Image Cluster
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<crypt output> is the crypt encoded password string. You get it from | <crypt output> is the crypt encoded password string. You get it from | ||
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ypcat passwd | grep -E 'kimstp' | ypcat passwd | grep -E 'kimstp' | ||
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Example: Adding kimstp to the group wheel <br /> | Example: Adding kimstp to the group wheel <br /> | ||
usermod -G wheel kimstp<br /> | usermod -G wheel kimstp<br /> | ||
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=Backup= | =Backup= | ||
Currently there is no backup of the cluster. The only safety lies in the use of RAID 5 on all disk servers, which in theory should | Currently there is no backup of the cluster. The only safety lies in the use of RAID 5 on all disk servers, which in theory should | ||
provide tolarance towards one faulty disk per disk server. We are working on a backup solution. | provide tolarance towards one faulty disk per disk server. We are working on a backup solution. | ||
Revision as of 11:18, 18 June 2007
The following is a description of the image group cluster computer.
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Current cluster setup
Currently the cluster consists of 3 disk servers and 3 IBM blade servers for computation.
How to use the cluster
Installation notes
Maintenance
Adding new users
Make the user account the first time on imagediskserver1. This should create the home directory. Following this make sure that user ID and group ID is the same on all machines. All users should be in the group 'users' and possible any other relevant groups (e.g. system administrators should be in the group 'wheel').
Example:
on imagediskserver1 as root:
useradd -m -g users -p <crypt output> kimstp
This will create a new account with the name kimstp in the group users. Check the user ID in /etc/passwd (number 3 number on the line). Lets assume it is 1000, then on the other machines do
useradd -g users -u 1000 -p <crypt output> kimstp
<crypt output> is the crypt encoded password string. You get it from
the diku system by running the following command on ask (or any other host on the diku internal network):
ypcat passwd | grep -E 'kimstp'
Alternatively, consider using newusers which is based on a similar format as the passwd file (man 5 passwd).
Adding a user to other groups:
Example: Adding kimstp to the group wheel
usermod -G wheel kimstp
Backup
Currently there is no backup of the cluster. The only safety lies in the use of RAID 5 on all disk servers, which in theory should provide tolarance towards one faulty disk per disk server. We are working on a backup solution.
