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| = Introduction = | #pragma section-numbers off |
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| [[TableOfContents]] | This contains a list of pages that are of interest to the admins. |
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| = Special topic pages about migration and new set-up = | <<TableOfContents>> |
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| * AndrewFileSystem: Using our new shared filesystem * DaemonAdmin: Daemon-specific pages aimed at admins * DomTool: Administering and using the new domtool * NewSystemHardware: Information on the new hardware * TaskDistribution: What each sysadmin is responsible for * SoftwareArchitecturePlans: Plans for software installation * SystemArchitecturePlans: Plans regarding our hardware |
= General = |
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| The following are outdated: | * AdminGroup: Listing of people who can delete pages and despam pages on the wiki. * AndrewFileSystem: Using our shared filesystem. * AuthenticationScheme: How authentication works on our systems. * DomTool: Administering and using domtool. * [[Hardware]]: Information on HCoop hardware. * HcoopAddresses: Physical addresses relevant to us. * IpAddresses: Listing of IPs that we use. * OnSiteStuff: Checklist for the next on-site visit * OnSiteVisits: Records of visits by HCoop volunteers to our colocation facilities * RoadMaps: Detailed plans for future events. * SoftwareArchitecturePlans: Plans for software installation. * SystemArchitecturePlans: Plans regarding our hardware. |
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| * ColocationNextSteps: Listing of things to do after getting the hardware. | = HOWTO = |
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| = To-do list = | * BackupInfo: Information on how to recover deleted files from our off-site backups. * CertificateAuthority: How to sign user SSL certificates and the like. * ChangingAdminPassword: How admins can change their UNIX passwords. * DebianPackaging: How to make custom HCoop Debian packages. * DaemonAdmin: How to set up various daemons. * KvmAccess: How to use the remove KVM and avoid going on site. * MemberFreezing: How to freeze and unfreeze members who get behind on dues * RebootingDeleuze: Steps to take after rebooting deleuze. * RebootingMireSp: How to reboot mire using its SP interface. * SetupNewAfsServer: How to set up a new AFS server. * SetupNewMachines: How to put the basic hcoop AFS/Kerberos client config on a newly acquired machine. |
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| == Before beginning to migrate members == | = Responsibilities = |
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| * Mailman * DNS server daemon * Apache Dynamic Content. Our ''viable'' options are: 1. Implement Apache13 support for domtool and use mod_waklog * less than 40 lines of code need to be changed in the Apache20 module to do this 1. Support only CGI (no PHP, suexec) and use kstart to wrap each CGI process 1. Write our own versions of suexec and the suexecified-php (whatever it's called) * reliability/security/maintainability concerns === Misc === * Make ca@hcoop.net e-mail address working. It's the address that will be used in the certificate files. * 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. * Configure Exim on mire to use deleuze as a smarthost. --MichaelOlson * 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. == During migration == * Watchdog process to kill resource hogs * 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, .... = 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@69.90.123.67''', 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 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). = 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 = Custom software = * DomtoolTwo * Vmail tools * Web portal |
* TaskDistribution: What each sysadmin is responsible for. * VolunteerResponsePolicy: Guidelines for responding to requests and email. |
This contains a list of pages that are of interest to the admins.
Contents
General
AdminGroup: Listing of people who can delete pages and despam pages on the wiki.
AndrewFileSystem: Using our shared filesystem.
AuthenticationScheme: How authentication works on our systems.
DomTool: Administering and using domtool.
Hardware: Information on HCoop hardware.
HcoopAddresses: Physical addresses relevant to us.
IpAddresses: Listing of IPs that we use.
OnSiteStuff: Checklist for the next on-site visit
OnSiteVisits: Records of visits by HCoop volunteers to our colocation facilities
RoadMaps: Detailed plans for future events.
SoftwareArchitecturePlans: Plans for software installation.
SystemArchitecturePlans: Plans regarding our hardware.
HOWTO
BackupInfo: Information on how to recover deleted files from our off-site backups.
CertificateAuthority: How to sign user SSL certificates and the like.
ChangingAdminPassword: How admins can change their UNIX passwords.
DebianPackaging: How to make custom HCoop Debian packages.
DaemonAdmin: How to set up various daemons.
KvmAccess: How to use the remove KVM and avoid going on site.
MemberFreezing: How to freeze and unfreeze members who get behind on dues
RebootingDeleuze: Steps to take after rebooting deleuze.
RebootingMireSp: How to reboot mire using its SP interface.
SetupNewAfsServer: How to set up a new AFS server.
SetupNewMachines: How to put the basic hcoop AFS/Kerberos client config on a newly acquired machine.
Responsibilities
TaskDistribution: What each sysadmin is responsible for.
VolunteerResponsePolicy: Guidelines for responding to requests and email.