Cluster der kan alt/Installation af master

Installation of the master

Mount the Ubuntu server .iso file (ubuntu-12.04.3-server-amd64.iso)

1. Step: Click CD/DVD under the devices menu under Cluster_Master
2. Step: Marker Use ISO image file and browse the iso file. Click OK to finish
3. Step: Click Power on this virtual machine to start the machine

Install Ubuntu server

1. Step: Choose Language (English)
2. Step: Click Install Ubuntu Server
3. Step: Select a language (English)
4. Step: Select your location (Denmark)
5. Step: Configure locales (en_US.UTF-8)
6. Step: Configure the keyboard choose yes and follow the guide
7. Step: Enter the hostname (Master)
8. Step: Enter the full name (Cluster)
9. Step: Username (cluster)
10. Step: Password (cluster)
11. Step: Use weak password, choose yes
12. Step: Encrypt the home directory, choose No
13. Step: Configure the clock, Europe/Copenhagen, choose yes
14. Step: Partition disk , choose manual
15. Step: Choose the virtual hard drive: 21,5 GB VMware, VMware Virtual S
16. Step: Create new empty partition table on this device, choose yes
17. Step: Choose pri/log 17,2 GB FREE SPACE
18. Step: Create the different partions as listed below:

 Size: 1GB,      Partion type: Primary     Mounting point: / 
 Size: 512MB,    Partion type: Logical     Mounting point: /boot 
 Size: 3GB,      Partion type: Logical     Mounting point: /var 
 Size: 3GB,      Partion type: Logical     Mounting point: /tmp 
 Size: 5GB,      Partion type: Logical     Mounting point: /usr 
 Size: 1GB,      Partion type: Logical     Mounting point: /srv 
 Size: 1GB,      Partion type: Logical     Mounting point: /home 
 Size: 1GB,      Partion type: Logical     Swap Area 

1. Step: Choose Finish partitioning and write changes to disk when you are finish
2. Step: Write the change to disk, choose yes
3. Step: HTTP proxy should be blank
4. Step: Choose No automatic updates
5. Step: Choose software to install, mark OpenSSH server and DNS server
6. Step: Install GRUB boot loader, choose yes
7. Step: Finish the installation, choose Continue, the virtual machine will automatic unmount the iso file

Assign root permission to the cluster user

Enter the passwd file by:

sudo nano /etc/passwd

Change the cluster line in the bootum of the file from:

cluster:x:1000:1000:Cluster,,,:/home/cluster:/bin/bash

To:

cluster:x:0:0:Cluster,,,:/home/cluster:/bin/bash

You have too logout before the changes can take effect

logout

Login via SSH

Manage the server from SSH is a huge benefit because it will enable the copy/paste feature

Open a terminal software, like Putty or TeraTerm

Enter the server IP address and use the cluster/cluster for login

Active the secondary network card(eth1)

Enter the network card file

nano /etc/network/interfaces

Add this at the bottum of the file (after eth0)

# The secondary network interface
auto eth1
iface eth1 inet static
address 10.0.0.1
netmask 255.255.255.0

Lock down the Resolv.conf file

sudo chattr +i /etc/resolv.conf

Active /var/log/messages

Edit 50-default.conf and uncomment the lines

nano /etc/rsyslog.d/50-default.conf

*.=info;*.=notice;*.=warn;\
auth,authpriv.none;\
cron,daemon.none;\
mail,news.none -/var/log/messages

Then restart the rsyslog daemon:

service rsyslog restart

Or reboot the entire system

reboot