Developing TileDB on an AWS EC2 instance

AWS Linux

Connect to the EC2 Instance

• Spin up a new EC2 instance, download the key-pair file (<name>.pem)
• Copy the key-pair file to ~/.ssh

cp <key-pair-name>.pem ~./ssh
chmod 400 ~/.ssh/<key-pair-name>.pem

• Copy the Public DNS of the EC2 instance (AWS console, or right-click -> connect)
• Edit ~/.ssh/config

Host tiledb_dev
   User ec2-user
   HostName <Public DNS / IP>
   IdentityFile ~/.ssh/<key-pair-name>.pem 

• Test connection

ssh tiledb_dev

Install dependencies:

sudo yum groupinstall -y "Development Tools"
sudo yum install -y git, wget
wget https://github.com/Kitware/CMake/releases/download/v3.12.4/cmake-3.12.4-Linux-x86_64.sh
sudo sh cmake-3.12.4-Linux-x86_64.sh --skip-license --prefix=/usr/local

git clone http://github.com/TileDB-Inc/TileDB

Remote Editing / Terminal with VSCode

• Download the "Insiders" version of VSCode: https://code.visualstudio.com/insiders/
• Menu -> View -> Extensions
• Search Extension MarketPlace for "Remote Development" -> Install Extension -> Restart
• Left Side Bar -> Remote SSH -> Connections -> tiledb_dev

Install C++ / Python Extensions:

• Menu -> View -> Extensions -> Search "C++" -> Install on SSH:Tiledb_dev

Browse Files:

• Left Side Bar-> Explorer (Top) -> Open Folder -> Select top-level folder on SSH host

Terminal:

• Menu -> Terminal -> New Terminal
• You can use the code-insiders binary installed on the remote ssh host to open files / folders in your local editor

[ec2-user@ip-172-31-38-128 ~]$ code-insiders .bashrc