Post Kickstart

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Post Kickstart

After the kickstart install, I have a slightly customised server. There are a few more things I need to do for nearly every server:

Change Hostname

Edit /etc/sysconfig/network and give the host the correct name. Use the FQDN.

Initial Users, Sudoers & SSH host keys

I need to change root's password and give myself an account with sudo access. On a completely new machine this is done by hand.

If this is part of a HA pair or an upgrade, the easy way to do this is tar up

/etc/passwd
/etc/shadow
/etc/group
/etc/gshadow
/etc/sudoers
/etc/ssh/ssh_host*
/home/system/dmartin  # or appropriate

from the machine you're upgrading.

$/!\$ This will change the root password, so make sure you can log in and use sudo before you close the root window you used to unpack the tar file.

cfrun

Most generalized configuration stuff is done by cfrun. To install, get and run pre-cfrun.sh. You will almost certainly need to fix a few things for it to work.

Infoserver

The installer for SCCC-Infoserver is busted, so install it by hand after installing cfrun. You can get it here.

perl

Upgrade CPAN by running cpan Bundle::CPAN .

Upgrade?

If this machine is replacing a machine, please read Upgrade.

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