OpenVZ configurations for NCIT Cluster

Base system (hardware node)

add authorized_keys (root@p2p, razvan,marius,adriana,george) and id_rsa{.pub,}
apt-get install linux-image-2.6-openvz-amd64 vzctl vzdump vzquota
apt-get install lxc-tools
kernel.panic = 20, net.ipv4.ip_forward = 1 (/etc/sysctl.conf; sysctl -p)
apt-get install watchdog (/etc/watchdog, 'watchdog-device = /dev/watchdog', /etc/default/watchdog)
apt-get install sysv-rc-conf
permanent iptables support
- /etc/network/iptables.rules
- /etc/network/ifup.d/iptables
apt-get install bridge-utils
- bridge configuration in /etc/network/interfaces
- auto br0
- iface br0 inet dhcp
  - bridge_ports eth0
  - bridge_stp off
- add /etc/init.d/bridgevz
apt-get install nfs-kernel-server
- script (cron.hourly) for automatic remount of NFS share (invokes /etc/init.d/nfs-mount)
install and configure NTP
- run ntpdate-debian in /etc/cron.hourly/
(as root and p2p) ln -sf export/cs-p2p-next/ .
(as root and p2p) ln -sf export/p2p-clients/ .
do not fsck on non-root partitions (the sixth field in /etc/fstab is 0)
Heavy configuration

add contrib non-free to /etc/apt/sources.list
- ftp.ro.debian.org → ftp.lug.ro
apt-get update && apt-get -y upgrade && apt-get -y dist-upgrade && apt-get autoremove && apt-get autoclean && apt-get clean
add debian backports (http://backports.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=instructions)
- use system-update script
add /root/bin to PATH
configure .bashrc (root)
- uncomment useful elements in /root/.bashrc

apt-get install vim-nox htop openssh-server avahi-daemon gawk
apt-get install zip unzip telnet host lynx sudo rsync
apt-get install python
apt-get install less
apt-get install mc tree
public key authentication only for SSH server (PasswordAuthentication no in /etc/ssh/sshd_config); remove files in ~/.ssh/
- StrictHostKeyChecking=no in /etc/ssh/ssh_config
- disable SSH reverse DNS search; UseDNS no in /etc/ssh/sshd_config
apt-get install apt-file sudo
- apt-file update
cp /usr/share/vim/vim71/vimrc_example.vim /etc/vim/.vimrc
- mkdir -p ~/.vim/bkup
- add backupdir, enconding, man page, listchars to ~/.vimrc
- /usr/share/vim/vim71/syntax/ (python, bash, tex)
- update-alternatives –config editor
- add .vim/ și .vimrc /etc/skel
- vim ftplugin files (python, shell, tex, java) (~/.vim/ftplugin/)

apt-get install build-essential gdb cscope ctags
apt-get install manpages-posix manpages-posix-dev make-doc glibc-doc-reference
apt-get install ltrace lsof
apt-get install subversion strace git build-essential
apt-get install pkg-config
run git config for p2p and root
hrktorrent/libtorrent-rasterbar
- apt-get install libboost-thread-dev libssl-dev

apt-get install nmap tcpdump finger pciutils usbutils lshw
apt-get install netcat curl nctftp
apt-get install iperf
apt-get install sysstat
apt-get install nfs-common
- nfs-common in /etc/init.d/ (+ “update-rc.d nfs-common defaults 90 10”) (run “vzctl set $veid –features nfs:on –save” on HN)