Week 14

Current Week Objectives: Hadoop

Current Week Accomplishments/Hours Worked:

Day 61 - 4/10/17 |

Configured all the settings for Hadoop and got it to work. Created a txt file and uploaded it to HDFS and also able to get the file back. Learned new hadoop linux commands.

Day 62 - 4/11/17 |

Presented my Hadoop PowerPoint presentation to a database class at Penn State Abington. This presentation took about 30mins. I presented my lecture and showed students how to access the database server I set up.

Day 63 - 4/12/17 |

Configured Hadoop so that every user on the server was able to use Hadoop. Hadoop is now working for every user and they can use Hadoop commands.

Day 64 - 4/13/17 |

Day 65 - 4/14/17 | Worked on MySQL Server on Ubuntu. MySQL is not working properly and needs to be fixed.

Week 14 total = 25 Hours

Next Week Objectives: MySQL Server.

Key Lessons Learned/New Skills Acquired: ESXi, VMware, and Linux

Issues and Concerns: Fixed Hadoop by setting the file path to the correct path in .bashrc

Week 13

Current Week Objectives: Hadoop

Current Week Accomplishments/Hours Worked:

Day 56 - 3/27/17 |

Work with a database class and talk about hadoop

Day 57 - 3/28/17 |

Added some work to my Hadoop PowerPoint

Day 58 - 3/29/17 |

Hadoop is not working on the database server. I had to remove it and re install it.

Day 59 - 3/30/17 |

Day 60 - 3/31/17 | Hadoop still is not working correctly and still needs to be fixed.

Week 13 total = 20 Hours

Next Week Objectives: Hadoop.

Key Lessons Learned/New Skills Acquired: ESXi, VMware, and Linux

Issues and Concerns: I do not know what is wrong with Hadoop. I tried to check the configuration files and formatted the hdfs.

Week 12

Current Week Objectives: Linux

Current Week Accomplishments/Hours Worked:

Day 51 - 3/20/17 |

Configure a server to run VMware. Installed Ubuntu server onto the machine.

Day 52 - 3/21/17 |

Ran into a problem where I could not download what I needed by using the server. I reinstalled ubuntu desktop version and then tried to install RenderMan again.

Day 53 - 3/22/17 |

I needed to download blender for linux to test if RenderMan is working correctly.

Day 54 - 3/23/17 |



Day 55 - 3/24/17 | Rendered an image with RenderMan on Blender. Tested how long it took to render a simple image and a complex image.



Week 12 total = 25 Hours

Next Week Objectives: Hadoop.

Key Lessons Learned/New Skills Acquired: ESXi, VMware, and Linux

Issues and Concerns: RenderMan could not be installed on VMware ubuntu server

Week 11

Current Week Objectives: Database server and SSH

Current Week Accomplishments/Hours Worked:

Day 46 - 3/20/17 |

Started the week off by setting up SSH service for users to remotely log into server. Changed the default port number in sshd_config to 5901. Set the router to allow a port number to be port forwarded so the connection can be established via ssh.

Day 47 - 3/21/17 |

Made sure SSH is working correctly and users can connect to the server. Connected via SSH by using the External MAC address and port number. Tested SSH connection with user and it is up and running.

Day 48 - 3/22/17 |

Created a document to help students with PuTTy. The document guides the students step-by-step on how to SSH into the server. Updated java and all Linux machines.

Day 49 - 3/23/17 |

Day 50 - 3/24/17 | Worked with SQL databases

Week 11 total = 25 Hours

Next Week Objectives: MySQL server.

Key Lessons Learned/New Skills Acquired: ESXi, VMware, and Linux

Issues and Concerns: I did not have any issues.

Week 10

Current Week Objectives: Setting up a server for database class

Current Week Accomplishments/Hours Worked:

Day 41 - 3/13/17 |

Day 42 - 3/14/17 |

Day 43 - 3/15/17 |

Installed ESXi on each server and set up a virtual machine environment for one server.

Day 44 - 3/16/17 |

Installed MySQL and MongoDB on the server

Day 45- 3/17/17 |

Installed Ubuntu server on the virtual machine and updated Ubuntu. Installed Java and the necessary programs for Ubuntu. I installed Hadoop onto the virtual machine today and configured it to run datanodes and nodenames. I have installed three databases on the virtual machine so far. I added a group of students from a database class so they can ssh into the database server.

Week 10 total = 15 Hours

Next Week Objectives: Try test databases on the virtual machine.

Key Lessons Learned/New Skills Acquired: ESXi, VMware, and Linux

Issues and Concerns: I did not have any issues.

Week 9 - Spring Break

Week 8

Current Week Objectives: MySQL

Current Week Accomplishments/Hours Worked:

Day 36 - 2/27/17 |

I installed MySQL on Linux and started using it to create simple databases.

Day 37 - 2/28/17 |

Started creating a PowerPoint Presentation on MySQL.

Day 38 - 3/01/17 |

Ran simple MySQL commands and tested it with the database I created.

Day 39 - 3/02/17 |

Finished up PowerPoint on MySQL and put finishing touches on it.

Day 40 - 3/03/17 |

Showed supervisor my finished PowerPoint. Got new servers for VMware and set the servers in the black box. Checked to see if all five servers were fully functional.

Week 8 total = 22 Hours

Next Week Objectives: Setting up a database server on a virtual machine.

Key Lessons Learned/New Skills Acquired: MySQL and MySQL commands

Issues and Concerns: I did not have any issues with MySQL.