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Please put all build info in the build/ namespace. If you're on this page, start the name with "build/
" and then the rest of the name of the page. If you're on a page already in a "build
" page, just reference the page using the name.
Please don't post any passwords on the wiki!
Here are our current build documents:
Goals – what we're trying to accomplish in building the new servers
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TODO – what's left to do before moving to production
Timeline – order in which things need to proceed
IPs – what needs to be changed when changing IP addresses and/or domains
Hardware – description of the hardware configuration
Debian – base
OS installation and configuration (including hard drive partitioning)
Firewall – we're using Shorewall to configure iptables
SSH - a more secure remote access method
Security - Security changes to base installation
Misc – miscellaneous packages installed
Apache – installation and configuration of Apache web server, including PHP, virtual hosts, etc.
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Postfix – email transport (SMTP MTA)
DNS – caching-only name server (using BIND 9 in a chrooted environment)
Domain Names – how authoratative
DNS for SLUUG.ORG is handled (hosted externally)
Logging – what is logged, to where, reports, and to whom
NTP – Network Time Protocol configuration
Backups – how we back up our important data
MySQL – database required by most Open Source projects
IMAP – Cyrus IMAP email access
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Mailing Lists – mailing list server (Mailman) and web archival (Pipermail)
Users - how to add/migrate users to the new systems
OpenLDAP – integrating LDAP into all services requiring user authentication
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Kernel – our custom kernel build
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Webmin – Web-based system administration
Web Forum – Online web-based forums to dicuss various topics (similar to DISCUSS mailing list)
Blog – currently testing
WordPress, to see if we can use it as a
CMS
PostgreSQL – database required by some Open Source projects
Sudo - we WERE using sudo to grant access without giving away root password, but it did not work out well