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| These steps are listed in approximately the order in which they should be performed; please try to maintain that. === Set Up Out Of Band Access === 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}}} (see KvmAccess); 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. === Add a DNS entry for the server === Straightforward. === Install Debian === We use Debian. Install it. === Compile a Kernel === It is generally a good idea for hcoop to compile its own kernels. Regarding statically-compiled kernels, see StaticallyCompiledKernels for some opinions. === Install the AFS Client === First, give our preferences to {{{debconf}}}: {{{ debconf openafs-client/thiscell HCOOP.NET debconf openafs-client/dynroot true debconf openafs-client/cachesize 500000 # cache size in kB; default is way too small }}} You should install the {{{module-assistant}}}, {{{build-essential}}}, {{{module-init-tools}}}, {{{openafs-client}}}, {{{openafs-krb5}}}, {{{openafs-modules-source}}}, {{{openafs-dbg}}}, {{{openafs-doc}}}, {{{libopenafs-dev}}}, packages from {{{/afs/hcoop.net/common/debian/}}}. Here is a block of commands to cut and paste if you are lazy: {{{ apt-get install krb5-user libkrb5-dev module-assistant build-essential module-init-tools mkdir -p /tmp/openafs-packages cd /tmp/openafs-packages scp ssh.hcoop.net:/afs/hcoop.net/common/debian/openafs/1.4.6/\*.deb ./ dpkg -i \ openafs-client*.deb \ openafs-krb5*.deb \ openafs-modules-source*.deb \ openafs-dbg*.deb \ openafs-doc*.deb \ libopenafs-dev*.deb cd /tmp rm -rf /tmp/openafs-packages }}} 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. === Install Packages === Now that afs is up, you can easily install packages. The block of commands below installs the set of packages which must be on every hcoop server (this list will be expanded as necessary). {{{ dpkg -i /afs/hcoop.net/common/debian/libnss-ptdb/*.deb dpkg -i /afs/hcoop.net/common/debian/libpam-afs-session/*.deb dpkg -i /afs/hcoop.net/common/debian/libpam-krb5/*.deb dpkg -i /afs/hcoop.net/common/debian/fsr/*.deb }}} The first three packages are explained below; the last one is the {{{fsr}}} command (recursive "{{{fs}}}"). === Configure Kerberos === 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. === Configure Name Service === A "name service" is Linux's mechanism for answering these queries: 1. the userid for a given username 2. the username for a userid 3. the home directory for a user 4. the shell for a user 5. what groups a user is in The {{{libnss-ptdb}}} package lets linux use the AFS user database (the {{{ptserver}}} or protection server) as a name service. To make {{{ptserver}}} our primary choice for name service, edit {{{/etc/nsswitch.conf}}} and change the following three lines to look like this: {{{ passwd: ptdb files group: afspag files shadow: files }}} === Configure PAM === PAM is Linux's mechanism to do the following: 1. decide if somebody is who they say they are (authentication; in our case via kerberos) 2. set up ''sessions'' (in the case of AFS, this means creating PAGs) 3. change passwords (in our case, changing the password in the KDC) 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. === Configure SSH === You will need to create a "host principal" for the new server; if you are setting up {{{server.hcoop.net}}}, then it must have the name {{{ host/server.hcoop.net@HCOOP.NET }}} Add this principal to the KDC like this (execute these commands on the new server, as root, while holding admin tickets): {{{ kadmin -r HCOOP.NET ank -randkey host/server.hcoop.net@HCOOP.NET ktadd -k /etc/krb5.keytab quit chown root:root /etc/krb5.keytab chmod go-rwx /etc/krb5.keytab }}} Then these lines to {{{/etc/ssh/sshd_config}}}: {{{ GssapiKeyExchange yes GssapiAuthentication yes GSSAPICleanupCredentials no UsePAM yes }}} === Optional Steps === ==== Performance-Tune the OpenAFS Client ==== FIXME: AdamM needs to fill this in ==== runit ==== The runit package is a mechanism for starting, stopping, and monitoring daemons. It is an alternative to the traditional {{{/etc/init.d}}} and {{{start-stop-daemon}}} scheme. Its chief advantages are: 1. It launches daemons with '''clean process state'''; the daemon inherits nothing from the administrator invoking the start/stop command because the daemon is not forked as a child of the administrator's shell (rather, a request is sent {{{runit}}} daemon asking it to fork the daemon). This is very important when dealing with tokens and pags. 2. Runit monitors the processes that it forks, and restarts them if they die. 3. Runit eliminates the need for pidfiles and the associated risk of starting multiple copies of a daemon. {{{ apt-get install runit }}} When you move a process from {{{/etc/init.d/}}} control to {{{runit}}} supervision, you should inform debian that you have done so: {{{ # assuming /var/service/$SERVICE/run is the runit script dpkg-divert --rename /etc/init.d/$SERVICE ln -s /usr/bin/sv /etc/init.d/$SERVICE }}} This will cause invocations of {{{/etc/init.d/script {start|stop} }}} to do "the right thing". ==== 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. There is a copy of this package in {{{/afs/megacz.com/debian/dnscache/}}}; the author of the software recently changed its license, so it will be a standard package in the next release of debian (it may even be in etch-backports already; when it is, this paragraph should be updated to recommend that instead). Starting dnscache via runit is often a good idea; this ensures that it starts early in the boot process and that it is restarted if it dies for any reason. |
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