Distributed Services with OpenAFS: for Enterprise and Education

✍ Scribed by Franco Milicchio, Wolfgang Alexander Gehrke

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 2007
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 403
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book shows in detail how to build enterprise-level secure, redundant, and highly scalable services from scratch on top of the open source Linux operating system, suitable for small companies as well as big universities. The core architecture presented is based on Kerberos, LDAP, AFS, and Samba. Coverage shows how to integrate web, message related, data base and other services with this backbone. This architecture provides a Single-Sign-On solution for different client platforms and can also be employed for clustering. Although it is implemented with Debian GNU/Linux, the content can be applied to other UNIX flavors.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents......Page 8
1.1 Outline......Page 16
1.2 Preparation......Page 17
Part I: Core Services......Page 23
2.1 Network Time Protocol......Page 24
2.2 Domain Name System......Page 28
2.3 Redundant Services......Page 36
2.4 Other DNS Uses......Page 41
3.1 Kerberos Network Authentication Protocol......Page 46
3.2 Master KDC......Page 49
3.3 Slave KDC......Page 58
3.4 Testing Kerberos......Page 64
4.1 Lightweight Directory Access Protocol......Page 70
4.2 Master LDAP......Page 71
4.3 Replication......Page 84
4.4 Testing LDAP......Page 87
5.1 The OpenAFS Distributed Filesystem......Page 94
5.2 The First OpenAFS Server......Page 98
5.3 Additional Servers......Page 122
5.4 Replication and Backup......Page 129
5.5 Testing OpenAFS......Page 154
6.1 Samba and Server Message Block......Page 161
6.2 Understanding Samba......Page 163
6.3 The Samba Domain......Page 172
Part II: Pushing the Core Services......Page 195
7.1 DHCP......Page 196
7.2 Emergency System......Page 199
7.3 Certificate Authority......Page 204
8.1 The World Wide Web......Page 220
8.2 Apache......Page 221
8.3 MySQL......Page 231
8.4 Adding PHP......Page 236
8.5 Apache with Kerberos and AFS......Page 238
8.6 WebDAV......Page 243
8.7 Redundant Web Server......Page 246
9.1 The Electronic Mail System......Page 248
9.2 Mail Transport with Postfix......Page 250
9.3 Reading Mail with Courier......Page 265
9.4 Redundant Mail System......Page 271
10.1 The Usenet......Page 274
10.2 INN......Page 275
10.3 Posting with Authentication......Page 280
11.1 Database Software......Page 286
11.2 PosgreSQL Installation......Page 287
11.3 PostgreSQL Users......Page 291
12.1 Web Application......Page 298
12.2 Mailman Mailing List Manager......Page 299
12.3 Horde Groupware......Page 306
12.4 ILIAS e-Learning System......Page 315
12.5 Calendaring......Page 318
Part III: Applications......Page 320
13.1 Server-side Configuration......Page 321
13.2 Ubuntu Linux......Page 322
13.3 Apple MacOS X......Page 328
13.4 Microsoft Windows XP......Page 337
14.1 Introduction......Page 344
14.2 Secure Shell......Page 345
14.3 MPI and PVM......Page 348
14.4 MOSIX Cluster Management......Page 353
15.2 Multiboot Clients......Page 360
15.3 PC Cloning......Page 364
15.4 Kiosks......Page 368
16.2 Instant Messaging......Page 372
16.3 Collaborative Development......Page 380
17 Where To Go From Here......Page 386
A: Technical Summary......Page 388
References......Page 393
Web Resources......Page 395
Index......Page 401
D......Page 402
Y......Page 403