The base platform is built using Vagrant and VirtualBox:

1. Install Vagrant and VirtualBox.
2. Download or git clone this repository.
3. cd into the unzipped directory or git clone
4. install VirtualBox guest additions with vagrant plugin install vagrant-vbguest
5. run vagrant up to summon a local instance

Or for an AWS EC2 instance:

1. install the vbguest plugin: vagrant plugin install vagrant-vbguest
2. and run the command: vagrant up or rename Vagrantfile.aws to Vagrantfile and run vagrant up --provider=aws

This will grind awhile installing all the dependencies of the BUDA platform.

Once the initial install has completed the command: vagrant ssh will connect to the instance where development, customization of the environment and so on can be performed as for any headless server.

Similarly, the jena-fuseki server will be listening on:

http://localhost:13180/fuseki

Lds-pdi application is accessible at :

http://localhost:13280/

(see https://github.com/buda-base/lds-pdi/blob/master/README.md for details about using this rest services)

The command: vagrant halt will shut the instance down. After halting (or suspending the instance) a further: vagrant up will simply boot the instance without further downloads, and vagrant destroy will completely remove the instance.

If running an AWS instance, after provisioning access the instance via ssh -p 15345 and delete Port 22 from /etc/ssh/sshd_config and sudo systemctl restart sshd. This will further secure the instance from attacks on port 22.