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# Greenplum Database Bootstrap Builder #### Packer-Based AWS Greenplum Environment Build Tool for the Greenplum Database

Requirements:

• Packer
• S3 tools

Modifications Required:

1. Install Packer
2. Clone Repo
3. execute: packer build -force gpdb-bootstrap-multi.json
   or to build either vbox or vmware add "-only=vbox" or "-only=vmware" or "-only=aws"

This will generate the OVA which can then be imported into VirtualBox, and/or a zip file for use with VMware and/or a AWS AMI

AMIs from the last run

• us-east-1: ami-6cd5fd7b
• us-west-1: ami-3d8edb5d
• us-west-2: ami-e6ec4186

Base AMI Notes and changes

• 20160927 - ami-29084f3e
  • yum update
  • added :git, epel, dkms
  • kernel-2.6.32-642.4.2
  • ixgbevf 3.2.2 for enhanced networking in AWS
  • AWS CLI Bundle installed
  • Set sriovNetSupport to simple
  • added make_greenplum_ready.pl utility script to /root which will raid and format additional devices as one xfs volume
• 20160923 - ami-c74105d0
  • Changed AMI Image to be 40G