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| Newer page: | version 32 | Last edited on Saturday, October 17, 2009 6:19:40 pm | by BruceKingsbury | Revert |
| Older page: | version 30 | Last edited on Monday, May 25, 2009 8:32:16 am | by JohnMcPherson | Revert |
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<tt>user accounts</tt>::
* Require SSH keys to be installed in order to log in
* required to be a member of the sysadmins group in order to log into the db, mail, www1, www2 blades
* required to be a member of the wlugcomm group in order to run the hoihotools management scripts
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+
+
+!! zcat's PXE debian install notes
+
+Start here for setting up dhcp and tftp;
+http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch04s05.html.en
+
+also http://www.howtoforge.com/setting-up-a-pxe-install-server-for-multiple-linux-distributions-on-debian-lenny is helpful (basically the same stuff, condensed)
+
+Only the bottom row (eth0) can be PXE booted. Hopefully the hoiho chassis has been configured with this as the 'private' network.
+
+It's possibly also a good idea to lock down PXE boot to specific MAC addresses so no other blades can accidentally be PXE booted into the installer.
+
+Edit /var/lib/tftpboot/debian-installer/i386/boot-screens/menu.cfg
+and add the first line "serial 0 115200 0"
+
+Edit /var/lib/tftpboot/debian-installer/i386/boot-screens/txt.cfg
+and add "console=ttyS0,115200" to the kernel options.
+
+PXE boot the desired blade, the boot menu and debian installer should all be accessible from the iLO serial console.
+
+!! post-install
+
+Debian sets up serial console automatically, but probably a good idea to install ssh server during the install anyhow.
+
+whatever else we do on the blades.
+* proper network config
+* firewall rules
+* more secure ssh settings
+* ldap?
