User:Holger

documentation

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

todo

• document xs-repo better
• document fai basics even better ;)

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

• live-installer (was: livecd)
  • use fedora7 updates too
  • update configs from cronjob
  • make it possible to trigger build manually
    • run another cronjob every minute to see if build has been triggered manually
  • check for config changes every hour and trigger build if needed
    • also compare against previous package list
  • waiting for next anaconda bugfix, submit it as bug to bugzilla
  • run fai from anaconda postinstall
    • 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
  • set it up with fai
  • provide mirror via nfs
  • mail the cron output to an alias
  • daily mirror snapshots with links

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

• schoolserver
  • add libertas kernel
  • reinstall-safe partition layout (data partitions), to ensure we can reinstall the schoolserver and dont have to upgrade from fedora7 to 10 manually...

• xs-dev2fai
  • mkdir /var/www/html/holger && chown
  • setenforce permissive, otherwise vhost fedora.laptop.org doesnt work
  • /e/h/conf.d/*
  • mirror and builder, also sudoers for builder
  • ipv6
  • comment out requieretty in /e/sudoers

• 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• http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Trial1_Server_Image - looks outdated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
• "rm -f /var/lib/rpm/__db*" is a good+safe first try, if the rpm db is broken, it just deletes the cache