There are plenty of translation management systems available on the market, some are better, some have features that other's don't have. And some are paid while some are Open Source (free)
In today's servers article series I will share my configuration I used to install Open Source GlobalSight translation management system on Linode VPS running Ubuntu 14.04
It took me about 8 hours to get it finally runing, but using following tutorial you should be able to manage it under 2 hours (including some testing).
About GlobalSight Translation Management System
GlobalSight is an open-source Globalization Management System (GMS) that manages and streamlines all of the tasks involved in the translation process - from requesting a new translation to quoting, project management, translating, reviewing, Desktop Publishing (DTP), reporting and so on.
Setting up Linode VPS server
For this test I will purchase a brand new 10$/mo VPS server from Linode and will deploy Ubuntu 14.04 on it. Read Getting Started with Linode guide.
After you have successfully purchased a VPS from Linode, deploy Ubuntu 14.04 on it and follow security guide to make your server protected from bad guys, see: Securing Your Server
Installing GlobalSight
Now, once you are all good and your server is deployed, let's put GlobalSight translation management system on it. For a reference I'm using official guide here: Installing GlobalSight on Ubuntu
Open putty and connect to your server using IP address you got from Linode and username/password you created after you followed Securing your server guide.
Downloading source files:
sudo mkdir /etc/globalsight/ cd /etc/globalsight sudo wget https://sourceforge.net/projects/globalsight/files/GlobalSight_Software/GlobalSight_8.6.7/GlobalSight_Software_Package_Linux_8.6.7.zip
Unzip
You might need to install unzip first
sudo apt-get install unzip
Install MySQL
Update APT repository list
sudo apt-get update
Install MySQL Server and Client at the same time
sudo apt-get install mysql-server mysql-client
You will be asked to enter password during installation
Configure database
Edit file /etc/mysql/my.cnf
Add following lines under [mysqld] section
lower_case_table_names=1 character-set-server=utf8 collation-server=utf8_general_ci innodb_file_per_table=1 innodb_buffer_pool_size=1G
Uncomment and update below line
max_connections=800
Update below line
max_allowed_packet=50M
Replace below line
key_buffer=16M to key_buffer_size=16M
Comment below line
bind-address=127.0.0.1
Creating the GlobalSight database and user using the MySQL command line
Log in to MySQL as root
mysql -uroot -p
You will be prompted to enter MySQL root user's password.
grant the privileges
grant all on *.* to 'root'@'localhost' identified by '<mysql_root_password>';
Create the GlobalSight database
create database globalsight;
Commit the changes
commit;
Exit MySQL
exit
Installing JDK
Following written is inspired by: How to Install Oracle Java 8 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
sudo apt-get install software-properties-common python-software-properties
Add PPA
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:webupd8team/java
As a matter of best practice we’ll update our packages:
sudo apt-get update
Then let’s install Oracle Java 8 with the PPA installer:
sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-installer
Be sure to accept the Oracle license!
Now verify that Java is installed and is of version 1.8.x:
java -version
Set system variables: JAVA_HOME and PATH
Edit /etc/profile file and add contents as below:
export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-oracle/jre export PATH=$PATH:$JAVA_HOME/bin
Use source to load the variables, by running this command:
source /etc/profile
Then check the variable, by running this command:
echo $JAVA_HOME
Create a user called jboss for the GlobalSight core application
sudo useradd -m -s /bin/bash jboss sudo passwd jboss sudo adduser jboss sudo
Log in as user jboss
su -l jboss
Unjar GlobalSight.zip to /home/jboss directory
mkdir GlobalSight && cd GlobalSight jar xvf /etc/globalsight/GlobalSight/GlobalSight.zip
Go to the install script directory and add the executable attribute to script file Install.sh
cd /install chmod u+x Install.sh
login as root
su root
Create GlobalSight documents and file storage directory
mkdir -p home/jboss/data/{docs,filestorage}
Update GlobalSight daemon template
sudo nano /home/jboss/GlobalSight/jboss/util/bin/service.sh.template
Insert -c ${JBOSS_USER} -d ${JBOSS_HOME} between --background and --user
Example: start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --background -c ${JBOSS_USER} -d ${JBOSS_HOME} --user ${JBOSS_USER} --exec ${JBOSS_HOME}/bin/standalone.sh
Example: start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --background -c ${JBOSS_USER} -d ${JBOSS_HOME} --user ${JBOSS_USER} --exec ${JBOSS_HOME}/bin/jboss-cli.sh -- --connect command=:shutdown
Note: this modification ensures that GlobalSight daemon are always running as user jboss.
Installing GlobalSight core application
Run the install script
cd /home/jboss/GlobalSight/install sudo PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH ./Install.sh | tee globalsight_install.log
Follow installation screens and adjust settings.
If no errors occurred, you should be able to start globalsight service with following command:
sudo service globalsight start
That's it. Open browser and visit http://yourip:yourport/globalhost
