ProCKSI

= 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.

== System Overview: Hardware, Software ==

 * [wiki:SystemDescription System Overview] - Cluster description, IP addresses, backup, ...

 * [wiki:SoftwareOverview Software Overview]

 * [wiki:UrlEmailForwarding URL and Email Forwarding]

== 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.

 * [wiki:OperatingSystemInstallation Operating System Installation]

 * [wiki:SystemUpdates System Updates]

 * [wiki:Users User Management]

 * [wiki:Networking Networking] - Network, Firewall, Host Name Resolution

 * [wiki:TimeSynchronisation Time Synchronisation] - NTP

 * [wiki:DataAccess Data Access] - NFS

 * [wiki:Email] 

 * [wiki:JobManagement Job Management] - Queuing System (torque, maui)

 * [wiki:ClusterMonitoring Cluster Monitoring] - Ganglia, !JobMonarch

 * [wiki:ClusterBackup Cluster Backup]

== ProCKSI Server: Installation and Configuration ==

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

 * [wiki:ExternalSoftware External Software]

 * [wiki:ProcksiFramework ProCKSI Framework]

 * [wiki:WebServer Web Server]

 * [wiki:Email Email]

 * [wiki:Scheduling  Scheduling]

== Single Point Administration ==

 * [wiki:YellowPages Yellow Pages]

 * [wiki:ClusterAuthentication Cluster Authentication]

 * [wiki:InstallPDSH Install PDSH] - How to install the Parallel Distributed Shell