imaginarium

This is my development machine. be aware that this is mine and what works for me does not necessarily work for you.

H/W Configuration

Azure Ds series v3 (v3 to support nested virtualization). With the following configuration:

OS disk: 2048GB
additional disk: code - 2048GB
additional disk: data - 2048GB

Large disks are used to get higher i/o quotas

mounting disks

create directories

note the below redirect home to one of the data disks.

sudo -s
mkdir /opt/code
mkdir /opt/data
mkdir /opt/code/home/khenidak

# own them
chown -R khenidak:khenidak /opt/code
chown -R khenidak:khenidak /opt/data

create the following files

#/etc/systemd/system/opt-data.mount
[Unit]
Description=mount data disk

[Mount]
What=/dev/disk/azure/scsi1/<FIND THE LUN IN DISKS VIEW>
Where=/opt/data
Type=ext4

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

#/etc/systemd/system/opt-code.mount
[Unit]
Description=mount code disk

[Mount]
What=/dev/disk/azure/scsi1/<FIND THE LUN IN DISKS VIEW>
Where=/opt/code
Type=ext4

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Change user name as needed, don't forget to change the directory in /opt

/etc/systemd/system/home-khenidak.mount
[Unit]
Description=bind home
After=opt-code.mount
[Mount]
What=/opt/code/home/khenidak
Where=/home/khenidak
Type=none
Options=bind

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

enable and start the units

systemctl enable opt-data.mount
systemctl enable opt-code.mount
systemctl enable opt-code-home-khenidak.mount

systemctl start opt-data.mount
systemctl start opt-code.mount
systemctl start opt-code-home-khenidak.mount

Basic software

packages i use are in ./installed-packages

they were captured with apt list --installed 2>/dev/null | sed '/^$/d' | awk '{split($0,a,"/"); print a[1]}' > ./installed-packages

to install them run xargs -n 1 -I{} sudo apt install -y {} < <( cat ./imaginarium/installed-packages)

configuring the box

bash profile

load up additional bash setting by adding this to your bashrc source ./imaginarium/box/.bashrc__extra

tmux

link tmux configuration file to what is in the imaginarium ln -s ./imaginarium/box/.tmux.conf ./.tmux.conf

vi

The entire setup uses git submodules. You will need to perform after first pull

git submodule update --init --recursive

Like everything else these submodules may depend on other submodules (YCM does that) and also like everything else these submodules undergo updates and bug fixes so it is always a good idea to bring in the latest. Depending on your git config YMMV on how to bring the latest. This answer covers the details https://stackoverflow.com/questions/18770545/why-is-my-git-submodule-head-detached-from-master/55570998#55570998

TL;DR; submodules refs are on commits. When you use git submodule update .. you are bringing down the same refs (detached). To work around that use git submodule update --remote --rebase to ff your refs.

add the following to ~/.vimrc

source /home/khenidak/imaginarium/box/.vimrc

In my setup i have empty .vimrc on home directory with just sourcing whatever i have in my imaginarium

build YouCompleteMe

cd ~/.vim/bundles/YouCompleteMe/
python3 install.py --all

note: install .net if you are building for omnisharp, details here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/install/linux-package-manager-ubuntu-1804. Also check https://github.com/ycm-core/YouCompleteMe for more details about YCM

additional software packages: nodejs etc

-nodejs: I use a more modern v 10.x nodejs (for typescript). Follow instruction here: https://github.com/nodesource/distributions/blob/master/README.md

typescript: do not install via apt follow https://www.typescriptlang.org/docs/tutorial.html. or just run(after nodeks is installed) npm install -g typescript
tool chain stuff: rushjs npm install -g @microsoft/rush

additional software: azure cli

follow: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cli/azure/install-azure-cli-apt?view=azure-cli-latest

**TODO: MORE ON CONFIG **

workflow

my day starts with

sDev xyz where xyz is whatever i am working in. That starts (or connects to existing) tmux session. iDev starts a default profile named kal where core stuff are always there.
the session is kept with multiple tabs panes etc with code (vi) running.

** TODO nested virtual machines