Diff for "Installing_Control_server"

First install CentOS 5 on the server

Boot from the "crecom CentOS 5 quick install" DVD: At the boot screen, type

linux rescue

This will boot up Anaconda in text mode and leave you with 2 text terminals.

Partition the hard drive with fdisk to create the following partitions:

• / (root) 4-20 Gig depending on size of drive, format as EXT3.

• swap 1-4 Gig depending on size of system memory.

• /u with rest of available space, format as EXT3.

The following example is for a 8 Gig / partition. Don't forget to change partition 2 to type 82 (linux swap) and to make partition 1 bootable. The default (83) should be fine for partition 1 and 3.

#fdisk /dev/sda
The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 9729.
There is nothing wrong with that, but this is larger than 1024,
and could in certain setups cause problems with:
1) software that runs at boot time (e.g., old versions of LILO)
2) booting and partitioning software from other OSs
   (e.g., DOS FDISK, OS/2 FDISK)
Command (m for help):n
Command action
   e   extended
   p   primary partition (1-4)
p
Partition number (1-4):1
First cylinder (1-9729, default 1):
Using default value 1
Last cylinder or +size or +sizeM or +sizeK (6619-9729, default 9729):+8192M
Command (m for help):

Use the following sequence to create 2nd and 3rd partition (2 gig swap, everything else for /u):

n
p
2
<enter>
+2048M
n
p
3
<enter>
<enter>
t
2
82
w

Formatting the partitions:

#mkfs.ext3 -L / /dev/sda1
#mkfs.ext3 -L /u /dev/sda3
#mkswap -L SWAP-sda2 /dev/sda2

Mount the partitions:

Manually create the mount point and mount it.

#mkdir /mnt/sda1
#mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/sda1
#mkdir /mnt/sda1/u
#mount /dev/sda3 /mnt/sda1/u
#mount /dev/hda /mnt/source

Adjust the last line accordingly if your dvd drive is not /dev/hda (if it gave you an error)

Untar the CentOS 5 image to the new partition

#cd /mnt/sda1
#tar xvzj /mnt/source/blankcentos5control.tar.bz2

after 10-15 minutes the whole image should now be on the new drive.

Boot Loader setup:

First restart the CentOS environment:

#exit
#exit

Type in "linux rescue". Accept all the defaults, except you do not need to enable networking. Once you get to the prompt, you need to create a new initial ramdisk and then reinstall grub:

#chroot /mnt/sysimage
#rm /boot/initrd-2.6.18-128.el5.img
#mkinitrd /boot/initrd-2.6.18-128.el5.img 2.6.18-128.el5
#grub-install /dev/sda
#exit
#exit

Now Eject the disc. Your system should now boot up.

After boot up, you may need to reconfigure X

Just accept all the defaults until it asks for the root password and enter it. It will bring up a graphical resolution setting utility. Just choose 1024x768 if you are unsure of the target screen.

Network configuration:

This will be dependant on the machine's connection to the internet. DHCP is configured by default. If a DHCP server is unavailable, configure a static IP address, Netmask, gateway, and nameserver. For example:

• IP address: 192.168.1.85
• Netmask: 255.255.255.0
• Gateway: 192.168.1.1
• Nameserver: 192.168.1.1

This can be changed by logging in as root and running "system-config-network". Where this machine is on an internal network, you should ensure that SSH (port 22) is forwarded to it from the router to allow Creative Computing to access the machine remotely.

Hostname configuration:

This should be a shortened version of the company name for a head office server (6-12 characters, no spaces or dots), or a similarly shortened location name for a store server. Configure this into /etc/sysconfig/network

hostname=compname 

TimeZone selection:

Select "Hardware Clock is GMT" to ensure correct operation across daylight savings changes. Select the appropriate timezone for the server location (e.g. Australia/Sydney). Use "system-config-date" to change this setting.

Additional Operating System configuration

yum

Update the packages with

yum update

VPN

Add the hostname (uname -n) into /etc/hosts on muppets. Assign the machine the next IP in the sequence. Also update the ["DNS"].

Now would be a good time to restart the machine. It will load the new kernel and the new hostname.

To test the VPN connection, use the following:

# pppd call crecom nodetach debug

Configuring the OS for CONTROL

Copy CONTROL

Package control programs on sam (Server side, you can copy/paste these into sam via an xterm)

export CONTROL_FILES="
std/binl
std/utbinl
std/binx11
std/utbinx11
adm
blank
standard
standard.adm
pixmap
lib
binl
binx11
DEMO
manual
usr/common.linux
"
cd /u/ccdev/
tar cvzf control.tgz --exclude=.sccs $CONTROL_FILES
tar cvzhf controlmanual.tgz --exclude=.sccs manual

send control.tgz and controlmanual.tgz to client machine (<newhost> is the IP of the new server)

scp control.tgz controlmanual.tgz ccc@<newhost>:

Exit the connection to Sam

Setup Control (connect using an xterm to the new server as root and just copy/paste these)

touch /dev/lp8
chmod 666 /dev/lp8
umask 0
chown ccc:control /u/cc/LOG /u/cc/usr
chown ccc:control /u/cc/usr/ccc /u/cc/usr/ccc/.*
cd /u/cc
tar xvzf ~ccc/control.tgz
tar xvzf ~ccc/controlmanual.tgz
rm -rf /u/cc/adm/*
chown ccc:control std/* std/*/*
chown ccc:control binl/*
chown ccc:control binx11/*
binl/link_cntrl
chown ccc:control standard/*
chmod 666 standard/*
cp /u/cc/standard.adm/* /u/cc/adm
rm -rf /u/cc/standard.adm /u/cc/usr/common.sh
mv /u/cc/usr/common.linux /u/cc/usr/common.sh
rm /u/cc/pixmap/menuback.jpg 

Libraries

You will need to edit /u/cc/usr/common.sh

LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/lib:/usr/lib:$CCDIR/lib

Then for all versions to rebuild the library cache execute:

ldconfig

Reset all terminals

The default terminals may possibly point to non existent companies. Run the following command to point it all to DEMO:(log in as ccc)

conset -a -c DEMO
export NODEID=console
ccusers
<enter>
14

X related configuration

Make console (DISPLAY=0) a VNC server

Edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Section "Module"        # Add this line
        Load "vnc"      # Add this line
EndSection              # Add this line
Section "Screen"        # This already exists
        Option "PasswordFile" "/u/cc/usr/ccc/.vnc/passwd"       # Add this line
EndSection              # This already exists

User Manuals

Download the Adobe Acrobat Reader plugin at http://www.adobe.com and install (use the firefox on the new server)

firefox http://www.adobe.com

Click on "download Adobe Reader" and save it (defaults to the Desktop directory). Run the installer as root: (note: name may change in the future)

su -
chmod 755 ~ccc/Desktop/AdbeRdr9.3.1-1_i486linux_enu.bin
~ccc/Desktop/AdbeRdr9.3.1-1_i486linux_enu.bin

Just accept all the defaults.

Post Control Installation Options

Change the default Background/button colour

From vnc:5 as ccc, run coaad. Page 2 options should read:

208, 233, 243
120, 220, 255
208, 233, 243

Backups

• cocont option Days before display system warning mesg should be set to 30. This allows the client to have at least one system backup to restore various configuration system configuration files in the event of a failure.

• Enter the Linux device into cocont's Backup device field.

Scheduled processes

Enter the company code in the script /cc/binl/clrdayqty . crontabsetup auto_postal, eom_job, initda/backups and other scripts that need to run automatically.

For ccc:

* * * * * /u/cc/binl/auto_postal 2>&1 > /u/cc/LOG/auto_postal.out
1 0 1 * * /u/cc/binl/auto_eom >/u/cc/LOG/auto_eom 2>&1
59 23 * * * /u/cc/binl/auto_signoff > /u/cc/LOG/auto_signoff 2>&1
10 0 * * * /u/cc/binl/post_sum > /u/cc/LOG/post_sum 2>&1
0 22 * * * /cc/binl/clrdayqty > /cc/LOG/clrdayqty.out 2>&1

For root:

30 2 * * * /u/cc/binl/netchecktime > /u/cc/LOG/netchecktime.out 2>&1
# The daily backup script
0 3 * * * /u/cc/binl/bacint -s > /u/cc/LOG/bacint.out 2>&1
# Initialise dayfile. Only needed if not using our backup script
#0 3 * * * /u/cc/binl/initda -s > /u/cc/LOG/initda.out 2>&1

Background tasks

You will need to edit /etc/inittab:

id:5:initdefault:  # Need to change run level from 3 to 5
v5:345:respawn:su - ccc -c /usr/local/bin/inittab_vnc 2>&1 >> /var/log/vnc.ccc

Customer Company

Setup the company record(s) for the customer

$coaad

• Setup the company record(s) for the customer.
• Get the correct details for the company. If you leave some details out now DO NOT FORGET to come back and set it correctly before shipping the server out.
• Ask the sales team what Subsystems they purchased and set it up correctly.
• Find out the number of locations and number of users and set these accordingly.
• Blank out "Today's Date" if there is a date on it.
• Ask the sales team what the "Licensed to Date" should be. We normally set this up to the day they have paid the license. (usually 1 month).
• Set Y to the fields "Backup Company" and "Autopost".
• Check the background Colour settings on page 2 are the same as vnc:5 above.
• Create a copy from standard

• $cp -a /u/cc/standard /u/cc/<COMPANY>

• Create a test company for them. Change the background Colour settings on coaad to something different. This example gives a pink background.

• 243, 208, 208
  255, 220, 120
  243, 233, 208

Data Imports

• Run any data imports necessary.

Printers, Overlays and Docket Logos

You will need to get the customer's logo and artwork from the sales team.

To create a docket logo, see ["Docket Logo"].

For a list of compatible laser printers, see["Laser Printers"].

For setting up printers, see InstallingPrinter.

Setting up workstations

You will need to get the customer's workstation set up:

• windows workstation (regardless of with or without printer, local or remote)
  • set up openvpn
  • set up VNC (to connect to openvpn IP)
  • set up printers if needed (PDE, Label, Docket, Till, Customer Display)
  • leave directions on what line to change (in openvpn config) when they get connected to the lan
• thin client running xdmcp
• thin client running vnc
• thin client running nx

Setting up a DEMO company in a server

• Follow ["DemoCD"] under Linux steps 1-14 for the DEMO company and additional companies as needed.

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