How to set up a SocialTools server

Version 0.8.5

Introduction

• Necessary Skills
• About the examples

Local Network

• Minimum hardware specs
• Network connection and hardware

OS Installation

• Disk partitions
• Initial Debian installation
• Kernel configuration
• User and group policies
• Security policies
• RAID and LVM
• Config files in /etc
• STAC (Software Tools Automated Configuration) (TODO)

Software Installation

Policies

• Installing Debian packages
• Compiling software from source
• Database policies

Programs

• Perl modules
• Jed text editor
• BIND DNS server
• OpenSSH secure shell daemon
• rssh restricted shell for scp and sftp
• NTP Network Time Protocol daemon
• MySQL database
• Apache web server
• Postfix mail transfer agent
• Mutt mail user agent
• Spamassassin spam filter
• Clam AntiVirus virus checker
• Sympa mailing list manager
• Monit services monitoring
• TWiki collaborative writing system
• CVS version control system
• Templating Toolkit (perl), used for automated installation/configuration
• Miscellaneous Debian packages