This is just a rough sketch for now; we will expand it soon.

Service Processor

All machines owned by hcoop should, if possible, have some out-of-band mechanism for:

1. Keyboard access
2. Screen access
3. Power-cycling

Functions 1+2 are typically provided by kvm.hcoop.net; assuming you plan on going with that, you should connect the server's keyboard and video to the kvm switch.

Each server has its own solution for 3, usually in the form of a "service processor". You should investigate and document the appropriate service processor settings. If the service processor requires its own IP address, you should name it foo-sp.hcoop.net where foo.hcoop.net is the name of the server.

Install Debian

We use Debian. Install it.

Kernel Compilation

It is generally a good idea for hcoop to compile its own kernels. Regarding statically-compiled kernels, see StaticallyCompiledKernels for some opinions.

AFS Client

You should install the openafs-client, openafs-krb5, openafs-modules-source, openafs-dbg, openafs-doc, and libpam-afs-session packages from /afs/hcoop.net/common/debian/. Also be sure to

  apt-get install module-assistant build-essential module-init-tools

Once these packages are installed, you will want to run

  module-assistant a-i -t openafs-modules

... assuming you compiled your own kernel and the compiled kernel tree resides in /usr/src/linux. If this is not the case, you are on your own.

If the command above completes, it will have created and installed a .deb containing the kernel module. You may need to run

  /etc/init.d/module-init-tools start

to refresh whatever module wonkery linux maintains in obscure locations. Once this is figured out (if all else fails, reboot) you should be able to

  /etc/init.d/openafs-client start

Do this and check that /afs shows up.

runit

The runit package is useful for launching and monitoring daemons with clean process state. This is often important when dealing with tokens and pags.

dnscache

You can install the dnscache package to make the server self-sufficient for dns resolution purposes (it acts as a tiny dns server just for localhost). This improves the reliability of the overall infrastructure.

/etc/krb5.conf

You should copy /etc/krb5.conf from deleuze to the new server. This is VERY IMPORTANT. What is NOT in this file is also almost as important as what IS in this file, so think three times before adding or removing anything.

configuring pam

FIXME

Mostly this consists of copying mire's /etc/pam.d/*, although it would be a good idea to state precisely which parts of that need to be copied.

configuring ssh to get tokens+tickets

Add these lines to /etc/ssh/sshd_config:

  GssapiKeyExchange yes
  GssapiAuthentication yes
  GSSAPICleanupCredentials no
  UsePAM yes