Roaming Computing System (Windows Edition) 3.3 - Server Setup
The server runs the Debian GNU/Linux operating system, version 4.0 'Etch', freely available from debian.org. This server is setup using techniques described in a couple of our documents.
Install Twix in root's home directory by following the instructions at thegoldenear.org/toolbox/unices/twix/.
Use Twix to setup the following features from the 'Server Setup with Debian 4.0 Etch' guide:
- Linux RAID 1 array (requires at least 2 hard disks; use even if server has true hardware RAID, so all servers are setup identically and if it breaks the disks can be moved more easily to another server)
- LVM
- SSH server
- General Configuration
- NTP - Set The Time From An Internet Time Server
- MySQL - database server
- Mail server
- Fetchmail mail retrieval
- Print server(optional, if you have only a few workstations it may not be worth it)
- Webmin - web browser-based system administration
- UPS - Uninterruptible Power Supply Monitoring (if you have a UPS)
Setup the Samba domain, print sharing and WPKG for Windows by following 'Setting up a Samba 3 primary domain controller and file/print/software deployment server, using Debian 4.0 Etch'.
Setup the backup to USB-attached hard disk(s) using 'Auto backup a server to a hotswap USB disk'.