utexas-bwi / bwi_lab

Scripts and other programs for administering the BWI system network

Overview

This repository contains administration scripts and other programs for managing the systems and networks for the Building-Wide Intelligence lab of the University of Texas at Austin.

There are two catkin packages here:

• bwilab_scripts provides a carefully constrained ability to run a script under the bwilab user account.

• bwi_local contains other administration scripts that depend upon the user's authorization.

Build

Login as bwilab. Create a catkin workspace with just this repository, and build it.

 $ mkdir -p ~/ws/src
 $ cd ~/ws/src
 $ git clone https://github.com/utexas-bwi/bwi_lab.git
 $ cd ..
 $ catkin config --extend /opt/ros/$ROS_DISTRO --install
 $ catkin build

Install

Source the newly-created install workspace, providing access to some scripts that are useful for completing the installation.

 $ source install/setup.bash

If not already done on this system, authorize bwilab to update some selected parts of /usr/local:

 $ sudo install/lib/bwi_local/authorize_local

Copy the built install space into /usr/local:

 $ rosrun bwi_local update_local install

Configure

If not already done on this system, create ssh keys so the bwilab user can run selected commands on the BWI server:

 $ bwi keygen

When it requests a passphrase, leave the field empty. Be sure to do that under the bwilab user account.

Update

The reason these scripts are stored in a separate repository and installed into /usr/local is so they can be updated without affecting each user's workspace.

Assuming the steps above have already been performed, a new version can be updated while logged in to the bwilab account like this:

 $ cd ~/ws/src/bwi_lab
 $ git pull
 $ cd ../..
 $ catkin build
 $ source install/setup.bash
 $ rosrun bwi_local update_local install