Infrastructure Support for a DIY DICE Machine

IMPORTANT NOTICE! SECURITY RISK!

NEVER LOG INTO A DIY DICE MACHINE WITH YOUR DICE PASSWORD!

If you ever need to log into a DIY DICE machine, please ask the user to create a local username and password for you.

DIY DICE server

The DIY DICE LCFG server is diydice.inf.ed.ac.uk (dresden.inf.ed.ac.uk as of Oct 08)

First steps to create a DIY DICE machine

The following steps are required to set up the environment for a new DIY DICE machine:

1. Add a dns entry for the new machine.

   DIY DICE machines live in the diy.inf.ed.ac.uk sub-domain and are only supported on self managed wires; currently (Oct 08) just SM197 in the Forum.

   Create, using rfe dns/inf, DNS entries in the form :-

   129.215.197.91 kluster.diy
   

2. Create an LCFG stub profile.

   Here is an example stub profile :-

   #include <dice/os/diystub.h>
   #include <dice/hw/dell_optiplex_gx620.h>
   
   dhclient.mac    00:13:72:CF:65:B8
   
   /* Inventory information */
   
   inv.sno                 5F10C2J
   inv.location            IF-5.14
   inv.allocated           support
   
   /* End of file */
   

   Once inventory information is being mastered in the School Database (late 2008) the inv resources will not be required.

3. Create a diy dice home directory for the user.

   This is done by adding the following line to live/include/live/diydice.h in the subversion repository:

   DIYUSER(uun)
   

Note that it is possible that the user will require the BIOS and installation passwords.

-- AlastairScobie - 03 Oct 2008 -- StephenQuinney - 05 Oct 2007