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= Deleuze = = Introduction =

[[TableOfContents]]

= Final preparations =

See page NewServersSetup/FinalPreparations.

= Special topic pages about migration and new set-up =

 * AndrewFileSystem: Using our new shared filesystem
 * BackupInfo: Information on how to recover deleted files from our off-site backups.
 * DaemonAdmin: Daemon-specific pages aimed at admins
 * DomTool: Administering and using the new domtool
 * IpAddresses: Listing of IPs that we use (nonpublic).
 * NewSystemHardware: Information on the new hardware
 * TaskDistribution: What each sysadmin is responsible for
 * SoftwareArchitecturePlans: Plans for software installation
 * SystemArchitecturePlans: Plans regarding our hardware
 * OnSiteStuff: Checklist for the next on-site visit to the new machines.
 * OneTimeCosts2007: Costs associated with the new servers through April 2007
 * HcoopAddresses: Physical addresses relevant to us

The following are outdated:

 * ColocationNextSteps: Listing of things to do after getting the hardware.

= To-do list =

These items should probably be in Bugzilla instead now.

== During migration ==

 * Unclaimed
   * Watchdog process to kill resource hogs
   * Fix resolv.conf on both servers to have multiple good DNS servers for now, set it to use localhost once BIND is running and configured.
   * Figure out how to use Dell OMSA or other tools to monitor RAID and other hardware.
   * Migrate ejabberd mnesia db just before the dns switchover.
   * Set up back-up regime, possibly using [http://rsync.net/ rsync.net].
   * Get miscellaneous web stuff ported, like membership application, vmail password change, publicly-viewable statistics on membership, bandwidth usage stats, ....
   * Do performance testing on the new configuration, by having admins or other users monitor performance on mire (using vmstat, top, mytop, etc) and having one or more (perhaps multi-threaded) scripts requesting web pages from somewhere off of the Peer 1 network.
 * ntk
   * Mailman
     * (Status) The exim side of things has been mostly set up. I think I migrated the non-exim stuff as well, but will need to double-check. --MichaelOlson
     * Migrate lists.
     * Reboot mire while on-site to watch for slow boot issues that should be resolved with recent changes
 * mwolson
   * Run simple tests on cron to see if it works.
 * AdamMegacz
   * Setup Sun Netra ("Krunk") to be secondary KDC+AFS server

= Global Notes =

 * To edit LDAP database from a GUI tool, use ''gq'' program
 * To connect to hcoop's ldap server using ''gq'', create a SSH tunnel: ''' ssh -f -N -L 389:localhost:389 USERNAME@deleuze.hcoop.net''', and then connect to ''localhost:389'' in ''gq''.
 * For the description of the actual authentication scheme, see AuthenticationScheme.

= Tasks done =

== Deleuze ==
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== Tasks done ==
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 * Kerberos works.  * Kerberos + LDAP works.
 * Compiled requisite kernel modules, compiled and installed new OpenIPMI package, and installed dellomsa. Dell OMSA is now working. --NathanKennedy
 * Install SSH.
 * Permit new admins to log in by copying their SSH keys to their newly-created (empty) home directories.
 * Install AFS (need to repeat the reading on AFS and how it really works. Also it will influence the decision how to format ''/dev/sdb'' in the system) -- DavorOcelic
 * Install MySQL and PostgreSQL (input from AFS step and admin discussion needed to see how to exactly configure this).
 * Install BIND.
 * Install and configure Apache, to serve static web content only. --MichaelOlson
 * Review kernel configuration and install testnet. -- DavorOcelic
 * Configure exim4. --MichaelOlson
 * Configure Courier IMAP daemons, reviewing fyodor's config. --MichaelOlson
 * Migrate squirrelmail configuration settings from fyodor.
 * Configure Squirrel``Mail to use imapproxyd, which should give speed improvements once we migrate to deleuze. --MichaelOlson
 * Exim filters
    * (a method has been set up by MichaelOlson, but it needs testing).
 * DNS server
    * Works on deleuze, although I will test once more domains have been migrated for reasonable domain defaults --JustinLeitgeb
 * nscd process for name caching
    * Currently this processes is set to do hostname caching on deleuze, so bind will not be set up as a caching name server --JustinLeitgeb
 * Get exim working on mire --MichaelOlson
 * Upgrade deleuze to debian etch --MichaelOlson
 * Install denyhosts on both deleuze and mire, needs debian etch --MichaelOlson
 * Switch ssh on deleuze to listen to port 22, needs denyhosts --MichaelOlson
 * Perform testing on procmail and exim filter on deleuze. --MichaelOlson
 * Make ca@hcoop.net e-mail address working. It's the address that will be used in the certificate files. --MichaelOlson
 * Make sure somebody is reading mail sent to abuse@hcoop.net so we don't wind up on lame DNSBLs.
 * Review apache configuration on mire. --MichaelOlson
 * Make /afs/hcoop.net/common/etc/scripts/apache-sync-logs work. --Megacz
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== TODO == == Mire ==
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In order of implementation (soonest first):  * Installed new second SCSI hard drive, reinstalled debian, and configured the drives with software RAID-1. --NathanKennedy
 * Configured Mire to work as a proper krb/ldap/afs client machine. --DavorOcelic
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 * LDAP working with kerberos. Documentation on this is lacking. -- DavorOcelic
 * Fix resolv.conf on both servers to have multiple good DNS servers for now, set it to use localhost once BIND is running and configured.
 * Install AFS (need to repeat the reading on AFS and how it really works. Also it will influence the decision how to format ''/dev/sdb'' in the system) -- DavorOcelic
 * Install MySQL and PostgreSQL (input from AFS step and admin discussion needed to see how to exactly configure this) -- DavorOcelic
 * Install BIND -- DavorOcelic
 * Review kernel configuration and install testnet. -- DavorOcelic
 * See why db4.2 recover takes a long time on LDAP restart if anything is modified in the directory -- DavorOcelic
 * Install and configure Apache, to serve static web content only.
 * Get domtool2 working (this to be done concurrent with mire).

== Problems ==

 * When executing '''kinit; ldapsearch -H ldaps:/// -I -b "" -s base -LLL supportedSASLMechanisms''', instead of the correct answer, LDAP server dumps "Cannot open /etc/sasldb2" in error logs. This is a Berkeley DB file used when SASL assumes plain text identification, but here this is not the case (we want Kerberos authentication). I think the problem is in the lack of "{KERBEROS}" password type in userPassword LDAP field. I need to see if the problem simply consists of adding this option in the schema, or its unavailability suggests that LDAP can't do that. -- DavorOcelic
 * With ''debsums'', once you break md5sum of a config file, the file keeps being reported as mismatching even if you completely regenerate md5sums for a package!! -- DavorOcelic
 * The logical volume for /dev/sdb is supposed to be a 4-drive raid array, each drive ~73GB. Right now it seems to be configured as RAID1 mirroring the two drives, for a capacity of ~146G (see dmesg, for instance). This would be faster and the volume would be 73G bigger if it was set up as RAID5. I might need to do this from console, and I need to talk to Justin about it, since he set up the logical volumes and I thought he said that sdb was RAID5. --NathanKennedy		 == Krunk ==
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 * Watchdog process to kill resource hogs

These are my responsibility. Right now, I'm waiting for the more traditional stuff to be set up and stable before beginning. --AdamChlipala


= Global TODO =

 * Make ca@hcoop.net e-mail address working. It's the address used in the certificate files.

= Global Notes =

 * To edit LDAP database from a GUI tool, use ''gq'' program
 * To connect to hcoop's ldap server using ''gq'', create a SSH tunnel: ''' ssh -p 2222 -f -N -L 389:localhost:389 USERNAME@69.90.123.51''', and then connect to ''localhost:389'' in ''gq''.

Introduction

TableOfContents

Final preparations

See page NewServersSetup/FinalPreparations.

Special topic pages about migration and new set-up

The following are outdated:

To-do list

These items should probably be in Bugzilla instead now.

During migration

  • Unclaimed
    • Watchdog process to kill resource hogs
    • Fix resolv.conf on both servers to have multiple good DNS servers for now, set it to use localhost once BIND is running and configured.
    • Figure out how to use Dell OMSA or other tools to monitor RAID and other hardware.
    • Migrate ejabberd mnesia db just before the dns switchover.

    • Set up back-up regime, possibly using [http://rsync.net/ rsync.net].

    • Get miscellaneous web stuff ported, like membership application, vmail password change, publicly-viewable statistics on membership, bandwidth usage stats, ....
    • Do performance testing on the new configuration, by having admins or other users monitor performance on mire (using vmstat, top, mytop, etc) and having one or more (perhaps multi-threaded) scripts requesting web pages from somewhere off of the Peer 1 network.
  • ntk
    • Mailman

      • (Status) The exim side of things has been mostly set up. I think I migrated the non-exim stuff as well, but will need to double-check. --MichaelOlson

      • Migrate lists.
      • Reboot mire while on-site to watch for slow boot issues that should be resolved with recent changes
  • mwolson
    • Run simple tests on cron to see if it works.

  • AdamMegacz

    • Setup Sun Netra ("Krunk") to be secondary KDC+AFS server

Global Notes

  • To edit LDAP database from a GUI tool, use gq program

  • To connect to hcoop's ldap server using gq, create a SSH tunnel: ssh -f -N -L 389:localhost:389 USERNAME@deleuze.hcoop.net, and then connect to localhost:389 in gq.

  • For the description of the actual authentication scheme, see AuthenticationScheme.

Tasks done

Deleuze

This machine donated by Justin Leitgeb seems real nice. Buffered disk throughput is about 1.5 GB/s. Raw disk reads are 60 MB/s for the two 36 GB disks and 120 MB/s for the 4-disk array. Not bad at all.

  • Removed excessive packages, cleaned up the system

  • Installed changetrack to monitor all config file changes. The program uses rcs and automatically keeps previous revisions. It is ran from cron on a daily basis.

  • Installed debsums to monitor file md5sums

  • Installed Courier IMAP and IMAP-SSL

  • Installed LDAP for user authentication. The system is currently configured to use LDAP and fallback to the usual /etc/ files. Admin users will be added locally on all machines and will be able to log in even when LDAP is not operational.

  • Installed MIT Kerberos 5

  • Fixed date/time on the system. Installed ntpd

  • Installed TLS support for LDAP. Certificate file is /etc/ldap/server.pem, and ldap/ldaps ports are 389/636.

  • Installed Linux 2.6.18.3-grsec with 2.6.18-mm3 patches (2) for megaraid.

    • The patches and source tree installed, along with the .deb generated, is under /usr/src/ntk2. I set up sockets groups as on fyodor (7070-7072). SMP, with hyperthreading enhancements, is enabled. I also installed a bunch of packages that someone were uninstalled while I was gone (e.g., gcc). I also fixed the sudoers, wheel group, and admin home directories. --NathanKennedy

  • Kerberos + LDAP works.

  • Compiled requisite kernel modules, compiled and installed new OpenIPMI package, and installed dellomsa. Dell OMSA is now working. --NathanKennedy

  • Install SSH.
  • Permit new admins to log in by copying their SSH keys to their newly-created (empty) home directories.

  • Install AFS (need to repeat the reading on AFS and how it really works. Also it will influence the decision how to format /dev/sdb in the system) -- DavorOcelic

  • Install MySQL and PostgreSQL (input from AFS step and admin discussion needed to see how to exactly configure this).
  • Install BIND.

  • Install and configure Apache, to serve static web content only. --MichaelOlson

  • Review kernel configuration and install testnet. -- DavorOcelic

  • Configure exim4. --MichaelOlson

  • Configure Courier IMAP daemons, reviewing fyodor's config. --MichaelOlson

  • Migrate squirrelmail configuration settings from fyodor.

  • Configure SquirrelMail to use imapproxyd, which should give speed improvements once we migrate to deleuze. --MichaelOlson

  • Exim filters

    • (a method has been set up by MichaelOlson, but it needs testing).

  • DNS server

    • Works on deleuze, although I will test once more domains have been migrated for reasonable domain defaults --JustinLeitgeb

  • nscd process for name caching

    • Currently this processes is set to do hostname caching on deleuze, so bind will not be set up as a caching name server --JustinLeitgeb

  • Get exim working on mire --MichaelOlson

  • Upgrade deleuze to debian etch --MichaelOlson

  • Install denyhosts on both deleuze and mire, needs debian etch --MichaelOlson

  • Switch ssh on deleuze to listen to port 22, needs denyhosts --MichaelOlson

  • Perform testing on procmail and exim filter on deleuze. --MichaelOlson

  • Make ca@hcoop.net e-mail address working. It's the address that will be used in the certificate files. --MichaelOlson

  • Make sure somebody is reading mail sent to abuse@hcoop.net so we don't wind up on lame DNSBLs.

  • Review apache configuration on mire. --MichaelOlson

  • Make /afs/hcoop.net/common/etc/scripts/apache-sync-logs work. --Megacz

Mire

  • Installed new second SCSI hard drive, reinstalled debian, and configured the drives with software RAID-1. --NathanKennedy

  • Configured Mire to work as a proper krb/ldap/afs client machine. --DavorOcelic

Krunk

Custom software

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