Caos NSA 1 Server Installation Walkthrough
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Introduction
This walkthrough for Caos 3 Server Edition was made to be complete in caos documentation. We're going to assume you know how to download and burn the Caos 3 iso to disc and boot up from disc. If you don't know how to do this refer to my Caos 2 Installation walkthrough on the Wiki main page. We'll server admins lets get started!
Zero to Server in 5 Minutes
For this walkthrough I've used the Caos 3 Server Beta 3 Install iso. Bootup the disc and you'll be greeted with the screen shown below
The commands shown on this screen are optional and you could just use the default install method by pressing enter. These options are pretty self explanitory. If you have something other than the default install options you might want to specify the option in the command line. Briefly the options...
bootldr put the bootloader in the master boot record or on the first couple sectors of a hard disk you specify, the default is MBR
disk specifies the location where you would like to install Caos 3 server, the default location is /dev/sda, but if you have ide hard drives instead of sata you might be using /dev/hda etc.
fs specifies the type of filesystem to format the partition, the options are ext2,ext3, reiserfs, xfs, jfs. The default filesystem type is ext3. If you would like a description of these different filesystems refer to my Caos 2 Installation Walkthrough
ifdev lets you specify the network device to use for the install, for most people the default option eth0 should be fine.
ipaddr sets the ip address that this server is using. For most people setting a static ip is a better option. The default is dhcp.
netmask if you are using dhcp you won't have to worry about this option as only static ip's would require this to be specified.
gw you can specify your gateway, if you don't know what this is look it up :)
ns specifies the dns (domain name server)
hostname here you can specify the hostname of this server
preshell/postshell allows you to get to the prompt if you need to do anything special before installation installs or after the installation finishes before it reboots to the new kernel
noprompt as astevens said... "<astevens> it gets rid of all the 'are you sure?' crap that prevents newbies from deleting their c:"
layout option lets you choose the type of partition layout to use, the default is basic, other options are bigsrv, bighome, or manual. Manual will prompt you to partition it the way you like.
GMK please add the partition layout formats in detail
Getting Down and Dirty with Caos 3
Once you are done with the options you would be greeted with a screen as seen below with Caos 3 doing all the options you specified.
It will eventually show you the file /boot/grub/device.map which will give you your boot devices, if this is incorrect enter the debug console, fix it and re-reun grub-install.
Once that is done, press enter to reboot and configure your server.
Almost There
After all the dirty work is done, you should see the grub screen below with the Caos 3 you just installed.
Server Configuration with a Familiar Face
Yes sidekick is back to help you configure your new Caos 3 server like it helped you with the Caos 2 config.
This next screen should be as simple as writing your name literally :)
Finally the System profile configuration where you specify the roles that this server will take, check all that apply to your system.
GMK add what services these options will enable, httpd for web serving? perceus for clustering?
Once that is finished, its time to configure iptables so you can open the proper ports that the server will run on. I'm not going to write what these are, if you don't I think you're in the wrong place :)
Don't worry if you don't see your port listed here that you would like to open, you can do that in the next screen as seen below, say you wanted to open port 2049 for nfs, 111 for portmap, or others, you would specify them here.
You are Finished! wasn't that easy? now you would be greeted with the Successful system configuration window.
Any typos or questions on this walkthrough please find me on irc.freenode.net in #caos
Written for Caos Linux 2 by Raymond Yip (Foxhacker) Revision Apr 5, 2007
