qemu-win.bat
The .bat file that comes with QEMU has been modified to launch Toaster.
The original file:
REM Start qemu on windows. @ECHO OFF REM SDL_VIDEODRIVER=directx is faster than windib. But keyboard cannot work well. SET SDL_VIDEODRIVER=windib REM SDL_AUDIODRIVER=waveout or dsound can be used. Only if QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=sdl. SET SDL_AUDIODRIVER=dsound REM QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=dsound or fmod or sdl or none can be used. See qemu -audio- help. SET QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=dsound REM QEMU_AUDIO_LOG_TO_MONITOR=1 displays log messages in QEMU monitor. SET QEMU_AUDIO_LOG_TO_MONITOR=0 qemu.exe -L . -m 128 -hda linux.img -soundhw all -localtime
The modified file: (UPDATED 01/28/06 - added 'net start kqemu' to launch QEMU Accelerator Module
net start kqemu REM Start qemu on windows. @ECHO OFF REM SDL_VIDEODRIVER=directx is faster than windib. But keyboard cannot work well. SET SDL_VIDEODRIVER=windib REM SDL_AUDIODRIVER=waveout or dsound can be used. Only if QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=sdl. SET SDL_AUDIODRIVER=dsound REM QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=dsound or fmod or sdl or none can be used. See qemu -audio-help. SET QEMU_AUDIO_DRV=dsound REM QEMU_AUDIO_LOG_TO_MONITOR=1 displays log messages in QEMU monitor. SET QEMU_AUDIO_LOG_TO_MONITOR=0 qemu.exe -L . -m 128 -hda -soundhw all -localtime -redir tcp:2222::22 -redir tcp:9297::9297 VAVistADemo20060912.qcow
Client connection configuration
CPRS Connection CPRS can connect to the appliance from the host with "CPRSChart s=127.0.0.1 p=9297 CCOW=DISABLE".
- Above string stored in batch file. Batch file copied to CPRS directory.
- Windows Hosts file modifcation not required ('127.0.0.1 BROKERSERVER')
- When CPRS launches and connects with VistA serve, a sign-in screen appears. Use the Access and Verify codes: VistAis#1 and #1isVistA respectively.
Guest architecture
- Guest loading scripting
- Start up / Shut down (/etc/init.d/) - 100%
- Start/stop TaskMan script applied - 100%
- Code review and optization - 15%
Development Resources
- [1] QEMU Main Page
Installation files
- [2] QEMU on Windows provides precompiled QEMU versions for Windows.
- [3] QEMU Accelerator Module
- [4] Detailed release notes and VA VistA Demo Toaster 20060926
- [5] BigFiles: file sharing
Open Issues & Questions
- Gain permission to distribute QEMU Accelerator Module
