Sysadmin

Machines and Brief Descriptions of Services

HOME (vm0)

Users SSH NFS

NET (vm1)

LDAP server DNS DHCP

WEB (vm2)

Mailman Mail Stack Apache2 PostgresQL MySQL Wiki

TOOLS (vm3)

SageNB Server Jupyterhub Server Software Modules NginX

BABBAGE

Firewall

PROTO

Weather Monitoring GPS/NTP Energy Monitoring

HOPPER

Users SSH NFS Software Modules PostgresQL Wiki Apache2 DNS DHCP

DALI

Gitlab Backups NginX

AL-SALAM

WebMO Software Modules Apache2

LAYOUT

Jupyterhub Server Software Modules NginX Apache2 WebMO

BRONTE

Software Modules

POLLOCK

Software Modules WebMO NginX

Systems Administration Documentation

For old documentation, see: Old Wiki Information

Admin Tasks Nagios Monitoring Shinken Monitoring Upgrading SSL Certificates User Management Installing Software Backup Contacting all users Welcoming a new sysadmin to the fold Add a computer Setting up Lovelace Lab Machines

Services Apache2 Databases DNS and DHCP Virtualization Xen Server

Miscellaneous Contact Information Phone Numbers Web Sites Authentication Information Power Failure UPS Generating SSL Certificates Power draws Working with Sun Hardware Sysadmin:Passwords Patching Linux Kernel Patching Cable Ends NEW Virtualization Comparison

Networking Network Layout (as of 08/2006) D224 cable plant Fiber plans Switches Rack notes Public Network Old Network Topo Figures Network layout (May 2007) Alt Network path Sysadmin:UPS Setup

Current Projects (updated 15 Jan 2017)

• Document tools: startup / shutdown - Charlie
• Layout -
• Al Salam
• Monitoring: (Ganglia, Shenken)
• 10Gb, perfsonar, ...
• Whedon: configured and available
• Change passwords (on everything). Postgres, shenken, ...

Current Projects (updated 13 Oct 16)

• Groups and LDAP and sudo - James
• Amber - James
• Edward's setup - Vitalli
• WebDev access - Nirdesh
• Puppet - James and Vitalii
• Bacula - Nirdesh
• SSL certificate upgrade and documentation - Kristin
• Listserv merging with archives preserved - Nirdesh
• Ganglia - Bret
• Shenken - Vitalii
  • latency, UPS
• New Layout node - ? and ?
• Provision Sappho (compute) - after Puppet
• Provision Kahlo (storage) -
  • replace broken drive
• I2 setup
  • DTN, storage nodes, head nodes, ports in CST
• Provision Whedon (compute) - after Puppet
• Shutdown and startup test - scheduled for Sunday 27 November
• Disk cleaning - Charlie
• Password changing in the CS and cluster domains - Vitalii and James
• Proto setup and maintenance with HIP/Green Science