User:Holger

documentation

• howto build the live-installer
• how the mirror is setup

todo

• document xs-repo better
• document fai basics better

• implement backup script, ~/olpc/olpc-user-data-backup/ has the backup script from the list...

• live-installer (was: livecd)
  • setup cronjob, to build livecd daily
  • put config in git
    • compare against previous package list
    • put live-xs.ks in git and compare if it has changed
    • run cronjob every hour to trigger build
    • configure apache to sort that directory after modification date
  • run another cronjob every minute to see if build has been triggered manually
  • waiting for fixed anaconda (breaks with kickstart file)
  • shortcut system-configuration
  • run fai
    • with config from cd, then switch to network config
    • add xs-repo: rm /etc/yum.repos.d/ on livecd, then fcopy -r /etc/yum.repos.d
    • "copy" packages from fai to livecd.ks
    • keyboard-settings via COUNTRY.var: Argentina Brazil Libya Nigeria Uruguay Rwanda
    • install kernel,postfix,ntpd,squid,mpp, apache, dyndns (at least for now) with fai and livecd
    • backup script

• mirror
  • cleanup mirror
  • set it up with fai
  • run from cron
  • provide mirror via nfs
  • daily mirror snapshots with links

• xs-repo
  • 1st rename to xs-repo :)
  • set it up with fai

• xs-dev2fai
  • mkdir /var/www/html/holger && chown
  • setenforce permissive
  • /e/h/conf.d/*

• lovelace
  • configure xs with fai
    • for backup
    • for wpa

• more fai work:
  • configure remote logging
  • randomized cron for updates

open questions/remarks

• http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Trial1_Server_Image - looks outdated
• how to define classes for a host? map mac-addresses to machines to classes? -> file in /etc
• livecd-creator has the following in its config file: rm -rf /usr/share/doc/* - thats not soo good ;)
• The liveinst bits are included in anaconda since anaconda-11.2.0.39-1. So liveinst packagae is not needed anymore.

partitioning proposal
20gb for /
5gb for /tmp, maybe 10
5gb for /var/log, maybe 10
10gb for /var
260 for /home (or 250) or diving this into /home and /$path/backup

some links

• Server_Services
• moodle plan
• Server specification document
• http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Trial1_Server_Software#Updating
• live git repository
• livecd-creator howto
• fedora livecd roadmap
• git tutorial
• olpc pilgrim usage
• ibm pilgrim howto
• install2hd
• SMSs (School Management Systems)
  • Centre-SIS, http://www.miller-group.net/
  • Focus-SIS fork, http://www.focus-sis.org/
• ldap-admin tools considered for debian-edu etch
  • lwat, http://bzz.no/lwat/
  • cipux, http://doc.cipux.org/
  • wlus & webmin was used in sarge