Installation Guide¶

This guide describes the installation procedure for ProCKSI.

||*Release*     ||procksi_8-2
||*Environment* ||Cluster with one master node and several slave nodes

All installations must be done with root access.

Operating System: Installation and Configuration¶

The master node and all slave nodes must be able to communicate with each other and exchange data. Therefore, a common user management and shared file system is necessary.

• Operating System Installation
• System Updates
• User Management - Users, Groups, Yellow Pages
• Networking - Network, Firewall, Host Name Resolution
• Time Synchronisation - NTP
• Data Access - NFS
• Email
• Security - Secure Shell, Antivirus Software
• Job Management - Queuing System (torque, maui)
• Cluster Monitoring - Ganglia, Monit, JobMonarch, Raid Storage Manager
• Cluster Backup

ProCKSI Server: Installation and Configuration¶

Before the ProCKSI Workbench can be installed and configured, all external software used by ProCKSI must be in place

• External Software
• ProCKSI Workbench
• Database
• Web Server
• Scheduling

Single Point Administration¶

• Install PDSH - The Parallel Distributed Shell
• Sudoers

Miscellaneous¶

• Colours in VIM
• Update Java
• Create signed JAR Files