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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
• Basics – system names, etc.
• 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

Here's the order that the build should generally proceed:

1. Hardware – description of the hardware configuration
2. Debian – base OS installation and configuration (including hard drive partitioning)
3. Solaris – base OS installation and configuration
4. Firewall – we're using Shorewall to configure iptables
5. SSH – a more secure remote access method
6. Security – security changes to base installation
7. IMAP – Courier IMAP email access
8. Mailing Lists – mailing list server (Mailman) and web archival (Pipermail)
9. Users - how to add/migrate users to the new systems
10. Postfix – email transport (SMTP MTA)
11. SpamAssassin – spam filtering
12. Apache – installation and configuration of Apache web server, including PHP, virtual hosts, etc.
13. Misc – miscellaneous packages installed
14. Logging – what is logged, to where, reports, and to whom
15. Wiki – DokuWiki
16. DNS – caching-only name server (using BIND 9 in a chrooted environment)
17. NTP – Network Time Protocol configuration
18. Backups – how we back up our important data
19. Domain Names – how authoratative DNS for SLUUG.ORG is handled (hosted externally)uild
20. Private Network – how our private network at Primary is configured

The following are works in progress:

• OpenLDAP – integrating LDAP into all services requiring user authentication
• MySQL – database required by most Open Source projects
• Webmail – browser access to email
• Content Management System – Drupal
• Kernel – our custom kernel build (no longer using custom build)
• Web Calendar – Plans calendar or other calendar
• 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