On 11/05/2007 05:34 PM, nestorwheelock wrote: > what version of ubuntu? $ cat /etc/issue.net Ubuntu 6.06.1 LTS
> On a side note: > > Robert, 1 nice thing about consolidating services with FreeBSD is the > Jail environments and the security and separation that they bring. Yes, FreeBSD is great on many level. > Anyway, however the server is administered, there should be some > documentation as to what's done, how to do it, where the backups are.. Sort of. Before we had the BWorks wiki, we used the cwelug wiki: http://www.cwelug.org/cgi-bin/wiki.cgi?BWorks/Ubuntu Current Ubuntu installs are similar to what's on that page, sans windowing system. What's different is that after the server is installed the swap partition is replaced with a swapfile, the filesystem is named, and the fstab and grub menu are updated to use the named filesystem. After that the ubuntu user is changed to the normal username/password combo. This is the base for all the Ubuntu variations we have in the shop: mini-server, shopserver, classroom, and retail machine. The mini-server uses that server install to then these services are added: - ssh-server - apache - ntp - dhcp - squid - ddclient and we add a few users. > ...are there backups??? Sort of. I've got a clone image and the config files are (or were) on the wiki. Would be great if more than just myself would know how build the mini-server. That way we could crank one out and replace it quickly if the current one dies. But even if it died, we could survive by turning on the DHCP server on the router until we get a chance to build a new mini-server. So, having the mini-server go down or get hacked is more of an inconvenience than a crisis. ByteWorks got along fine without it for years. So, two questions for you: - would you be interested in going through an Ubuntu install with me for the mini-server and writing up the docs on our wiki? We'll probably go through it a few times to verify the docs match what we did. - would you be interested in training at lest two other volunteers? Regards, - Robert
