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---+++ Prerequisites

   * Add new server to DNS - there is already a section for the relevant subnet
   * Punch hole through Informatics firewall for this server
      * add hostname of server to iptables.trustedHosts in live/ipfilter.h
   * Copy LCFG profile of existing server in vxrdppool pool
      * Make sure that #define INSTALLING is uncommented

---+++ Install base Ubuntu VM

   * ssh vsphere.inf.ed.ac.uk
      * This is a VM which has the VMware Remote Console application installed (this is installed using a horrible binary blob, so risky installing on managed Ubuntu machine)
   * google-chrome https://vcsrv-kb1.is.ed.ac.uk
   * choose Launch VSphere Client (HTML5)
   * username = ed\{uun} - eg ed\ascobie
   * pass = "EASE" password
   * Menu / VMs and Templates
      * should find our hosts under either AT or KB in Informatics / vxrdppool
   * Select the VM you are working with
   * For new machine
      * Actions /  Edit Settings / VM Options / Boot Options / Boot Delay = 2000ms
   * From Summary page - Launch Remote Console (under tiny window)
   * Open xdg-open (can choose to always do this in future)
   * Connect Anyway - certs are broken
   * Should now see a console
   * Virtual Machine / Power / Power on
   * From window menu - Choose Virtual Machine / Removable Devices / CD/DVD Drive 1/ Connect to Disk Image File (iso)
      * choose Other Locations - Computer / isos / ubuntu-20.04.1-live-server-amd64.iso - and open
   * May need to Virtual Machine / Power / Reset Guest
      * Once BIOS started, Hit escape after reset to select Boot Menu
   * Boot from CD-ROM drive option
      * Ubuntu server install should start
         * Sometimes this is a bit flakey and you need to do a few power cycles to get the VM to pick up the CD-ROM image (ugh)
   * Ubuntu install
      * Language = English UK
      * Keyboard Config  = English UK
      * Network config
         * Should be DHCP, but can't get that to work - IS appear unable to fix. Will investigate....
         * Select ens192 / Edit IPv4
            * IPv4 method : Manual
               * Subnet: 129.215.10.0/23
               * Address: ... IP address given
               * Gateway: 129.215.11.254
               * Name servers: 8.8.8.8 (for now, might change to Inf DNS)
               * Search domains: inf.ed.ac.uk
         * No Proxy
      * Use standard package mirror
      * Ignore new installer update
      * Disk partioning
         * Chose "Use an entire disk"
            * Assuming disk is 150GB
               * Default setup will create a 150GB volume group and create a 75GB root partition within that vg.
               * Add additional volumes by selecting 'ubuntu-vg' and choose create logical volume
                  * lv-tmp  25G  ext4  /tmp
                  * lv-afs   25G  ext4 /var/cache/afs
                  * lv-log   15G  ext4 /var/log
                  * lv-swap  8G  swap
      * Profile setup
         * Set hostname appropriately
         * Username = diceinstall, password = {some password}
         * Note can't set server's name to be FQDN - TODO: might change if DHCP works?
      * SSH setup
         * Install openssh server, but don't import ssh identity
      * Featured Server snaps
         * Choose none
      * Install should now proceed
      * Reboot - should boot off disk
      * should now be able to ssh to the new VM

---+++ Convert to LCFG
   * ssh to new server
   * Login using 'diceinstall' account, password as specified above
   * Start 'root' shell
      * sudo bash
   * wget http://groups.inf.ed.ac.uk/mp-unit/vxrdp/convert_to_lcfg
   * chmod +x convert_to_lcfg
   * ./convert_to_lcfg
   * reboot

---+++ Enable XRDP service




-- Main.AlastairScobie - 31 Aug 2020
Topic revision: r3 - 28 Sep 2020 - 16:33:44 - AlastairScobie
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