First install Fedora 8 CONTROL server
Boot from the "new store quick install" DVD:
At the boot screen, type
knoppix 2
This will boot up knoppix in text mode and leave you with 4 terminals.
Partition the hard drive with fdisk to create the following partitions:
/ (root) 4-8 Gig depending on size of drive, format as EXT3.
swap 1-2 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/hda 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):
Formatting the partitions:
#mkfs.ext3 -L / /dev/hda1 #mkfs.ext3 -L /u /dev/hda3 #mkswap -L SWAP-sda2 /dev/hda2
Mount the partitions:
If the /mnt/hda1 was not auto created, manually create it.
#mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/hda1 #mkdir /mnt/hda1/u #mount /dev/hda3 /mnt/hda1/u
Untar the fedora 8 image to the new partition
#cd /mnt/hda1 #tar xvzf /u/blankf8forcontrol.tgz
after 10-15 minutes the whole image should now be on the new drive.
Boot Loader setup:
First get out of the knoppix environment:
#shutdown -r now
The disk will eject, insert the Fedora 8 Rescue CD. You can use the Fedora 8 installer and select "Rescue installed system". 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-2.6.26.5-28.fc8.img #mkinitrd /boot/initrd-2.6.26.5-28.fc8.img 2.6.26.5-28.fc8 #grub-install /dev/sda #exit #exit
Now Eject the disc. Your system should now boot up.
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
Note: be careful of glibc updates for older releases of CONTROL
If yum insists on gpg keys then, in /etc/yum.conf and /etc/yum.repos.d/*,
gpgcheck=0
VPN
Add the hostname (uname -n) into /etc/hosts on muppets. Assign the machine the next IP in the sequence.Also update the ["DNS"].
To test the VPN connection, use the following:
# pppd call crecom nodetach debug
Configuring the OS for CONTROL
Configure the ccc user
Edit the ~ccc/.bashrc and add the following to the end:
umask 0
Edit the ~ccc/.vnc/xstartup file used by Xvnc. It should read:
export NODEID="vnc$DISPLAY" sleep 5 . /u/cc/usr/common.sh exec fvwm
Setup user defaults
Copy the~ccc/.vnc/folder to/etc/skel/
# cp -r ~ccc/.vnc /etc/skel/ # chown root:root /etc/skel/.vnc
Copy CONTROL
Package control programs on sam (Server side)
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 cvzhf control.tgz --exclude=.sccs $CONTROL_FILES
send control.tgz to client machine
Setup /u/cc/ directory (Client Side)
touch /dev/lp8 chmod 666 /dev/lp8 umask 0 mkdir /u/cc/ chmod 777 /u/cc/ ln -s /u/cc /cc mkdir /u/cc/usr chmod 777 /u/cc/usr ln -s ~ccc /u/cc/usr/ccc mkdir /u/cc/LOG chmod 777 /u/cc/LOG chown ccc:control /u/cc/LOG /u/cc/usr chown ccc:control /u/cc/usr/ccc /u/cc/usr/ccc/.* cd /u/cc tar xvzf PATH_TO_CONTROL_TAR_FILE/control.tgz (do this step if you have already copied control.tgz to client machine) chown ccc:control std/* std/*/* chown ccc:control binl/* chown ccc:control binx11/* binl/link_cntrl chown ccc:control standard/* chmod 666 standard/* cp /u/cc/standard.adm/* /u/cc/adm mv /u/cc/usr/common.linux /u/cc/usr/common.sh
Libraries
For Fedora versions prior to Fedora Core 5, update /etc/ld.so.conf to included the following line
/u/cc/lib
For Fedora Core 5 and later, execute:
cd /usr/lib ln -s /u/cc/lib/libcqt3.* .
You will also need to edit /u/cc/usr/common.sh
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/lib:/usr/lib:$CCDIR/lib
Then for all versions to rebuild the library cache execute:
ldconfig
X related configuration
Install necessary fonts
As a minimum, the system should have the 75-dpi, 100-dpi and truetype fonts appropriate for the installed X Font Server
To search for the fonts:
yum search fonts
The packages are usually of the form fonts-xorg-75dpi
Once you have found the correct fonts packages
yum install <font package>
Make console (DISPLAY=0) a VNC server
Edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Section "Module"
Load "vnc" # Add this line
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Option "PasswordFile" "/u/cc/usr/ccc/.vnc/passwd" # Add this line
EndSection
Installing FVWM
We use FVWM as a slimline window manager where users don't need or expect a full remote desktop. You'll need to locate files fvwm-2.4.19-1.i386.rpm and libstroke-0.5.1-4.fc4.i386.rpm which are available on sam.
# yum install compat-readline43 gtk+ imlib # rpm -Uvh fvwm-2.4.19-1.i386.rpm fvwm-themes-0.6.2-1.noarch.rpm libstroke-0.5.1-4.fc4.i386.rpm
Need to update Xclients such that FVWM is started when local user logs in.
# cd /etc/X11/xinit # mv Xclients Xclients.bak # vi Xclients
Update Xclients to initialise the control environment and execute FVWM as below:
rm -f $HOME/Xrootenv.0 rm -f /tmp/fvwmrc* 2>/dev/null . /u/cc/usr/common.sh exec /usr/bin/fvwm
Finally give Xclients execute permissions
chmod +x Xclients
Configuring FVWM
mkdir /etc/X11/fvwm2
Copy from system.fvwm2rc from /u (sam) or from a recent client's system and place it in the newly created directory. Also place a symbolic link to system.fvwm2rc in /etc/
ln -s /etc/X11/fvwm2/system.fvwm2rc /etc/
User Manuals
Install Firefox
yum install firefox
Download the Adobe Acrobat Reader plugin at http://www.adobe.com and install
firefox http://www.adobe.com
User manual files already included in the tarball copied from sam (/u/ccdev/manual)
Post Control Installation Options
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
coaad Setup the company record(s) for the customer.
Ensure that the /u/cc/<CUSTOMER> directory exists and is a copy of standard. Also make sure that the correct amount of users and locations have been set.
Enter the customer's company name into cocont's Company codes to be backed up field.
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.
Data Imports
- Run any data imports necessary.
Setting up a DEMO company in a server
- Follow ["DemoCD"] under Linux steps 1-14 for the DEMO company and additional companies as needed.