Joe Chung
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====== List of Administration Tasks ======

 >> Deadline: Thursday, 4/26/18, 11:59pm

 >> This is a growing list of mandatory system administration/configuration tasks that count toward your **Projects** grade.

 >> Each task must be accompanied by a detailed entry in your administration journal (See [[cs_471_assignments|Assignment 1]]).

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===== Linux Virtual Machine =====

  - Normal user account for yourself
  - Normal user account for user ''jchung''
    - set password for ''jchung'' and email password to jchung@monmouth.edu
  - //dhclient// configured to request a desired hostname
    - See the files ''/etc/hostname'' and ''/etc/dhcp/dhclient.conf''
  - //sshd// running
  - Packages installed: //aptitude less links mc mutt sudo vim vlock wget//
    - See the [[cs_471_-_introduction_unix_installation|first week notes]] on how to install packages in the class Linux distribution.
  - Note which host computer in HH310 is running your Linux virtual machine, i.e. csselin06, csselin14, etc.
  - Packages installed: //mlocate curl//
  - Run //monitor471.sh// or //monitor471.pl// via //cron// on rockhopper
    - Journal entry includes code of //monitor471// script as well as crontab entry(s).
  - Install packages: //strace//
  - Configure your system to [[cs_471_-_processes_users_software#fork_bombs_ulimits|prevent fork bombs]], if necessary.
  - Install packages: [[cs_471_-_software_management#software_packagesgoogle_chrome|Google Chrome]], [[cs_471_-_software_management#software_packagesrootkit_hunter|Rootkit Hunter]], [[cs_471_-_software_management#software_packagesdrjava_and_bluej|DrJava and BlueJ]]
  - Install and configure the //[[cs_471_-_configuration_management_with_puppet_supplement|puppet and puppetmaster]]// packages.
  - Install and configure the [[cs_471_-_email_networked_file_systems_system_file_sharing#the_postfix_mta|Postfix MTA]]
  - Install and configure [[cs_471_-_email_networked_file_systems_system_file_sharing#network_file_system_nfs1|NFS server]]; install the //nfs-kernel-server// and //nfs-common// packages.
  - Install and configure [[cs_471_-_email_networked_file_systems_system_file_sharing#the_samba_network_file_system|Samba]].
  - Create and use the //[[cs_471_-_security_logging_backups#the_wheel_group|wheel]]// group to restrict access to ///bin/su//.
  - Install and configure //[[cs_471_-_security_logging_backups?&#install_and_configure_logwatch|logwatch]]// to email yourself a report once per day.
  - Check your VM for vulnerability to [[cs_471_-_security_logging_backups?&#check_for_and_mitigate_meltdownspectre_vulnerability|Meltdown/Spectre]]. Install a new kernel and reboot.

===== Linux Container(s) =====

  - Normal user account for yourself
  - Your normal user and ''jchung'' added to ''sudo'' group
  - Add container hostname to //monitor471.sh// or //monitor471.pl// in your ''~/bin'' directory.
  - Write a //[[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1S-GZoZJgHPi7Wdksuv91pyGjFPh-Z8KAQ2DW9n9-D5s/edit#bookmark=id.v1xwxovrvvbb|cssh471 script]]// to ssh to all of your Linux systems simultaneously.
  - Install and configure the //[[cs_471_-_configuration_management_with_puppet_supplement|puppet]]// package.
  - Install and configure as [[cs_471_-_email_networked_file_systems_system_file_sharing#network_file_system_nfs1|NFS client]]; install the //nfs-common// package.
  - Install and run //john// to [[cs_471_-_security_logging_backups?&#password_checking_with_john|audit user passwords]].
  - Install and configure //rsnapshot// to perform [[cs_471_-_security_logging_backups?&#backups_with_rsnapshot|system backups]].

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