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