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These instructions document the installation and configuration of Debian 4.0 on our servers. | These instructions document the installation and configuration of Debian 4.0 on our servers. | ||
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+ | For installation and configuration of Debian 5.0 on RedHook, see [[build/debian/redhook | Debian/RedHook]] | ||
===== Installation ===== | ===== Installation ===== | ||
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This will allow us to create LVMs which can be resized as needed out of the logical RAID-5 device on the Clariion. | This will allow us to create LVMs which can be resized as needed out of the logical RAID-5 device on the Clariion. | ||
+ | Label /dev/md0 as a physical volume: | ||
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+ | <code root> | ||
+ | # pvcreate /dev/md0 | ||
+ | </code> | ||
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+ | Create the volume group: | ||
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+ | <code root> | ||
+ | # vgcreate sluug /dev/md0 | ||
+ | </code> | ||
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+ | Create a 40G logical volume in the sluug VG called 'rsnapshot': | ||
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+ | <code root> | ||
+ | # lvcreate -L 100G -n rsnapshot sluug | ||
+ | </code> | ||
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+ | Format the rsnapshot volume and mount it: | ||
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+ | <code root> | ||
+ | # mke2fs -j /dev/mapper/sluug-rsnapshot | ||
+ | # mkdir /rsnapshot | ||
+ | # mount /dev/mapper/sluug-rsnapshot /rsnapshot | ||
+ | </code> | ||
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+ | Revel in the newly available space: | ||
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+ | <code root> | ||
+ | df -h /dev/mapper/sluug-rsnapshot | ||
+ | Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on | ||
+ | /dev/mapper/sluug-rsnapshot | ||
+ | 40G 177M 38G 1% /rsnapshot | ||
+ | </code> | ||
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+ | And add the following to /etc/fstab: | ||
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+ | <code root> | ||
+ | /dev/mapper/sluug-rsnapshot /rsnapshot ext3 defaults 0 0 | ||
+ | </code> | ||
===== Package Selection ===== | ===== Package Selection ===== | ||
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Adding this script to the ''/etc/cron.daily'' directory will cause it to be run every day. By default, the daily cron scripts run at 6:25 AM. One nice thing about running them daily and sending them to a mailing list is that it's easy to see if the updates have or have not been applied by the next day. The more times the message is sent, the more likely someone will be to log in and run the updates. | Adding this script to the ''/etc/cron.daily'' directory will cause it to be run every day. By default, the daily cron scripts run at 6:25 AM. One nice thing about running them daily and sending them to a mailing list is that it's easy to see if the updates have or have not been applied by the next day. The more times the message is sent, the more likely someone will be to log in and run the updates. | ||
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+ | **NOTE**: We should probably replace this custom script with ''cron-apt''. | ||
==== Send Out Alerts for Low Disk Space ==== | ==== Send Out Alerts for Low Disk Space ==== |