Overview

Our Internet presence currently consists of a web site, a list server, and a few random things. These are generously hosted by Bruce Dawson and CodeMeta on his own servers (thanks, Bruce!). However, for a variety of reasons, we are interested in getting our "own" server -- see ServerReasons for why. This project is being coordinated (loosely speaking) by BenScott. Volunteers are welcome.

Ben has a 1U rackmount server with some fairly nice specs he is willing to donate to the cause. See ServerHardware for the details.

The first question we need to address is how we approach the design, configuration, and management of this server. See ServerApproach for discussion on this.

Table of Contents

• ServerToDo - Things to do
• Administrative (non-technical)
  • ServerReasons - Why we should do this
  • ServerGoals - Things to aim for; things to avoid
  • ServerApproach - How to get started?
  • ServerAnnounce - A general call for volunteers has been sent
  • ServerPeople - Who is willing to help out with this?
  • ServerName - Outcome: liberty (liberty.gnhlug.org)
• Technical
  • ServerHardware - Tech specs
  • ServerSoftware - Choosing and configuring software
    • ServerDistro - Offical home of the distro war
    • ServerMTA - Mail Transport Agents (sendmail/postfix/etc.)
    • ServerAntiSpam
  • ServerStorage - Partitions, directories, LVM, etc.
  • ServerSecurity
  • ServerFromHive - Migrating from Hive to new server
• Usage - How we should use the server
  • ServerAdministration - How we avoid colliding w/ each other.