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6 November 2007 | dell server, lab, music | No Responses
Mission accomplished! Well, for the most part anyway. I finally got ssh functioning properly on the server. Apparently my router has a built in function that does port forwarding for ssh when I was trying to do it manually. Also, it has the same functionality for the ftp protocol, so that was a snap as well.
My next step is subversion. Now I have two issues with this. First, I have set this up before at work and it was a real pain is the ass. Two, for security’s sake, I probably shouldn’t have anything like that accessible from the web. I don’t think anyone would try to hack my home server and steal anything, but you never know. And I think I am just getting bored with this and I want more than one excuse to not do it. So for the time being, I am going to bag the idea of subversion and if worse comes to worse I can just install it on my development box because the reason for it would be versioning and not really a backup which is truly my reason for it.
I also inherited an old PC from work. I think its the the target for a file-sharing server and/or quite possibly a MythTV box. That would really be sweet. Stream all music and video from it across my home network. I’m thinking yes. But I would first like to see what kind of music production (if any) I can do with it. It seems the the ideal candidate. That or the mini, but I don’t have iLife installed on it, so it would be a large pain to get everything working anyway I swing it.
Speaking of music production, I recorded some music last weekend. I have a few things I would like to clean up and the birth of secondberg will began. Totally stoked.
joe
re-serve it up – final install
25 October 2007 | dell server, lab | No Responses
More woos, less, woos, but I am making progress. I finally decided to ditch gentoo for real this time. I re-installed it with an updated kernel and I just could not get rid of the following message:
!!! Block 303 is not a valid root device
I didn’t feel like dealing with the troubleshooting that one. So, after the release of the latest Ubuntu version, I decided to roll with that. After a quick look at how to forge – the perfect Ubuntu server, I was up and running in no time. LAMP, ssh, and ftp are all following suit as initially proposed. My goal no is to get get remote access with all three servers with some help from a free no-ip.com account. This dynamic dns stuff is pretty neat. Ubuntu has a built-in package for no-ip.com called….you guessed it….no-ip. All I have to do was run the following command, follow the directions, enter in my account information and I was all set.
sudo apt-get install no-ip
It automatically adds it to the start up scripts. Now, this is where I ran into trouble. I also found out my router has a built-in application for dynamic dns. My question at this point was do I use one, the other, or both? First I need to configure port forwarding on my router. 80 to 80, 22 to 22 to my local ubuntu server – 192.168.0.111. I try all three options and I get nothing. At this point I can ping joef.no-ip.org and the public ip address and get a response. So I know its out there resolving the ip address properly, it just cant connect to the server.
So, to add add more confusion to the matter, I forgot that I have a separate router that doubles as a modem for my dsl line. until not that long ago, I didnt even realize this thing was a router, a wireless one at that. The cable guy set it up and I never gave it a second thought. Just plugged in my d-link and was on my way.
So now I have way too many variables in the mix, it really could be a shit load of things. I then try to set up port forwarding on my dsl router. That doesnt seem to work. My mentality was that I can forward port 80 to the dlink, then forward that on to the server. According to what I read on the internet, things dont work that way. At this point, I am tired and I want to go to bed.
Then today, at work, I am sitting there pondering this and it hits me – PLUG THE SERVER INTO THE DSL ROUTER!!!! Wow, why the shit didnt I think of this before? So I get home from work connect the server to the dsl router. It gave it an ip address right away. I configure port forwarding for the web server, restart the router, check http://joef.no-ip.org and it works. How refreshing. If there is one thing I am learning from this its how little I know about networking.
So, as my list gets smaller I have the following to go:
- ssh – to connect to the box remotely
- ftpd – send files to and from
- samba – share files locally (still debating)
- subversion – version software projects
After this I guess its onto configuring samba and getting some shared folders going across then network. I guess goonies really don’t die.
re-serve it up – timeout (gentoo woos)
4 October 2007 | dell server, lab, music | No Responses
Well, this is what I get for trying to re-install gentoo. Everything was working fine. I took a break last week and didnt get anything accomplished over the weekend. From what I read in the forums, the following error means really bad things are going on in the kernel:
!!! Block 303 is not a valid root device
Granted, I can get the machine up and running but there is no way I can remotely boot this thing if I wanted to and thats the whole point. From what I get from trying to understand what is greek to me, the correct module is not loading for my hard drive. Or, in other words, the operating system doesnt have the correct software to interface with my hard drive. So, pretty much have to configure the kernel manually. From what I understand this is exactly what the genkernel is supposed to do for you.
Things like this are exactly why I contemplate using the operating system. So, from here its either try to re-install re sync the portage tree and re-emerge the kernel, never remotely try to reboot the box, or re-stall the entire thing. All three are going to waste a bunch of my time, so I may as well throw a dart.
Anyway, this server thing my have to be put on hold for now because music is my current objective at the moment. I got what I think is another song down. We’ll see. Next step is jamming with jason and possibly recording so I dont forget. Something is on the horizon, I can fell it.
joe
re-serve it up – install 2
28 September 2007 | dell server, lab | No Responses
So I got gentoo installed. Yet not without an issue. It always seems to end up this way. For some reason I get the following message when the machine boots:
!!! Block 303 is not a valid boot device
Then, for what ever reason, I have to manually choose the boot device – /dev/hd3 and it boots fine. I dont know why at this point, I gave up trying to figure it out because the office is on. My initial theory is there is an issue with either an issue with the fstab or lilo configuration files. Again, at this point, I dont know and dont care. It can wait until the weekend.
My next move is to fix this problem then get the frame buffer working. From there its on to installing the individual servers. I am thinking the following is what we are going to shoot for:
- ssh server – too access the box remotely
- ftp server – to get files to and from
- LAMP server – to eventually view web pages from anywhere
- samba server – to share files with other boxes around my home network
we’ll be in touch
joe
re-serve it up – install
27 September 2007 | dell server, lab | No Responses
Ok, so I as mentioned last time. I decided to take on another server project. I decided to ditch the dell as desktop computer and re-invent it as a home server. Instead of trying to manually remove everything (including the X server), I decided to start again from scratch.
After a solid backup of everything I need on the box, I downloaded the latest version of ubuntu server and gentoo minimal install CDs and was on my way. After getting a bit used to using ubuntu as a desktop OS at work, I thought I would give it a try as a server. The installation was a snap. It even gave me the option to installed LAMP and in 15 minutes I has the core of the server. This takes a good several hours to do on gentoo, so of course I thought this was meant to be. Yet after the initial login, nothing felt right. The commands are slightly different, I cant find things, certain things are not installed. I cant believe how accustom I have become to gentoo.
So, needless to say, it didnt take long to begin the gentoo installation. During which I came to the realization, after three years of using the OS, I am getting pretty good at the installation. What ever that means. So, after a bit of the following, I am on my way:
# emerge –sync
# emerge portage
So, now the thick things are out of the way, its on the the fun. I dont think I have the time to finish tonight. But I will continue tomorrow.
I do have to add that I really dig the new frame buffer and splash logo. I guess I am a sucker for a but of eye candy.
joe