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Settings procedure

1 - We did this test using VMware Workstation 17 Player as the virtual machine, and we used RedHat Enterprise Linux 8.7 64-bit as the operational system.

2 - It was necessary to register and subscribe a RHEL system to the Red Hat Customer Portal using Red Hat Subscription-Manager using this command in prompt

Before that, get root permissions writing this in command line.

su //after clicking enter, it will ask for your RHEL password

subscription-manager register --username <username> --password <password> --auto-attach

You can find more information about it in the following link

https://access.redhat.com/solutions/253273

3 - Now we are going to download mono to make possible to run .NET Framework applications

First command to download Red Hat 8 is to update the system repository:

sudo dnf update

Second is to download the Mono package:

sudo dnf config-manager --add-repo https://download.mono-project.com/repo/centos8-stable.repo //This line code maybe will be necessary
sudo dnf install mono-complete

After waiting to install all the package, write this command line to be sure that mono was installed correctly

mono --version

4 - On computer: Transfer folder "ProjectServer" localized in C:\Program Files (x86)\\\\IoT\ProjectServer .. and transfer to /home/username/ in Server Ubuntu. You can use any kind of file transfer, we generate a link from our driver, and access it in RHEL through Firefox browser. 

5 - Deactivate Firewall in RHEL

systemctl stop firewalld

6 - Run the TServer using this command line, after this you Port will be open to receive TServer.

mono /home/user/Documents/ProjectServer/ProjectServer.exe //The path depends where you put the folder, this is just an example

7 - Now you need to create a Linux project on your computer, for this, follow the steps

Open 'Welcome' in FactoryStudio ->
Create new project with - Product Family: EdgeGateway;
Target Framework: Linux/Mono 

In Welcome -> Server tab -> Remote -> Server Ip -> Connect button -> Update button -> Upload Project, you can choose the project created before 

License tab -> Load license key

Projects -> Refresh -> Open project

Run -> Startup -> Run Startup button

8 - Now you can see in RHEL that your TServer is running, it should be like this:

If you are getting some error, please be sure that you are running in root level, just execute this command line:

su //after clicking enter, it will ask for your RHEL password

How to Deploy Projects and set FactoryStudio TServer as Service in Linux

This document shows how to deploy Projects in Linux through code lines (without graphics image in Ubuntu Server) and too how to initialize the FactoryStudio TServer automatically when Ubuntu is initialized. However, you need a PC as a client for doing the deployment in Linux and make all necessary settings, after it, your Linux Server will keep running. 

The solution

Installation and Deploy Ubuntu

We used Putty and FileZilla software to access the Ubuntu Server.

On Ubuntu Server: 

> sudo apt-get install openssh-server

On Computer:
Open putty and connect in Ubuntu Server

Through Putty or Linux Terminal:
commands of the PDF ‘How to Deploy Projects on Raspberry Pi or Linux’:

> sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys
3FA7E0328081BFF6A14DA29AA6A19B38D3D831EF
 
> echo "deb http://download.mono-project.com/repo/debian wheezy
main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mono-xamarin.list
 
> echo "deb http://download.mono-project.com/repo/debian wheezyapache24-compat main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/monoxamarin.list
 
> sudo apt-get update
> sudo apt-get upgrade
> sudo apt-get install mono-devel
> sudo apt-get install mono-complete
> sudo apt-get install referenceassemblies-pcl

On computer:
Transfer folder "ProjectServer" localized in C:\Program Files (x86)\\\\IoT\ProjectServer .. and transfer to /home/username/ in Server Ubuntu. We used FileZilla software to transfer. 

On Putty or Linux Terminal:
install the xvfb with: 

> sudo apt-get install xvfb

Create a screen with command: 

> screen -S 'screen_name'

Use command to run server: 

> xvfb-run mono /home/username/ProjectServer/ProjectServer.exe

Open 'Welcome' in FactoryStudio ->
Create new project with - Product Family: EdgeGateway;
Target Framework: Linux/Mono 

In Welcome -> Server tab -> Remote -> Server Ip -> Connect button -> Update button -> Upload Project, you can choose the project created before 

License tab -> Load license key

Projects -> Refresh -> Open project

Run -> Startup -> Run Startup button

If you wish you can run the project via ubuntu server using command:

> xvfb-run --auto-servernum --server-num=1 mono
/home/username/TServer/TServer.exe /Project:project_name.tproj

AutoLogin Ubuntu

If your Ubuntu Server have Login and Password and you wish to enter in your Ubuntu server automatically you can do the steps below: 

On Putty or Linux Terminal:

> sudo systemctl edit getty@tty1.service

This will the create a drop-in file (if neccessary) and open it an editor. Add the following, replacing myusername with your user name: 

[Service]
ExecStart=
ExecStart=-/sbin/agetty --noissue --autologin myusername %I $TERM
Type=idle

This will:
Create the folder /etc/systemd/system/getty@tty1.service.d if necessary
Create the file /etc/systemd/system/getty@tty1.smervice.d/override.conf if necessary

AutoRun FactoryStudio TServer with Service

When Ubuntu initializes your FactoryStudio TServer will initialize automatically.

On Putty or Linux Terminal:

> sudo su
> nano /usr/local/sbin/my-startup.sh

You can write the text below to initialized your Server with this command: 

#!/bin/sh
xvfb-run mono /home/username/ProjectServer/ProjectServer.exe

Save it! 

After: 

> chmod +x /usr/local/sbin/my-startup.sh
> nano /etc/systemd/system/my-startup.service

You can write the text below: 

[Unit]
Description=My Startup
[Service]
ExecStart=/usr/local/sbin/my-startup.sh
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Save it too!
After:

> systemctl status my-startup.service
> systemctl enable my-startup.service
> reboot

Your Server will be running when Ubuntu initialized!

After reboot your Server Ubuntu you can open Welcome of FactoryStudio, 'Server' tab
and connect again in "Remote -> Server IP" you can open your project and Run it.

In your FactoryStudio you can open "Trace Window" and you will could see information,
errors, warning and debugs of your project.

In Putty you can write "systemctl status my-startup.service" and you will see status of
project working.

On the computer, you can keep your project running and close the ‘Project Engineering’.
In ‘Welcome FactoryStudio’ you can alter the ‘Remote’ to ‘Local’ and when you need to
open your project and manage it, you need only access via “remote” again. 

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