The guide to build a python development VM on your local windows machine to combine both the efficiency of linux and the usability of windows laptop - I use pycharm as an example of python IDE but you can use any IDE that support the remote deployment. For more info about remote deployment function please see the below link https://basimaly.wordpress.com/2015/12/05/remote-deployment-using-pycharm/

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Building Python Development Station

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Why?
• Microsoft windows wins in term of GUI and user experience
• Unix systems win in term of Flexibility and efficiency(especially in
django and web development)
• Why to not combine both?

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Topology
SSH Connection
Internet Connection for
Package Management
Vmnet10
10.10.99.1Bridged-dhclient
My PC Running
Widnows
Internet

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Why DHCLIENT?
• To accommodate with any work environment you connected to
• Cafe`
• Work Network
• Home Network
• Used to connect to internet for package managemenet

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Specification
• Hardware
• 20 GB HDD
• 1GB RAM
• 1 vCPU
• Two network interfaces
• Software
• Centos 7 x64
• Vmware workstation (v10 or later)
• Pycharm - for python development
• IntelliJ IDEA - for Java development
• Phpstorm - for php development
• RubyMine - for Ruby development

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Disable Firewall
• #systemctl disable firewalld
• #systemctl stop firewalld
• Disable selinux

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Needed Packages
• yum groupinstall "Development Tools"
• yum install:
vim
net-snmp.x86_64
net-tools.x86_64
dstat.noarch
mlocate.x86_64
epel-release.noarch 0:7-5
tcpdump.x86_64
ansible
openldap-clients.x86_64
vsftpd.x86_64
python-pip
• pip install --upgrade pip
mysql

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Configure FTP access
• vi /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf
userlist_enable=YES
local_enable=YES
write_enable=YES
• vim /etc/vsftpd/user_list
comment #root
• vim /etc/vsftpd/ftpusers
comment #root
• systemctl restart vsftpd
• systemctl enable vsftpd
• systemctl disable firewalld
• systemctl stop firewalld

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Configure IDE

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Configure IDE(1 of 6)
• Add Remote Interpreter
• Configure a remote creds
• IP Address of VM
• SSH Port
• Password
• Python Interpreter path (use which command)

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Configure IDE(2 of 6)
• You can see the remote interpreter in External Library

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Configure IDE(3 of 6)
• Add Deployment Server (sFTP Server)

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Configure IDE(4 of 6 )
• Configure Mapping between stored files and Remote files
• Why?
• Keep a local copy of your scripts
• You don’t need to fire VM each time you need to look at something

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Configure IDE(5 of 6 )
• Configure Automatic upload
• So you don’t bother yourself for sync problems

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Configure IDE(6 of 6)
• Create New project and choose the location & interpreter
• Location: Our Dropbox Folder
• Interpreter: Remote Interpreter

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Writing the first Code

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WRITING YOUR FIRST CODE(1/3)
• All packages imported are linked to ones in remote server

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WRITING YOUR FIRST CODE(2/3)
• Every few moments, the Pycharm upload the file to remote server
automatically without any intervention from user

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WRITING YOUR FIRST CODE(3/3)
• If you try to run the code
• Pycharm upload the latest file to the server
• Pycharm create a specific configuration interpreter that point to local file in
scripts
• Pycharm send run command over SSH to remote server and return the
console output

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Need any additional Python Package
• Use secureCRT
• It’s better to install any additional packages on remote server from
Linux terminal itself (yum install <package>) not from Pycharm itself
(Sudo access problem)

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• Configure Button map to run “long commands”
SSH Client on Windows
• SecureCRT of course

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Additional links
• Remote Deployment using Pycharm
• Jetbrains

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