README.amazon_linux

# edit hostname
sudo vim /etc/sysconfig/network
sudo vim /etc/hosts

# add mount points
sudo vim /etc/fstab

# install packages
sudo yum install git
sudo yum install gcc
sudo yum install readline-devel
sudo yum install zlib-devel
sudo yum install libcurl-devel
sudo yum install bzip2-devel
sudo yum install bison
sudo yum install flex
sudo yum install gcc-c++

# edit sysctl
vm.overcommit_memory = 2

# edit /etc/security/limits.conf
* soft core unlimited
* soft nofile 65536
* hard nofile 65536
* soft nproc 131072
* hard nproc 131072

# edit /etc/grub.conf
add transparent_hugepage=never to kernel boot command line
cat /sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/enabled

# update blockdev read ahead
/sbin/blockdev --setra 16384 GPDB_DEVICE_NAMES

# configure and build
./configure
make
sudo make install
. /usr/local/gpdb/greenplum_path.sh

# python update
sudo pip install --upgrade pip
as root
    pip install epydoc
    pip install psutil
    pip install --upgrade lockfile

# init GPDB
mkdir primary
mkdir mirror
mkdir master
cp $GPHOME/docs/cli_help/gpconfigs/gpinitsystem_test .
# edit gpinitsystem_test
create ./hostlist_singlenode
modify directories, etc

gpssh-exkeys -h `hostname`
gpinitsystem -c gpinitsystem.config