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.

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 (Sept 13) SM164 and 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 for a real (physical) machine :-

   #include <dice/os/diystub.h>
   #include <dice/hw/dell_optiplex_gx620.h>
   
   dhclient.mac    00:13:72:CF:65:B8
   

   Here is an example stub profile for a VirtualBox guest :-

   /* heem.diy stub profile */
   #include <lcfg/hidden/sl6_64vars.h>
   #include <dice/os/diystub.h>
   #include <dice/hw/virtualbox.h>
   
   dhclient.mac    08:00:27:72:E0:D0
   

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.

-- ChrisCooke - 27 Sep 2013 -- AlastairScobie - 03 Oct 2008 -- StephenQuinney - 05 Oct 2007