Bernard's Wiki - kub610

gembkup

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2020-06-21T12:19:16+00:00

Install BackupPC BackupPC is a very powerful backup system run on the server machine. You find all the necessary documentation on , including configuration instructions. Installation apt-get install backuppc Take a note of the pre-assigned password during the run of the installation script

gemconf

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2020-06-21T11:24:57+00:00

Configuration Static IP address /etc/network/interfaces # The primary network interface auto eth0 iface eth0 inet static address 192.168.1.11 netmask 255.255.255.0 network 192.168.1.0 gateway 192.168.1.1 Don't forget to disable the DHCP server in the router!

gemconky

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2009-01-23T18:27:00+00:00

Install Conky sudo apt-get install conky mpd zcat /usr/share/doc/conky/examples/conkyrc.sample.gz > ~/.conkyrc The file is in your home directory, ready to be modified to your needs To start conky, just run conky in a terminal. But if you want your conky to be displayed in the right upper corner of your screen call

gemcust

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2008-09-24T05:22:38+00:00

Other applications apt-get install firefox apt-get install wajig apt-get install nmap apt-get install fail2ban apt-get install hddtemp apt-get install XawTV apt-get install phpmyadmin apt-get install mplayer mplayer-doc mencoder UPS monitor This is a small startup service which will send a shutdown signal to the server on power failure. I set it up with 60 sec pre-warning and 120 sec shutdown period.

gemdhcp

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2008-09-24T05:22:38+00:00

Install DNS / DHCP server dnsmasq) apt-get install dnsmasq edit /etc/dnsmasq.conf /etc/init.d/dnsmasq restart

gemftp

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2008-09-24T05:22:38+00:00

Install FTP server (vsftpd) apt-get install vsftpd Modify /etc/vsftpd.conf and add the following lines, then open the listen port and the data port range in the firewall. listen=YES listen_port=xx3xx pasv_min_port=6000 pasv_max_port=6050

gemini

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2020-06-21T12:26:02+00:00

Main Server * System * Configuration * Install Software Raid (MD) * Install Logical Volume Manager (LVM) * Install Webmin and dependencies * Install DNS / DHCP server (dnsmasq) * Install SSH server * Install VMware * Install VirtualBox OSE * Install VirtualBox 3.0 * Install Samba server * Install SqueezeCenter (dicontinued) * Install Sqeezebox Server * Install VNC Server * Install X11 VNC Server * Remote Desktop (VNC) * Install BackupPC * Install ZoneMinder S…

gemlvm

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2020-06-21T12:18:10+00:00

Install logical volumes (LVM) Prepare and install volumes Prepare a single disk or a disk raid: mkfs.ext3 lvm lvm> pvcreate lvm> vgcreate // or several physical volumes: lvm> lvcreate lvm> quit mkfs.ext3 /dev/mapper/ mount /dev/mapper/

gemmd

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2020-06-21T11:20:26+00:00

Install Raid1 Hardware configuration * MB : ASUS M2N32 Workstation Professional * CPU: Athlon 64 X2 5600+ * HD : 2xWD 74GB Raptor, 2xSamsung 2TB, 2xSamsung 1TB * RAM: 4 GB DDR2-6400 * Usage: Server Desired configuration of the disks hdd

gemnagios

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2008-09-26T00:39:16+00:00

Install Nagios Upgrade to Nagios 2.11 (Ubuntu Hardy Heron 8.04, from Edgy 6.10) Names of the config files have changed, but content remains mainly the same. The config files reside at /etc/nagios-plugins/config/ There are new service definitions for ssh access with ports different from the default port 21:

gemnut

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2008-09-24T05:22:38+00:00

Install Network UPS Tools Not finished, work in progress ... Install apt-get install nut nut-cgi Configure nut cp -a /usr/share/doc/nut/examples/ups.conf /etc/nut cp -a /usr/share/doc/nut/examples/upsd.conf /etc/nut chown nut:nut /dev/ttyS0 vim ups.conf

gemrdsk

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2010-05-01T06:25:56+00:00

Replace LVM disk to upgrade capacity This example will copy /dev/sde1 mounted on /backup to /dev/sdf1 mounted on /replace and afterwards change mount point, logical volume and volume group names to the source names. Prepare new disk * fdisk /dev/sdf

gemsbox

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2009-10-04T11:25:46+00:00

Install Squeezebox Server on 8.04 Hardy Heron With version 7.4, Logitech has renamed it's SqueezeCenter software to Squeezebox Server. Also, the changes were so significant, that the previous version needs to be removed before the new software starting with version 7.4 can be installed. How to do this is explained at the bottom of this page.

gemslim

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2020-06-21T11:33:48+00:00

Install SlimServer on 6.10 Edgy install SlimServer version in Edgy repository first apt-get install slimserver upgrade to latest version Modify /etc/apt/sources.list: deb http://debian.slimdevices.com stable main Upgrade SlimServer: apt-get update apt-get install slimserver

gemsmb

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2008-09-24T05:22:38+00:00

Install Samba server apt-get install samba smbfs After installation, modify the /etc/samba/smb.conf file and set up your file shares. Find this section in the file: ####### Authentication ####### # "security = user" is always a good idea. This will require a Unix account # in this server for every user accessing the server. See # /usr/share/doc/samba-doc/htmldocs/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/ServerType.html # in the samba-doc package for details. ; security = user

gemssh

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2020-06-21T12:16:30+00:00

Install SSH server apt-get install ssh Running ssh-keygen as root will install the host keys, ssh-keygen as the keypair into directory ~/.ssh. The private key file, e.g. ~/.ssh/id_rsa needs to be copied to all clients which need access to the server, the public key file, e.g. ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub, needs to be added to the authorized_keys file of the server to allow access to the server. In addition, you should adjust the access rights for the different files and directories. As , enter…

gemsys

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2020-06-21T11:12:57+00:00

System * CPU: Athlon X2 5600+ dual-core * MB : ASUS M2N32 WS Professional * RAM: 4GB DDR2 6400 System Memory * Gfx: Nvidia 7100 * HD0: 2 x WD 74GB Raptor (System) * HD1: 2 x Samsung 500GB -> Seagate 2TB (Data) * HD2: 1 x Samsung 500GB

gemvbox

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2009-10-25T06:45:16+00:00

Install VirtualBox 3.0 Install either VirtualBox or VirtualBox Open Source Edition - DO NOT install both! Installation Add the repository to your /etc/apt/sources.list: deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian hardy non-free Add the Sun public key for apt-secure:

gemvboxose

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2020-06-21T11:31:06+00:00

Install VirtualBox OSE Install either VirtualBox or VirtualBox Open Source Edition - DO NOT install both! Installation Install and configure VirtualBox sudo apt-get install virtualbox-ose virtualbox-ose-modules-`uname -r` sudo gpasswd -a `whoami` vboxusers

gemvmw

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2020-06-21T11:29:13+00:00

Install VMware Installation Install and configure VMware dpkg -i vmwareworkstation_5.5.3-34686_i386.deb /usr/bin/vmware-config.pl If you want to use another ethernet address than the default (eth0) for VMware, make sure that the respective interface is up and active during the time you run vmware-config.pl

gemvnc

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2008-10-28T04:49:36+00:00

Remote Desktop (VNC) Enable in Gnome's Preferences/Remote Desktop Bugfix The vino-server only listens on ipv6: netstat -na | grep 5900 ==> tcp6 0 0 ::1:5900 :::* LISTEN They still haven't fixed the issue: Vino configurations: jason@jason-laptop:~$ gconftool -a /desktop/gnome/remote_access authentication_methods = [none] lock_screen_on_disconnect = true use_alternative_port = false require_encryption = false view_only = false promp…

gemvncserver

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2020-06-21T11:35:47+00:00

Install vncserver vncserver will open a new X session to be accessed with a VNC client software only. After having made some tests I decided to replace it with x11vnc, which accesses the real X session currently running. Since the installation of vncserver took me some time, I will leave the hints in my Wiki.

gemwm

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2008-11-02T07:55:38+00:00

Install Webmin and Perl dependencies Webmin is an excellent browser interface to handle most of your system services. Even if you use your machine only as a workstation (not as a server), it is worthwhile to install Webmin. Install modules make sure the universe repository is uncommented in /etc/apt/sources.list

gemx11

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2008-09-24T05:22:38+00:00

Install X11vnc server This version of the VNC server allows to remote control the real display, e.g. display :0 Upgrade to KDE 3.5.6 In my installation of Edgy, KDE 3.5.5 crashed when invoking x11vnc. I solved it by adding the KDE 3.5.6 repository sources.list:

gemzm

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2008-09-24T05:57:16+00:00

Install ZoneMinder 1.22.3 ZM is not difficult to install, if you follow below's steps: * ZoneMinder application * IP cams * USB webcams with driver * Firefox config (for the viewer) Installation apt-get install zoneminder You need to sym-link the apache configuration file before the ZM pages can be served:

venus

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2020-06-21T12:03:09+00:00

Client - Debian Squeeze 6.1 * System * Configuration * Linux Infrared Remote Control - LIRC * Logical Volume Manager (LVM) * X11 and VNC * MythTV * Webmin * Other Apps

venusconf