Author: buildbot
Date: Fri Aug 3 19:37:11 2012
New Revision: 827901
Log:
Staging update by buildbot for vcl
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websites/staging/vcl/trunk/content/ (props changed)
websites/staging/vcl/trunk/content/docs/VCL23Installation.html
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</li>
</ul>
</li>
+<li>
+<p><strong>Configure the SSH Client</strong></p>
+</li>
+</ul>
+<p>The SSH client on the management node should be configured to prevent SSH
processes spawned by the root user to the computers it controls from hanging
because of missing or different entries in the known_hosts file. </p>
+<p>Edit the ssh_config file:</p>
+<div class="codehilite"><pre><span class="n">vi</span> <span
class="sr">/etc/ss</span><span class="n">h</span><span class="o">/</span><span
class="n">ssh_config</span>
+</pre></div>
+
+
+<p>Set the following parameters:
+UserKnownHostsFile /dev/null
+StrictHostKeyChecking no
+<em>Note: If you do not want these settings applied universally on the
management node the SSH configuration can also be configured to only apply
these settings to certain hosts or only for the root user. Consult the SSH
documentation for more information.</em></p>
+<ol>
+<li>
+<p><strong>Install and Start the VCL Daemon (vcld) Service</strong></p>
+<ul>
+<li>
+<p>Copy the vcld service script to /etc/init.d and name it vcld:</p>
+<div class="codehilite"><pre><span class="n">cp</span> <span
class="sr">/usr/</span><span class="nb">local</span><span
class="sr">/vcl/</span><span class="n">bin</span><span
class="sr">/S99vcld.linux /</span><span class="n">etc</span><span
class="sr">/init.d/</span><span class="n">vcld</span>
+</pre></div>
+
+
+</li>
+<li>
+<p>Add the vcld service using chkconfig:</p>
+<div class="codehilite"><pre><span class="sr">/sbin/c</span><span
class="n">hkconfig</span> <span class="o">--</span><span class="n">add</span>
<span class="n">vcld</span>
+</pre></div>
+
+
+</li>
+<li>
+<p>Configure the vcld service to automatically run at runtime levels 3-5:</p>
+<div class="codehilite"><pre><span class="sr">/sbin/c</span><span
class="n">hkconfig</span> <span class="o">--</span><span class="n">level</span>
<span class="mi">345</span> <span class="n">vcld</span> <span
class="n">on</span>
+</pre></div>
+
+
+</li>
+<li>
+<p>Start the vcld service:</p>
+<div class="codehilite"><pre><span class="sr">/sbin/s</span><span
class="n">ervice</span> <span class="n">vcld</span> <span class="n">start</span>
+</pre></div>
+
+
+</li>
+<li>
+<p>Check the vcld service by monitoring the vcld.log file:</p>
+<div class="codehilite"><pre><span class="n">tail</span> <span
class="o">-</span><span class="n">f</span> <span class="sr">/var/</span><span
class="nb">log</span><span class="o">/</span><span class="n">vcld</span><span
class="o">.</span><span class="nb">log</span>
+</pre></div>
+
+
+</li>
</ul>
+</li>
+</ol>
+<p>You should see the following being added to the log file every few seconds
if the management node is checking in with the database:
+2012-05-15 13:23:45|25494|vcld:main(167)|lastcheckin time updated for
management node 1: 2012-05-15 13:23:45</p>
+<ol>
+<li><strong>Set the vclsystem account password for xmlrpc api</strong></li>
+</ol>
+<p>Using the vcld -setup tool, set the vclsystem account. This is needed to
properly use the block allocation features.</p>
+<div class="codehilite"><pre> <span class="sr">/usr/</span><span
class="nb">local</span><span class="sr">/vcl/</span><span
class="n">bin</span><span class="o">/</span><span class="n">vcld</span> <span
class="o">-</span><span class="n">setup</span>
+</pre></div>
+
+
+<p>Select 1. VCL Base Module<br>
+Select 2. Set Local VCL User Account Password<br>
+Select 2. vclsystem<br>
+From the vcld.conf file, paste or type the password from xmlrpc_pass variable
and hit enter. </p>
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