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Fedora_install_for_my_own_purposes

At time of writing, Fedora 28 is current stable version

Download and install Fedora

Configure Fedora

Enable SSH

To allow remote access

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Disable SELinux

Use the /usr/sbin/getenforce or /usr/sbin/sestatus commands to check the status of SELinux

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or

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Change SELINUX from <tt>enforcing</tt> to <tt>disabled</tt> in /etc/selinux/config

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Assign hostname

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Assign static IP address

Choose the network link to change

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Easiest method is to use the command line!

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Before…

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After…

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Install Applications

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Configure directory permissions

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Configure Lighttpd

  • Modify document_root
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  • Enable mod_cgi: uncomment the mod_cgi include
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  • Setup Basic Authentication to restrict web server access
  • Enable server to serve perl files from cgi-bin directory
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  • Bind the local address to port 80
  • Disable IPV6
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Configure firewall

Connection refused on port 80 from hosts on you lan? :-)<br /> Firewalld is installed and running by default - and it blocks port 80!

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Install and configure add-on FiltaQuilla

*** not necessary if the whole of the .thunderbird profile is tar'd and gzipped ***<br /> FiltaQuilla is an add-on that adds significant functionality to the filtering of emails in Thunderbird.<br /> Setup the rule

  • Where subject contains “dbahawk_forward”
  • Save attachment to “Downloads/dbahawk_forward”
  • Mark as read
  • Delete mail

Configure Thunderbird

Copy the profile folder from the old machine if still available. While on the new machine, issue this command to copy directory structure between 2 hosts.

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Configure ddclient

To get the ddns for the domain name working, make sure ddclient is running in daemon mode.<br /> Make sure use=web is uncommented in <tt>/etc/ddclient/ddclient.conf</tt> or <tt>/etc/ddclient.conf</tt>

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and put these details in the zoneedit section

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Create user dbahawk

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Copy the contents of the old spoolfiles directory if possible as it contains the .rrd files.<br /> <br />

Install CPAN

Some of the dbahawk perl scripts need modules not installed by default (eg. Switch.pm)

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or if Fedora already has it installed, try

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Add entries to crontab

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Other goodies

fedora_install_for_my_own_purposes.1544130326.txt.gz · Last modified: 2018/12/06 21:05 by 91.177.234.129

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