# Server setup
This README is useful if you want to set up your own machine for the environment. This README is not yet finished. Please contact the author if you need any assistance.
## Configuration Overview
The following sections contain guidelines for configuring the system image to ensure benchmark examples can run properly.
The main configuration requirements include:
1. **Account Credentials**:
Our benchmark configurations are based on specific username and password settings (with username `user` and password `password`).
Please ensure these settings remain consistent or update the corresponding configuration files.
2. **Service Setup**:
Our environment operates through a service that automatically starts at boot time, as shown in the figure below. The service needs to be properly configured and placed.
3. **Accessibility Tree Support**:
Benchmark examples rely on accessibility tree functionality. The necessary support packages need to be installed.
4. **System Service Management**:
Certain system services that may cause interference need to be disabled, such as automatic updates and notification pop-ups.
5. **Required Software Installation**:
Ensure all necessary software packages required by the benchmark examples are properly installed.
6. **Software Configuration**:
Various software packages require specific configurations, such as disabling certain auto-save features or installing additional plugins.
7. **Port Configuration**:
To monitor and control software states from the host machine, specific port configurations are needed for various applications.
8. **Miscellaneous Settings**:
Additional system-specific settings need to be configured, such as desktop environment settings and display resolution.
Detailed instructions for each of these requirements will be provided in the following sections.
## [Ubuntu](https://huggingface.co/datasets/xlangai/ubuntu_osworld)
Make a new VM with the Ubuntu 20.04 LTS image.
### Account Credentials
Download the iso file from the [Ubuntu website](https://ubuntu.com/download/alternative-downloads) and install it in the VM.
The default username should be `user` and the password should be `password` when you are asked to set up the account.
### Installation and Auto-login Setup
1. Download the iso file from the [Ubuntu website](https://ubuntu.com/download/alternative-downloads) and install it in the VM.
The default username should be `user` and the password should be `password` when you are asked to set up the account.
2. To enable automatic login:
Using GUI:
```bash
# Open Settings -> Users
# Click Unlock button and enter password
# Toggle "Automatic Login" to ON for user 'user'
```
Or using Command Line:
```bash
# Edit the custom configuration file
sudo nano /etc/gdm3/custom.conf
# Under [daemon] section, add or modify these lines:
AutomaticLoginEnable=true
AutomaticLogin=user
# Save the file and restart the system
sudo systemctl restart gdm3
```
After setting up automatic login, the system will boot directly into the desktop environment without requiring password input, which enables seamless startup experience for automated testing environments.
### Set up the OSWorld server service in VM
1. Copy the `main.py` and `pyxcursor.py` and to the `/home/user-name` where the `user-name` is your username of the ubuntu, here we make it `user` as default. If you customize the path of placing these files in this step, you should change the parameters in the service file we will mention later accordingly.
2. First please set up the environment:
```shell
pip install -r requirements.txt
```
if you customize the environment in this step, you should change the parameters in the service file we will mention later accordingly.
3. Copy the `osworld_server.service` to the systemd configuration directory at `/etc/systemd/system/`:
```shell
sudo cp osworld_server.service /etc/systemd/system/
```
Reload the systemd daemon to recognize the new service:
```shell
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
```
Enable the service to start on boot:
```shell
sudo systemctl enable osworld_server.service
```
Start the service:
```shell
sudo systemctl start osworld_server.service
```
Verify the service is running correctly:
```shell
sudo systemctl status osworld_server.service
```
You should see output indicating the service is active and running. If there are errors, review the logs with `journalctl -xe` for further troubleshooting.
If you need to make adjustments to the service configuration, you can edit the `/etc/systemd/system/osworld_server.service` file:
```shell
sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/osworld_server.service
```
After making changes, reload the daemon and restart the service:
```shell
sudo systemctl
```
### Accessibility Tree Support
To support the accessibility tree functionality, you'll need to install pyastpi2 in your Ubuntu environment. This package enables access to accessibility information and tree structures.
Installation steps:
```bash
# Update package list and ensure pip is installed
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install python3-pip
# Install pyastpi2 using pip
pip3 install pyastpi2
```
### Xorg Configuration
Regarding the graphics display system, we need to ensure that Ubuntu displays images using the **Xorg** protocol instead of **Wayland**. Since **Wayland** is typically the default setting for Ubuntu, we will need to manually change the settings.
1. Click the user menu in the upper right corner and select "Log Out" or "Sign Off."
2. On the login screen, click on the username.
3. Before entering the password, click the gear icon in the lower right or upper right corner of the screen (it may need to be displayed after clicking the username first).
4. Select "Ubuntu on Xorg" from the pop-up menu.
You can run the following command to check if **Xorg** is being used:
```bash
echo $XDG_SESSION_TYPE
```
### System Service Management (Optional)
The automatic software update service can interfere with benchmark examples. To disable this service, you can refer to the https://www.makeuseof.com/disable-automatic-updates-in-ubuntu/ for the solution.
You can check and manage system services using systemctl commands. For example, to verify if a service like unattended-upgrades is installed and running on your system:
```bash
# Check service status
sudo systemctl status unattended-upgrades.service
```
If the output is `x11`, it means you have switched to **Xorg**.
To disable a system service:
```bash
# Disable and stop the service
sudo systemctl disable unattended-upgrades
sudo systemctl stop unattended-upgrades
```
To verify service configurations, you can use apt-config:
```bash
# Check current configurations
apt-config dump APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists
apt-config dump APT::Periodic::Unattended-Upgrade
```
### Software Installation
#### Software Installation Source
Since for some examples like change the settings of certain software, we hardcode some paths in our evaluation file, which means you need to install the software to the specific path. Here we provide a list of software that you need to install and the certain source which default the path you should install them to.
1. Chrome: If you are using ARM System, download the chromium using `sudo snap install chromium` and make sure your Chromium config files are under `~/snap/chromium`; otherwise, download the chrome from the [Chromium](https://www.chromium.org/Home) and make sure your Chromium config files are under `~/.config/google-chrome`.
2. LibreOffice: Go to [LibreOffice Website](https://www.libreoffice.org/), select "Download Libreoffice", select "older versions" in the bottom of the page, and download `7.3.7.2` version.
3. GIMP: Search "GIMP" in "Ubuntu Software" and install it. Our GIMP version is `2.10.30`.
4. VLC: Search "VLC" in "Ubuntu Software" and install it. Our VLC version is `3.0.16`.
5. VSCode: Go to [VSCode Website](https://code.visualstudio.com/download), download the `.deb` file, and install it. Our VSCode version is `1.91.1`.
#### Additional Inner Software Installation
##### LibreOffice font installation
Some examples in LibreOffice Impress use non-default system fonts, and you need to download the corresponding **TTF files** and put them in the system fonts directory. [Here](https://drive.usercontent.google.com/download?id=1zLER57CDYdFqU5Gy8ruLB7zsPWsV4kWs&export=download&authuser=0&confirm=t&uuid=a7915110-7c20-4b65-96a0-731df2c65581&at=AENtkXbjASZvsSVXZwUS8N3WeA9N:1732457546809) is a list of font names you need to install.
##### Customized Plugin Installation
**VS Code plugin installation:**
To extract relevant internal information and configurations from the VS Code environment, we principally leverage the capabilities offered by the VS Code Extension API. Here's how to install the extension developed by ourselves:
```bash
1. Download the extension from: https://github.com/xlang-ai/OSWorld/blob/04a9df627c7033fab991806200877a655e895bfd/vscodeEvalExtension/eval-0.0.1.vsix
2. Open VS Code
3. Go to Extensions -> ... -> Install from VSIX... -> choose the downloaded eval-0.0.1.vsix file
```
### Software Configuration
1. LibreOffice Default Format Settings:
```bash
# Open LibreOffice Writer
# Go to Tools -> Options -> Load/Save -> General
# Under "Default file format and ODF settings":
# Change "Document type" to "Text document"
# Set "Always save as" to "Microsoft Word 2007-2013 XML (.docx)"
# Repeat similar steps for Calc (.xlsx) and Impress (.pptx)
```
2. GIMP Startup Settings:
```bash
# Open GIMP
# Go to Edit -> Preferences -> Interface
# Under "Window Management":
# Uncheck "Show tips on startup"
# Under "File Saving":
# Uncheck "Show warning when saving images that will result in information loss"
```
3. Chrome password requirement removal:
Chrome requests a password input when first opened after system startup, which can interfere with our experiments. Here's how to disable this feature:
```bash
Using Terminal
# Remove the default keyring
rm -rf ~/.local/share/keyrings/*
# Create empty keyring
echo -n "" >> ~/.local/share/keyrings/login.keyring
# Restart Chrome after applying changes
# Alternative Method: Disable keyring service
sudo apt remove gnome-keyring
# Or just prevent Chrome from using keyring
mkdir -p ~/.local/share/keyrings
touch ~/.local/share/keyrings/login.keyring
```
Or you can use any ways to disable the keyring service, which will prevent Chrome from requesting a password input.
### Network Configuration
#### socat Installation
Ensure `socat` is installed to enable port forwarding.
```sh
sudo apt install socat
```
#### Network Configuration for Remote Control
##### VLC Configuration
To enable remote control of VLC media player, follow these configuration steps:
1. Enable HTTP interface:
```bash
# Open VLC
# Go to Tools -> Preferences
# Show Settings: All (bottom left)
# Navigate to Interface -> Main interfaces
# Check 'Web' option
```
2. Configure HTTP interface settings:
```bash
# Still in Preferences
# Navigate to Interface -> Main interfaces -> Lua
# Under Lua HTTP:
# - Set Password to 'password'
# - Keep port as 8080 (default)
# - Ensure 'Lua interface' is checked
```
##### Chrome Configuration
To ensure Chrome uses consistent debugging ports even after being closed and reopened, follow these steps:
1. Create or edit Chrome desktop entry:
```bash
sudo nano /usr/share/applications/google-chrome.desktop
```
2. Modify the Exec lines to include debugging port:
```bash
# Find lines starting with "Exec=" and add the following flags:
--remote-debugging-port=1337 --remote-debugging-address=0.0.0.0
```
In cases where need Chrome, the 1337 will be forwarded to 9222 in the virtual machine via socat.
### Miscellaneous Settings
#### Screen Resolution
The required screen resolution for the virtual machine is 1920x1080 in OSWorld and we did make some hardcode related to this resolution in our configuration file in some examples, but only a few.
So please set the screen resolution to 1920x1080 in the virtual machine settings.
#### Automatic Suspend
To close automatic suspend, open Setting app and enter "Power" section. Switch "Screen Blank" to "Never" and "Automatic Suspend" to "Off".
#### Additional Installation
Activating the window manager control requires the installation of `wmctrl`:
```bash
sudo apt install wmctrl
```
Otherwise, you cannot control the window manager in the virtual machine when running the experiments. Some cases will be effected.
To enable recording in the virtual machine, you need to install `ffmpeg`:
```bash
sudo apt install ffmpeg
```
Otherwise you cannot get the video recording of the virtual machine when running the experiments.
### Others Information
#### About the Converted Accessibility Tree
For several applications like Firefox or Thunderbird, you should first enable
```sh
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface toolkit-accessibility true
```
to see their accessibility tree.
##### Example of AT
An example of a node:
```xml
```
An example of a tree:
```xml
...
...
```
##### Useful attributes
1. `name` - shows the name of application, title of window, or name of some
component
2. `attr:class` - somewhat the same role as `class` in HTML
3. `attr:id` - somewhat the same role as `id` in HTML
4. `cp:screencoord` - absolute coordinator on the screen
5. `cp:windowcoord` - relative coordinator in the window
6. `cp:size` - the size
Also several states like `st:enabled` and `st:visible` can be indicated. A full
state list is available at
.
##### How to use it in evaluation
See example `thunderbird/12086550-11c0-466b-b367-1d9e75b3910e.json` and
function `check_accessibility_tree` in `metrics/general.py`. You can use CSS
selector or XPath to reference a target nodes. You can also check its text
contents.
An example of a CSS selector:
```css
application[name=Thunderbird] page-tab-list[attr|id="tabmail-tabs"]>page-tab[name="About Profiles"]
```
This selector will select the page tab of profile manager in Thunderbird (if open).
For usage of CSS selector: . For usage of XPath: .
##### Manual check
You can use accerciser to check the accessibility tree on GNOME VM.
```sh
sudo apt install accerciser
```
## [Windows](https://huggingface.co/datasets/xlangai/windows_osworld)
Coming soon...
## [MacOS](https://huggingface.co/datasets/xlangai/macos_osworld)
Coming soon...