Archive for February, 2009

As a frequent user addicted to the use of linux Vserver and off course a loyal lurker on the excellent Vserver mailing list we received the following request from Herbert Poetzl to get some exposure for the link below.
it looks actually kind a nice
Regarding the old house we are trying to sell:
I created a web [...]

Debian Avantfax install script improvement WORK IN PROGRESS!!!!!

Avantfax works really well on Debian but it is not officially supported by Avantfax so the install script is lacking, i would like to improve that and any feedback would be appreciated.

The first time i installed Avantfax on Debian Etch there was only an install script for Red [...]

HylaFAX

http://manpages.songshu.org/manpages/lenny/en/man5/hylafax-server.5.html

Hylafax runs very well in a Vserver, all that needs to be done extra compared to a “normal” install is to copy the /dev/ttyS0 so Hylafx can reach it from within the Vserver.

It is absolutely not needed to have Hylafax run in a Vserver but since this is a “low profile” setup for about a [...]

Getting High with Lenny

The aim here is to set up some high available services on Debian Lenny (at this moment still due to be released)
Most of the documentation available for such a setup i found on the net are based on Xen but i prefer to use Vserver for the “virtualisation” because of its configurability, [...]

proxy.cipar.net (192.168.1.14)

http://manpages.songshu.org/manpages/lenny/en/man8/squid.8.html

a webcache for the local network
http://blog.last.fm/2007/08/30/squid-optimization-guide not really sure in how far this optimalisations are optimal for this particulair setting, but it works with or without. and at least for a small office environment i can see no noticable difference with the naked eye.

Installation

newvserver –vsroot /VSERVERS –hostname proxy –domain cipar.net –ip 192.168.1.14/24 –dist etch [...]

ns0.cipar.net (192.168.1.17)

This will be the resolving nameserver available to the local network, and the authoritive for the domains.
http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/355

Installation

newvserver –vsroot /VSERVERS –hostname ns0 –domain cipar.net –ip 192.168.1.17/24 –dist etch –mirror http://192.168.1.12:3142/debian.apt-get.eu/debian –interface dummy0

Your current time zone is set to Unknown
Do you want to change that? [n]:

Enter for default

Enable shadow passwords?
<Yes>

enter the root password

Create a [...]

mirror.cipar.net (192.168.1.18)

http://manpages.songshu.org/manpages/lenny/en/man1/apt-mirror.1.html

a local mirror for debian and ubuntu

Installation

newvserver –vsroot /VSERVERS –hostname mirror –domain cipar.net –ip 192.168.1.18/24 –dist etch –mirror http://192.168.1.12:3142/debian.apt-get.eu/debian –interface dummy0

Your current time zone is set to Unknown
Do you want to change that? [n]:

Enter for default

Enable shadow passwords?
<Yes>

enter the root password

Create a normal user account now?
<No>

Choose software to install:
<Ok>

nano /etc/vservers/mirror/apps/init/mark
default

vserver mirror [...]

mailro.songshu.org (192.168.1.86)

Installation

newvserver –vsroot /VSERVERS –hostname mailro –domain songshu.org –ip 192.168.1.86/24 –dist etch –arch i386 –mirror http://192.168.1.12:3142/debian.apt-get.eu/debian –interface dummy0

Your current time zone is set to Unknown
Do you want to change that? [n]:

Enter for default

Enable shadow passwords?
<Yes>

enter the root password

Create a normal user account now?
<No>

Choose software to install:
<Ok>

Change the size of /tmp from 16m [...]

Funambol

Lets try to hook up funambol.cipar.net with the zimbra installation at mailro.songshu.org so that we can sync the calendars and contact lists with e-mail clients like thunderbird and mobile devices blackberrys and such.

Installation

you can get it to run on 64bit i guess but you will have to change some paths for java, well not really [...]

fax.cipar.net (192.168.1.10)

The hylafax server receives and sends faxes and is accessible via Avantfax on http://192.168.1.10

THE AVANTFAX PART OF THIS THIS PAGE IS OUTDATEd by the avantfax debian.sh script which does basically all the avantfax install below but i keep this page for reference and posterity

installation

newvserver –vsroot /VSERVERS –hostname fax –domain cipar.net –ip 192.168.1.10/24 –dist etch [...]