====== Timeline ======

This page documents the order (and possibly dates/times) in which the build process should/will/has proceed(ed). We should use it as a check-list, to ensure that we get everything done. Documentation of the process is not included, as it is assumed that documentation will proceed in parallel with all steps. This time-line also covers much of the migration of services and accounts from the AIX boxes to the new Linux servers.

  * Purchase new hardware (done, early July)
  * Install OS (Debian 3.1) on both new servers (July 30)
    * Determine partitioning scheme
    * Determine initial package selection
    * Get temp IPs for new servers
    * Run script -t as early as possible
    * Make sure we document everything we do (especially WHY we choose various options)
  * Install and configure basic services (July 30, 31)
    * Firewall
    * Security updates
    * SSH
    * sudo
    * Initial user accounts (for those working on server build)
    * DNS caching
    * Logging
    * NTP
    * Misc additional software (per user requests)
    * Backups
      * Determine how to create the backups
      * Determine where to send them
      * Determine what to back up
        * /etc
        * /home
        * /var (portions, like the email queues, IMAP stores, web [if not in /home])
        * /usr/local
        * MySQL, PostgreSQL databases
        * Web sites, Wiki site
      * Schedule the backups to run periodically
    * Other maintenance tasks
      * Regular security updates (cron?)
      * Cron jobs
      * Reminders
      * Log rotation
      * Log analysis
      * Reports, stats
      * Documentation of various tasks
        * User creation, including what groups exist, and what each is for
  * Find co-location for servers (mid-December)
    * Install servers in co-location facility (January 16)
    * Configure servers to reside in co-location facility (January 16)
      * IP address changes
      * Configuration items that depend on the IP address
  * Web site(s) (February)
    * Apache virtual hosts
    * Install/configure DokuWiki (at [[http://wiki.sluug.org | wiki.sluug.org]]) (December 30)
    * Install/configure CMS
      * MySQL
      * PostgreSQL
      * Replicate accounts/passwords/groups from system
    * Move/replicate/replace existing pages from old site(s)
      * Probably start with sites that don't currently have their own domain name and have little content
        * HazLUG
        * StCLUG
    * Search function
    * Change DNS record to point to new site
    * Monitor logs for 404 errors that users get, fix them
  * User accounts (not needed until we move users' web pages or email to new servers)
    * Copy over accounts (including passwords)
      * Possibly fix any issues regarding user IDs
      * Where do home directories reside?
    * Document process of creating new accounts on old and new servers, and keeping them synced
  * Email (March)
    * SMTP (Postfix)
    * Spam filter (SpamAssassin)
    * User-defined server-side filtering/sorting/processing (sieve/procmail)
    * IMAP (Cyrus)
    * Webmail (Horde IMP)
    * Mailing lists (including web page to manage subscriptions)
  * Move production SMTP record to new server (March)
    * Test everything using SLUUG.INFO domain
    * Change MX record in SLUUG.ORG DNS record
    * Point michelob/dark users at new IMAP server
  * Move all authentication/authorization to LDAP (May)
    * Install OpenLDAP
      * Determine and configure schema
      * Set ACLs on database
      * Replicate accounts/passwords/groups from system
    * Implement some form of replication
    * Configure apps to point at LDAP server(s)
      * SSH/system login
      * Webmail
      * CMS
      * Wiki
      * RADIUS?
      * AIX systems?
  * Full LDAP multi-master replication (August)
  * More web services?
    * Calendar
    * Web Forum
    * Blogs

===== Comments =====

Should we possibly consider implimenting LDAP earlier in the build process? Principally as it may ease the integration of additional/existing machines and moving accounts? - Carl Fitch