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configure Samba 4 AD DC for the SOHO business.

Introduction

It is always beneficial to have a central authentication and authorization service in place. Even for the SOHO business. With this you gather all users accounts of the company in one place and control them from there. As your company grows, the identity provider grows vertically. To reduce the risc of bottle necks, you expand horisontally with more servers.

Samba 4 AD DC is a Microsoft AD DS equivalent. This open source program suite allows you to emulate a Microsoft Active Directory 2008 R2 with, of course, group policy objects, all group variants and more. It is powerful and enterprise ready.

Below I am going to show you how to configure Samba 4 AD DC to act as a authentication and authorization provider and a file server, as well, with Folder Redirection and Offline Folders. This complex guarantees you that you always have a copy of your important files on the server and makes it a good enough start to provide you with a up-to-date copy of your files in case of something happens to your laptop.

Installing Samba 4 AD DS

Install all the required development packages needed for compiling Samba 4. Add libpam0g-dev, acl, git to the list of packages to install. Then build it and install. This takes some time. Meanwhile you create the startup script and add the path to Samba-binaries to the path by editing /etc/environment. Prepend existing paths with "/usr/local/samba/sbin:/usr/local/samba/bin:".

Add "acl,user_xattr,barrier=1" to the partition hosting the Samba 4 AD DC database and "acl,user_xattr" to /home and other data partitions that you are about to share with Samba.

Reboot the server.

Provision the domain

The kerberos component of both the Samba 4 suite and Windows- and Linuxclients are depent of accurate time. Make sure that the server always is on time. Windowsclients will ask the PDC-emulator component of the Samba 4 AD DC for time. Edit etc/cron.daily/ntpdate and add time servers for your region "0.se.pool.ntp.org 1.se.pool.ntp.org 2.se.pool.ntp.org 3.se.pool.ntp.org".

Continue with provision the domain by typing: samba-tool domain provision --domain=DATADILIKATESSER --adminpass=Pa$$w0rd --dns-backend=SAMBA_INTERNAL --server-role=dc --function-level=2008_R2 --use-xattr=yes --use-rfc2307 --realm=datadilikatesser.se

--domain= the NetBIOS-name of the domain in question. It is customary to use the leftmost part of the dns domain name as the NetBIOS-name. For example: vusir.se = VUSIR, sweden.example.org = SWEDEN.

--adminpass= the password that the Domain Administrator will be assigned. Don't forget that all domain accounts expire after 41 days per default.

--dns-backend= Active Directory depends just as heavily on a correct DNS as correct time. Using the built-in name server ensures both accuracy, ease of use and dynamic updates. No fuzz!

--server-role= As we are provisioning a domain controller, we use that parameter value.

--function-level= All variants of Active Directory is of course versioned and has its functions. Don't settle with less then the highest level that Samba offers.

--use-xattr= If your file system supports extended attributes, activating this ensures that you can store NT ACLs on the file system. No huzzle!

--use-rfc2307 POSIX uses other ways of enumerating users and groups. This is a no-cost activation which will be beneficial in a mixed Windows/Linux-environment. Don't forget to install the libpam0g-dev package and activate Winbind for autoenumeration of users and groups in the domain.

--realm= the FQDN of the Kerberos-realm (and dns domain name).

This procedure is quick. A few minutes later you have got a fully functional Samba 4 AD that emulates a Microsoft Windows 2008 R2 AD very, very good.

Overwrite existing /etc/krb5.conf with the one produced by Samba during domain provision: cp /usr/local/samba/private/krb5.conf /etc/krb5.conf.

Start Samba by typing: "/etc/init.d/samba start" and test the installation. There is a whole section written about testing on the Samba 4 wiki.

Add Winbind support

Create a directory under /home with the same name as you used with the --domain parameter during domain provision and follow these steps by the dot to add PAM Winbind support. Have a look att Iabsis' instructions as well. Iabsis provides a neat configuration file on their website. If you prefer having the home directories directly under /home add the parameter 'template homedir = /home/%ACCOUNTNAME%' to the [global]-section of smb.conf. As mentioned earlier; this configuration is easy and autoenumerates domain accounts with uIDnumbers. As of writing (20130728) there is a bug that crashes winbind when listing data directories used by Samba. Not just sysvol but also /home. Therefore I have chosen to use SSSD.

Add SSSD support

The Linux Costa Blanca blogger 'steve' has written a nice piece on configuring SSSD. What he doesn't mention is that you need a keytab-file for this to work. It's not hard, just type 'samba-tool domain exportkeytab /etc/sssd/sssd.keytab --principal=<SERVERNAME$>' and change the entry 'ldap_krb5_keytab = /etc/krb5.keytab' to point to your keytab-file.

While testing use 'service sssd stop; rm /var/lib/sss/db/*; service sssd start' to clear SSSD database directory.

SSSD does not enumerate uIDnumber automatically as Winbind does. You have to set the attributes loginshell, gIDnumber, uIDnumber and unixHomeDirectory manually. And a quick test gives you this in return:

root@server# getent passwd davor davor:*:101106:100513:Davor Vusir:/home/davor:/bin/bash root@server#

Edit smb.conf

A good source for parameters is here. The changes to /usr/local/samba/etc/smb.conf I did are as follows:

# Global parameters [global] .

.

. winbind use default domain = yes disable spoolss = yes [home] path = /home comment = "Home directories" writeable = yes browsable = yes map archive = yes map hidden = yes map system = yes nt acl support = yes inherit acls = yes inherit permissions = yes store dos attributes = yes vfs objects = acl_xattr recycle acl_xattr:ignore system acl = no recycle:keeptree = yes recycle:versions = yes recycle:maxsize = 1073741824

csc policy = programs

Join a Windows computer to the Domain

Joining a Windows computer to an Active Directory hasn't change, so here's an old goodie. Or why not do it command line style? You're doing the rest of the configuration on the command line...

Download and install RSAT.

Adjust ACLs and such on the 'home'-share
Start Active Directory Users and Computers and add a user and group that is used for fileaccess purposes. I often use the syntax <Company|Department|Other>-FileAcc<Sharename> to easily see what access this group will handle.

There is a standard set of permissions that hasn't changed since Windows XP. Microsoft has got an excellent guide on their website. The part on Folder Redirection is particularly intresting.

With Samba 4 you can edit ACLs and such from Windows. Start 'Computer Management' and connect to the server. Remove the standard settings and replace them with a list matching your needs. Mine is as follows:

Share level:

Authenicated users: Full control.

NTFS:

VUSIR\Administrators: Full control - This folder, subfolders and files.

CREATOR OWNER: Full control - Subfolders and files only.

SYSTEM: Full control - This folder, subfolders and files.

VUSIR\Familjen-FileAcc: Traverse folder/execute file, List folder/read data, Create folders/append data - This folder only.

Create home directories and assign proper permissions

Just create a directory through Windows GUI and add the user account with 'Full control' permissions and make sure to make it the owner as well.

Test the Linux login:

root@server# ssh davor@localhost davor@localhost's password: Welcome to Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS * Documentation: https://help.ubuntu.com/ System information as of Sun Jul 28 07:47:17 CEST 2013 System load: 0.41 Processes: 202 Usage of /home: 2.1% of 196.86GB Users logged in: 1 Memory usage: 20% IP address for br0: 192.168.1.3 Swap usage: 0% Graph this data and manage this system at https://landscape.canonical.com/ 0 packages can be updated. 0 updates are security updates. The programs included with the Ubuntu system are free software; the exact distribution terms for each program are described in the individual files in /usr/share/doc/*/copyright. Ubuntu comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by applicable law. Last login: Sun Jul 28 07:26:10 2013 from localhost davor@server:~$ pwd /home/davor davor@server:~$ ls -al total 32 drwxrwx---+ 2 davor root 4096 Jul 27 07:39 . drwxrwx---+ 10 root root 4096 Jul 27 07:52 .. -rw-------+ 1 davor Domain Users 213 Jul 28 07:27 .bash_history -rw-rw----+ 1 davor Domain Users 698 Jul 27 07:39 .viminfo davor@server:~$

Test to login on Windows, mount the home directory and create a file, delete it, create a new one and add some text. Edit the same file from Linux.

Redirect User and Computer containers

It is not possible to link a GPO to either User or Computer containers and If you don't want to edit the Default Domain Policy you have to redirect the containers. Microsoft provides good instructions.

I'm creating four new OU; vusir.se and under that I create the OU Computer, Groups and Users. Then I redirect the User and Computer containers:

C:\Users\Administrator>redirusr ou=Users,ou=vusir.se,dc=vusir,dc=se Redirection was successful. C:\Users\Administrator>redircmp ou=Computers,ou=vusir.se,dc=vusir,dc=se Redirection was successful. C:\Users\Administrator>

Create the 'Standard Computer' GPO
Computer Configuration / Policies / Windows Settings / Security Settings /

Local Policies / Security Options

Interactive Logon: Do not display last user name - Enabled

Shutdown:Allow system to be shut down without having to log on - Enabled

Clear virtual memory pagefile - Enabled

Restricted Groups

BUILTIN\Remote desktop Users - VUSIR\Familjen-RDP

System Services / Remote Desktop Services: Startup mode - Automatic

Administrative Templates

Network / Offline Files

Allow or disallow use of... - Enabled

Event logging level - 1

Printers

Point and Print restrictions - Enabled

Users can only point and print to these servers - Disabled

Users can only point and print to machines in their forest - Disabled

When installing drivers for a new connection - Do not show warning or...

When installing drivers for an existing connection - Do not show warning or...

System / Logon

Always use classic logon - Enabled

Always wait for the network... - Enabled

Assign a default domain... VUSIR

Don't diaplay the Getting Started... - Enabled

Turn offf Windows startup... - Enabled

System / Scripts

Run logon scripts synchronously - Enabled

Run startup script asynchronously - Disabled

Run startup scrips visible - Enabled

Windows Components/Internet Explorer/Internet Control Panel/Advanced Page

Empty Temporary Internet Files folder when... - Enabled

Windows Components/Internet Explorer/Internet Control Panel/Security Page

Intranet Sites: Include all network paths (UNCs) - Enabled

Site to zone assignment list - Enabled, *.vusir.se 1

Windows Components/Internet Explorer/Internet Control Panel/Security Page/Intranet Zone

Logon options - Automatic logon only in Intranet zone

Turn on Protected Mode - disable

Create the 'Standard User' GPO

User Configuration / Policies / Windows Settings /

Folder Redirection / Appdata

Setting: Basic: Path: \\server.example.org\home\%USERNAME%\Appdata

Options:

Grant user exclusive... - Disabled

Move the contents... - Enabled

Also apply redirection... - Enabled

Policy removal... . Leave contents

Folder Redirection / Contacts

Setting: Basic: Path: \\server.example.org\home\%USERNAME%\Contacts

Options:

Grant user exclusive... - Disabled

Move the contents... - Enabled

Also apply redirection... - Disabled

Policy removal... . Leave contents

Folder Redirection / Desktop

Setting: Basic: Path: \\server.example.org\home\%USERNAME%\Desktop

Options:

Grant user exclusive... - Disabled

Move the contents... - Enabled

Also apply redirection... - Enabled

Policy removal... . Leave contents

Folder Redirection / Documents

Setting: Basic: Path: \\server.example.org\home\%USERNAME%\Documents

Options:

Grant user exclusive... - Disabled

Move the contents... - Enabled

Also apply redirection... - Enabled

Policy removal... . Leave contents

Folder Redirection / Favorites

Setting: Basic: Path: \\server.example.org\home\%USERNAME%\Favorites

Options:

Grant user exclusive... - Disabled

Move the contents... - Enabled

Also apply redirection... - Disabled

Policy removal... . Leave contents

Folder Redirection / Links

Setting: Basic: Path: \\server.example.org\home\%USERNAME%\Links

Options:

Grant user exclusive... - Disabled

Move the contents... - Enabled

Also apply redirection... - Disabled

Policy removal... . Leave contents

Folder Redirection / Music

Setting: Follow the Documents folder.

Folder Redirection / Pictures

Setting: Follow the Documents folder.

Folder Redirection / Videos

Setting: Follow the Documents folder.

Folder Redirection / Searches

Setting: Basic: Path: \\server.example.org\home\%USERNAME%\Searches

Options:

Grant user exclusive... - Disabled

Move the contents... - Enabled

Also apply redirection... - Disabled

Policy removal... . Leave contents

Administrative Templates

System / Scripts

Run logoff scripts visible - Enabled

Run logon scripts synchronously - Enabled

Run logon scripts visible - Enabled

Windows Components / Attachment Manager

Notify antivirus programs... - Enabled

Windows Components / Network Sharing

Prevent users from sharing... - Enabled

Internet Explorer Maintenance

URLs/Important URLs - http://drdata.blogg.se/

Shared Folders

Allow shred folders to be published - disabled

Start Menu and taskbar

Remove the Action Center icon - Enabled

System / Scripts

    Run logoff scripts visible - Enabled
    Run logon scripts synchronously - Enabled
    Run logon scripts visible - Enabled

Windows Components/Attachment Manager

Notify antivirus programs when opening attachments - Enabled

Windows Components/Network Sharing

Prevent users from sharing files within their profile - Enabled

Preferences / windows Settings /Drive Maps

Drive Map (Drive: Z)

Z: (Order: 1)

General

Action Replace
Properties

        Letter Z
        Location \\server.vusir.se\home\%USERNAME%\Documents
        Reconnect Enabled
        Label as Home Directory
        Use first available Disabled
        Hide/Show this drive No change
        Hide/Show all drives No change

    Common
      Options

        Stop processing items on this extension if an error occurs on this item - No
        Run in logged-on user's security context (user policy option) - Yes
        Remove this item when it is no longer applied - Yes

After you have logged in with the Folder Redirection GPO assigned, you'll see the automatically created folder structure from Linux:

davor@vastraaros:~$ ls -al total 180 drwxrwx---+ 9 davor root 4096 Jul 28 13:02 . drwxrwx---+ 10 root root 4096 Jul 28 09:36 .. drwxrwx---+ 2 davor Domain Users 4096 Jul 28 13:02 Appdata -rw-------+ 1 davor Domain Users 270 Jul 28 08:46 .bash_history -rwxrwx---+ 1 root Domain Users 88782 Jul 28 12:35 Computer-StandardSettings.htm drwxrwx---+ 2 davor Domain Users 4096 Jul 28 13:02 Contacts drwxrwx---+ 2 davor Domain Users 4096 Jul 28 13:02 Desktop drwxrwx---+ 5 davor Domain Users 4096 Jul 28 13:02 Documents drwxrwx---+ 2 davor Domain Users 4096 Jul 28 13:02 Favorites drwxrwx---+ 2 davor Domain Users 4096 Jul 28 13:02 Links drwxrwx---+ 3 davor Domain Users 4096 Jul 28 13:03 Searches -rw-rw----+ 1 davor Domain Users 24 Jul 27 07:36 testfile.txt -rw-rw----+ 1 davor Domain Users 895 Jul 28 08:45 .viminfo davor@vastraaros:~$

Now logout from both Linux and Windows and log in with administrator credentials on Windows and change the attribute unixHomeDirectory from /home/<username> to /home/<username>/Documents.

root@vastraaros:~# getent passwd davor davor:*:101106:100513:Davor Vusir:/home/davor/Documents:/bin/bash root@vastraaros:~#

And login to Linux again:

root@vastraaros:~# ssh davor@localhost davor@localhost's password: Ubuntu comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by applicable law. Last login: Sun Jul 28 13:01:17 2013 from localhost davor@vastraaros:~$ pwd /home/davor/Documents davor@vastraaros:~$ ls -al total 48 drwxrwx---+ 6 davor Domain Users 4096 Jul 28 13:03 . drwxrwx---+ 9 davor root 4096 Jul 28 13:02 .. drwxrwx---+ 3 davor Domain Users 4096 Jul 28 13:03 My Music drwxrwx---+ 3 davor Domain Users 4096 Jul 28 13:03 My Pictures drwxrwx---+ 3 davor Domain Users 4096 Jul 28 13:03 My Videos drwxrwx---+ 2 davor Domain Users 4096 Jul 28 13:03 $RECYCLE.BIN davor@vastraaros:~$

Test Recycle Bin:

Last login: Sun Jul 28 14:09:53 2013 from localhost davor@vastraaros:~$ pwd /home/davor/Documents davor@vastraaros:~$ ls -al total 64 drwxrwx---+ 6 davor Domain Users 4096 Jul 28 15:35 . drwxrwx---+ 9 davor root 4096 Jul 28 13:02 .. -rw-------+ 1 davor Domain Users 224 Jul 28 14:50 .bash_history -rwxrwx---+ 1 davor Domain Users 402 Jul 27 07:34 desktop.ini drwxrwx---+ 3 davor Domain Users 4096 Jul 28 15:34 My Music drwxrwx---+ 3 davor Domain Users 4096 Jul 28 15:34 My Pictures drwxrwx---+ 3 davor Domain Users 4096 Jul 28 15:34 My Videos -rwxrwx---+ 1 davor Domain Users 0 Jul 28 15:34 New Text Document.txt drwxrwx---+ 2 davor Domain Users 4096 Jul 28 15:35 $RECYCLE.BIN davor@vastraaros:~$ ls -al \$RECYCLE.BIN/ total 24 drwxrwx---+ 2 davor Domain Users 4096 Jul 28 15:35 . drwxrwx---+ 6 davor Domain Users 4096 Jul 28 15:35 .. -rwxrwx---+ 1 davor Domain Users 129 Jul 28 13:03 desktop.ini davor@vastraaros:~$

Create a file and trash it immediately. List Recycle Bin again:

davor@vastraaros:~$ ls -al \$RECYCLE.BIN/ total 36 drwxrwx---+ 2 davor Domain Users 4096 Jul 28 15:39 . drwxrwx---+ 6 davor Domain Users 4096 Jul 28 15:39 .. -rwxrwx---+ 1 davor Domain Users 129 Jul 28 13:03 desktop.ini -rwxrwx---+ 1 davor Domain Users 544 Jul 28 15:39 $IYDOHFR.txt -rwxrwx---+ 1 davor Domain Users 0 Jul 28 15:34 $RYDOHFR.txt davor@vastraaros:~$

Restore the file and list Recycle Bin:

davor@vastraaros:~$ ls -al \$RECYCLE.BIN/ total 24 drwxrwx---+ 2 davor Domain Users 4096 Jul 28 15:40 . drwxrwx---+ 6 davor Domain Users 4096 Jul 28 15:40 .. -rwxrwx---+ 1 davor Domain Users 129 Jul 28 13:03 desktop.ini davor@vastraaros:~$

Done!

References:

http://www.samba.org/

https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Samba_4_OS_Requirements

https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Samba4/HOWTO#Step_2:_Compile_Samba4

https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Samba4/InitScript

https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Samba4/Winbind

http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/using_samba/ch08.html

http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/13/html/Deployment_Guide/chap-SSSD_User_Guide-Introduction.html

http://iabsis.com/EN/article/35-4/Sogo-installation

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc781516%28v=ws.10%29.aspx

http://linuxcostablanca.blogspot.se/2013/04/sssd-in-samba-40.html

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get SOGo, iRedmail and Samba 4 AD DS in perfect harmony.

Introduction

Every small business needs mail. Below is a guide to get a powerful mailserver up and running in just hours. All three parts are opensource.

iRedmail is a powerful mailserver suite that is really easy to configure.The server suite contains both mail server, anti spam, anti malware and other good programs and features that secures mail. The installation script will ask you a few questions to configure the suite. It will then download all components from repositories and install them. It is very convinient. And on top it will configure a firewall.

SOGo is the webmail component. It also has got a calendar and, if chosen, a global address book. This webmail has got an appeling interface and is really easy to configure for one or multiple maildomains.

Samba 4 AD DS is the identity provider. Both iRedmail and SOGo will use it for authentication. If desired you can always use it as a domain controller for a Microsoft AD DS equivalent and join both Windows- and Linuxcomputers to it and serve home- and common directories.

The server suites mentioned are all very powerful and enterprise ready. This means that you can start out with a single server for the SOHO business and expand as needed.

In this guide I am configuring one (1) server to handle two (2) mail domains. And it is as easy as outlined below! This is of course not my doing and I should not be thanked for the possibility to use the server programs and initial configurations. I have merely compiled this guide from various sources. Direct your gratitude to the open source community in general and the iRedmail team, the Samba team and the SOGo team in particular.

Thank you

Davor Vusir

Installing iRedmail

Start with installing iRedmail by following ths guide. Choose the OpenLDAP alternative, skip the tests and skip installing Roundcube. It will be replaced with SOGo later on.

Edit /etc/postfix/transport and add the other maildomains.

Change the following line in /etc/postfix/ad_sender_login_maps.cf, /etc/postfix/ad_virtual_group_maps.cf and /etc/postfix/ad_virtual_mailbox_maps.cf:

search_base = cn=users,dc=datadilikatesser,dc=se to search_base = dc=datadilikatesser,dc=se

Continue with editing /etc/default/slapd. Uncomment #SLAPD_NO_START=1. And stop slapd by typing service slapd stop.

Change the following line in /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf:

base = cn=Users,dc=datadilikatesser,dc=se to base = ou=%d,dc=datadilikatesser,dc=se.

And restart Dovecot: service dovecot restart.

At the bottom of /etc/amavis/conf.d/50-user you find the LDAP-query for OpenLDAP. Replace that part with the following:
# Integrate Amavisd-new with OpenLDAP. $enable_ldap = 1; # 1 -> enable, 0 -> disable. $default_ldap = { hostname => "127.0.0.1", port => 389, version => 3, tls => 0, timeout => 120, base => "ou=%d,dc=datadilikatesser,dc=se", scope => "sub", query_filter => "(&(userPrincipalName=%s)(objectClass=person)(!(userAccountControl:1.2.840.113556.1.4.803:=2)))", result_attribute => "userPrincipalName", bind_dn => "cn=vmailer,cn=users,dc=datadilikatesser,dc=se", bind_password => "Pa$$w0rd", };

And restart Amavis: service amavis restart

Installing Samba 4 AD DS

Install all the required development packages needed for compiling Samba 4.Add libpam0g-dev to the list of packages to install. Then build it and install.

This takes some time. Meanwhile you create the startup script

Add PAM Winbind support. Have a look att Iabsis' instructions.

Provision the domain

Provision the domain by typing: samba-tool domain provision --domain=DATADILIKATESSER --adminpass=Pa$$w0rd --dns-backend=SAMBA_INTERNAL --server-role=dc --function-level=2008_R2 --use-xattr=yes --use-rfc2307 --realm=datadilikatesser.se

Add the user account used for binding to the domain by the iRedmail suite:

samba-tool user add vmailer Pa$$w0rd --description="iRedmail (Postfix/Dovecot/Amavis) LDAP Account"

Add the user account used for binding to the domain by the SOGo suite:samba-tool user add sogo Pa$$w0rd --description="SOGo LDAP Account"

Add the Postmaster account:samba-tool user add postmaster Pa$$w0rd --description="Postmaster"

Add user accounts:

samba-tool user add davor Pa$$w0rd --surname=Vusir --given-name=Davor

samba-tool user add rovad Pa$$w0rd --surname=Risuv --given-name=Rovad

And you need a e-maillist:
samba-tool group add test --group-type=Distribution --mail-address=test@datadilikatesser.se
samba-tool group addmembers test davor

Configure Samba 4 AD DS for multiple mail domains

Start RSAT-tool "Active Directory Users and computers, click on the View menu and choose Advanced Features.

Create two OUs: vusir.se and datadilikatesser.se. Right-click the OUs and choose Properties. Click the Attribute Editor-tab, scroll down to uPNSuffixes and add the mail domain (OU vusir.se = maildomain vusir.se and so forth).

Copy one of the previlously created account to the OU and open it, click the Account-tab and select appropriate maildomain from the drop-down menu under "User logon name:".

Now do the Postfix- and Dovecottests as documented in the iRedmailguide.

Install SOGo

Start with configuring MySQL for UTF-8:

service mysql stop vi /etc/mysql/my.cnf [client] default-character-set=utf8 [mysqld] ... character_set_server=utf8 character_set_client=utf8 [mysql] default-character-set=utf8 service mysql start

And add the database for SOGo:mysql -u root -p CREATE DATABASE `sogo` CHARACTER SET='utf8'; CREATE USER 'sogo'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'Pa$$w0rd'; GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON `sogo`.* TO 'sogo'@'localhost' WITH GRANT OPTION; FLUSH PRIVILEGES; exit

And install SOGo:

apt-get install sogo sope4.9-gdl1-mysql

Edit /etc/apache2/conf.d/SOGo.conf:

## adjust the following to your configuration RequestHeader set "x-webobjects-server-port" "443" RequestHeader set "x-webobjects-server-name" "mail.vusir.se" RequestHeader set "x-webobjects-server-url" "https://mail.vusir.se" Redirect permanent /index.html https://mail.vusir.se/SOGo

Edit /etc/apache2/conf.d/security ServerTokens Prod ServerSignature Off

Edit /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini expose_php = Off

Activate needed modules:a2enmod proxy a2enmod proxy_http a2enmod headers a2enmod rewrite

And restart Apache: service apache2 restart

Edit /etc/sogo/sogo.conf:

{ OCSEMailAlarmsFolderURL = "mysql://sogo:Pa$$w0rd@localhost:3306/sogo/sogo_alarm_folder"; OCSFolderInfoURL = "mysql://sogo:Pa$$w0rd@localhost:3306/sogo/sogo_folder_info"; OCSSessionsFolderURL = "mysql://sogo:Pa$$w0rd@localhost:3306/sogo/sogo_sessions_folder"; SOGoACLsSendEMailNotifications = YES; SOGoAppointmentSendEMailNotifications = YES; SOGoBusyOffHours = YES; SOGoCalendarDefaultRoles = ( PublicViewer, ConfidentialDandTViewer ); SOGoContactsDefaultRoles = ( ObjectViewer ); SOGoDayEndTime = 18; SOGoDayStartTime = 8; SOGoDefaultCalendar = personal; SOGoDraftsFolderName = Drafts; SOGoFirstDayOfWeek = 1; SOGoFirstWeekOfYear = First4DayWeek; SOGoFoldersSendEMailNotifications = YES; SOGoIMAPAclConformsToIMAPExt = YES; SOGoIMAPAclStyle = rfc4314; SOGoIMAPServer = localhost; SOGoLanguage = Swedish; SOGoLoginModule = Mail; SOGoMailMessageCheck = "every_20_minutes"; SOGoMailMessageForwarding = inline; SOGoMailPollingIntervals = ( 5, 10, 20, 30, 60 ); SOGoMailShowSubscribedFoldersOnly = YES; SOGoMailingMechanism = smtp; SOGoPageTitle = "Webmejlen"; SOGoProfileURL = "mysql://sogo:Pa$$w0rd@localhost:3306/sogo/sogo_user_profile"; SOGoSMTPServer = localhost; SOGoSentFolderName = Sent; SOGoSieveScriptsEnabled = YES; SOGoSieveServer = "sieve://localhost:4190"; SOGoSupportedLanguages = ( English, Swedish ); SOGoTimeFormat = "%H:%M"; SOGoTimeZone = "Europe/Stockholm"; SOGoTrashFolderName = Trash; domains ={ vusir = { SOGoMailDomain = "vusir.se"; SOGoUserSources = ( { CNFieldName = displayName; IDFieldName = userPrincipalName; IMAPHostFieldName = localhost; UIDFieldName = userPrincipalName; SOGoLDAPContactInfoAttribute = displayName; // MailFieldNames = userPrincipalName; SearchFieldNames = ( userPrincipalName, displayName, mail ); baseDN = "ou=vusir.se,dc=vusir,dc=se"; bindAsCurrentUser = YES; bindDN = "cn=sogo,cn=Users,dc=vusir,dc=se"; bindFields = ( userPrincipalName, displayName, mail ); bindPassword = Pa$$w0rd; canAuthenticate = YES; displayName = "GAB - vusir.se"; hostname = "ldap://localhost:389"; id = VUSIR; isAddressBook = YES; type = ldap; } ); }; // END - vusir.se datadilikatesser = { SOGoMailDomain = "datadilikatesser.se"; SOGoUserSources = ( { CNFieldName = displayName; IDFieldName = userPrincipalName; IMAPHostFieldName = localhost; UIDFieldName = userPrincipalName; SOGoLDAPContactInfoAttribute = displayName; // MailFieldNames = userPrincipalName; SearchFieldNames = ( userPrincipalName, displayName, mail ); baseDN = "ou=datadilikatesser.se,dc=vusir,dc=se"; bindAsCurrentUser = YES; bindDN = "cn=sogo,cn=Users,dc=vusir,dc=se"; bindFields = ( userPrincipalName, displayName, mail ); bindPassword = Pa$$w0rd; canAuthenticate = YES; displayName = "GAB - datadilikatesser.se"; hostname = "ldap://localhost:389"; id = DATADILIKATESSER; isAddressBook = YES; type = ldap; } ); }; // END - datadilikatesser.se }; // END - domains SOGoVacationEnabled = YES; WOLogFile = "/var/log/sogo/sogo.log"; WONoDetach = YES; WOPidFile = "/var/run/sogo/sogo.pid"; WOWatchDogRequestTimeout = 10;

}// END Configuration file

Done!

References:

http://www.dovecot.org/

http://iabsis.com/EN/article/35-4/Sogo-installation

http://www.iredmail.org/

http://www.iredmail.org/wiki/index.php?title=Integration/Active.Directory.iRedMail/

http://www.postfix.org/

http://www.samba.org/

https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Samba_4_OS_Requirements/

https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Samba4/HOWTO#Installing_Samba

http://www.sogo.nu/

http://www.sogo.nu/files/docs/SOGo%20Installation%20Guide.pdf

http://www.tribalchicken.com.au/?p=56

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Build a home server - take two, part 4.

Set up the file server
Okay! So far you have installed the operating system, configured monitoring, created a zpool for your data. You have also configured hourly, daily, weekly and monthly snapshots, so that you can rollback during workdays for example. Now it is time to configure the file server. Focus for now is fileshaing for Windows. We will use Jails to contain the file server. The containment is very useful because the jailed server acts on its own, has got its own IP address and FQDN and can not "escape" its confinement and taint the host. In case of a misconfiguration or something else that makes the jailed server unuseable, the host will not be affexted. This is very powerful!

Start with installing Samba: ohlala# cd /usr/ports/sysutils/ezjail && make install clean
Add ADS, ACL_SUPPORT, AIO_SUPPORT and DNSUPDATE.
Following dialogs:
tdb 1.2.9.1 - default
talloc 2.0.7 - default
cups-client 1.5.2_2 - default
openldap-client 2.4.31_1 - default

If you are not planning to use Active Directory as a central authentication source, you just have a few things left; install and configure a jailed Samba server.

(http://people.virginia.edu/~ll2bf/docs/nix/freebsd_jail.html, http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/jails-build.html, http://erdgeist.org/arts/software/ezjail/)

Continue with installing EZJail:

ohlala# cd /usr/ports/sysutils/ezjail/
ohlala# make install clean

...and creating a filesystem for the jail template: zfs create data/jail

My

/usr/local/etc/ezjail.conf:

ezjail_jaildir=/data/virt/jails
ezjail_jailtemplate=${ezjail_jaildir}/jailskel-template
ezjail_jailbase=${ezjail_jaildir}/jailbig-template
ezjail_sourcetree=/usr/src

# [email protected]:/home/ncvs
# ezjail_ftphost=ftp.freebsd.org

ezjail_default_execute="/usr/bin/login -f root"
ezjail_default_flavour=""
ezjail_archivedir="${ezjail_jaildir}/ezjail_archives"
ezjail_uglyperlhack="YES"
ezjail_mount_enable="YES"
ezjail_devfs_enable="YES"
ezjail_devfs_ruleset="devfsrules_jail"
ezjail_procfs_enable="YES"
ezjail_fdescfs_enable="YES"

# Setting this to YES will start to manage the basejail and newjail in ZFS ezjail_use_zfs="YES"
# The name of the ZFS ezjail should create jails on, it will be mounted at the ezjail_jaildir
ezjail_jailzfs="data/virt/jails"
# ADVANCED, be very careful!
ezjail_zfs_properties="-o compression=lzjb -o atime=off"

20120610, 20.50: Croatia scores!

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Build a home server - take two, part 3.

Creating the zpool for data
I am going to use the hard disks serial number as label and later reuse it when creating the zpool. Start by listing your harddisks:

ohlala# ls -l /dev/ada*
crw-r-----  1 root  operator    0,  89 May 27 08:07 /dev/ada0
crw-r-----  1 root  operator    0,  91 May 27 08:07 /dev/ada1
crw-r-----  1 root  operator    0,  93 May 27 08:07 /dev/ada2
crw-r-----  1 root  operator    0, 101 May 27 08:07 /dev/ada2p1
crw-r-----  1 root  operator    0, 103 May 27 08:07 /dev/ada2p2
crw-r-----  1 root  operator    0, 105 May 27 08:07 /dev/ada2p3
crw-r-----  1 root  operator    0, 107 May 27 08:07 /dev/ada2p4
crw-r-----  1 root  operator    0, 109 May 27 08:07 /dev/ada2p5
crw-r-----  1 root  operator    0,  95 May 27 08:07 /dev/ada3
crw-r-----  1 root  operator    0, 111 May 27 08:07 /dev/ada3p1
crw-r-----  1 root  operator    0, 113 May 27 08:07 /dev/ada3p2
crw-r-----  1 root  operator    0, 115 May 27 08:07 /dev/ada3p3
crw-r-----  1 root  operator    0, 117 May 27 08:07 /dev/ada3p4
crw-r-----  1 root  operator    0, 119 May 27 08:07 /dev/ada3p5
crw-r-----  1 root  operator    0,  97 May 27 08:07 /dev/ada4
crw-r-----  1 root  operator    0,  99 May 27 08:07 /dev/ada5
ohlala#

And issue the command /usr/local/sbin/smartctl -d auto -i /dev/adaX for every disk:

ohlala# /usr/local/sbin/smartctl -d auto -i /dev/ada0
smartctl 5.42 2011-10-20 r3458 [FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE amd64] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-11 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net

=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Model Family:     Seagate Barracuda Green (Adv. Format)
Device Model:     ST2000DL003-9VT166
Serial Number:    5YD7JNXT
LU WWN Device Id: 5 000c50 045645768
Firmware Version: CC3C
User Capacity:    2,000,398,934,016 bytes [2.00 TB]
Sector Sizes:     512 bytes logical, 4096 bytes physical
Device is:        In smartctl database [for details use: -P show]
ATA Version is:   8
ATA Standard is:  ATA-8-ACS revision 4
Local Time is:    Sun May 27 09:36:06 2012 CEST
SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
SMART support is: Enabled

Initiliaze the disks:

ohlala#
ohlala# gpart create -s gpt ada0
ada0 created
ohlala# gpart create -s gpt ada1
ada1 created
ohlala# gpart create -s gpt ada4
ada4 created
ohlala# gpart create -s gpt ada5
ada5 created

Create ZFS partitions:

ohlala# gpart add -t freebsd-zfs -l 5YD7JNXT ada0
ada0p1 added
ohlala# gpart add -t freebsd-zfs -l 5YD7SM2A ada1
ada1p1 added
ohlala# gpart add -t freebsd-zfs -l 5YD7SMPJ ada4
ada4p1 added
ohlala# gpart add -t freebsd-zfs -l 5YD8AVDH ada5
ada5p1 added
ohlala# ls -l /dev/gpt
total 0
crw-r-----  1 root  operator    0, 138 May 27 10:30 5YD7JNXT
crw-r-----  1 root  operator    0, 162 May 27 10:32 5YD7SM2A
crw-r-----  1 root  operator    0, 166 May 27 10:33 5YD7SMPJ
crw-r-----  1 root  operator    0, 170 May 27 10:34 5YD8AVDH
crw-r-----  1 root  operator    0, 121 May 27 08:07 boot0
crw-r-----  1 root  operator    0, 132 May 27 08:07 boot1
crw-r-----  1 root  operator    0, 130 May 27 08:07 cache0
crw-r-----  1 root  operator    0, 141 May 27 08:07 cache1
crw-r-----  1 root  operator    0, 124 May 27 10:07 swap0
crw-r-----  1 root  operator    0, 135 May 27 08:07 swap1
crw-r-----  1 root  operator    0, 128 May 27 08:07 zil0
crw-r-----  1 root  operator    0, 139 May 27 08:07 zil1
ohlala#

Create the zpool

ohlala# zpool create data raidz /dev/gpt/5YD7JNXT /dev/gpt/5YD7SM2A /dev/gpt/5YD7SMPJ spare /dev/gpt/5YD8AVDH log mirror /dev/gpt/zil0 /dev/gpt/zil1 cache /dev/gpt/cache0 /dev/gpt/cache1
ohlala# zpool status
 pool: data
 state: ONLINE
 scan: none requested
config:

 NAME              STATE     READ WRITE CKSUM
 data              ONLINE       0     0     0
 raidz1-0        ONLINE       0     0     0
 gpt/5YD7JNXT  ONLINE       0     0     0
 gpt/5YD7SM2A  ONLINE       0     0     0
 gpt/5YD7SMPJ  ONLINE       0     0     0
 logs
 mirror-1        ONLINE       0     0     0
 gpt/zil0      ONLINE       0     0     0
 gpt/zil1      ONLINE       0     0     0
 cache
 gpt/cache0      ONLINE       0     0     0
 gpt/cache1      ONLINE       0     0     0
 spares
 gpt/5YD8AVDH    AVAIL

errors: No known data errors

 pool: zroot
 state: ONLINE
 scan: none requested
config:

 NAME        STATE     READ WRITE CKSUM
 zroot       ONLINE       0     0     0
 mirror-0  ONLINE       0     0     0
 ada2p3  ONLINE       0     0     0
 ada3p3  ONLINE       0     0     0

errors: No known data errors
ohlala#
ohlala# zfs set checksum=fletcher4 data
ohlala#

Configure backup and basic maintenance
It is a good thing to have some kind of backup of your work during workdays. We will set up hourly, daily, weekly and monthly snapshots that will be kept on the server. As many have told on their blogs; this is to be considered temporary. During workdays you can use the snapshots to roll back. But for long time storage you will have to replicate your work off-site. I'll come back to that.

It is also recommended that the pool is scrubbed regurarly. For consumer disks the recommended interval is once a week. We will configure that too.

The guide: http://www.neces.com/blog/technology/integrating-freebsd-zfs-and-periodic-snapshots-and-scrubs

As you can see from Ross' post, he uses ZFS in an enterprise environment. I'm using consumer disks so I will do weekly scrub instead. Start by installing zfs-periodic from /usr/ports/sysutils/zfs-periodic. My modifications:

ohlala# cd /usr/ports/sysutils/zfs-periodic/

ohlala# make install clean
[root@ohlala /etc/periodic]# cp /usr/local/etc/periodic/monthly/998.zfs-scrub /usr/local/etc/periodic/weekly/998.zfs-scrub

Edit /usr/local/etc/periodic/weekly/998.zfs-scrub. Change
"pools=$monthly_zfs_scrub_pools" to "pools=$weekly_zfs_scrub_pools"
and
"case "$monthly_zfs_scrub_enable" in" to case ""$weekly_zfs_scrub_enable" in".

ohlala# vi /usr/local/etc/periodic/weekly/998.zfs-scrub

My /etc/periodic.conf:
hourly_output="root"
hourly_show_success="NO"
hourly_show_info="YES"
hourly_show_badconfig="NO"

hourly_zfs_snapshot_enable="YES"
hourly_zfs_snapshot_pools="data"
hourly_zfs_snapshot_keep=10

daily_zfs_snapshot_enable="YES"
daily_zfs_snapshot_pools="data"
daily_zfs_snapshot_keep=7

# daily_status_zfs_enable="YES"
# daily_output="

[email protected]

"

daily_zfs_scrub_enable="YES"
daily_zfs_scrub_pools="data zroot"

weekly_zfs_snapshot_enable="YES"
weekly_zfs_snapshot_pools="data"
weekly_zfs_snapshot_keep=5

weekly_zfs_scrub_enable="YES"
weekly_zfs_scrub_pools="data zroot"

monthly_zfs_snapshot_enable="YES"
# monthly_zfs_scrub_enable="YES"
# monthly_zfs_scrub_pools="data zroot"
monthly_zfs_snapshot_pools="data"
monthly_zfs_snapshot_keep=2

Add "[email protected]" to /etc/crontab.

---

When the clock has passed full hour.

ohlala# zfs list -t snapshot
NAME                                    USED  AVAIL  REFER  MOUNTPOINT
data@hourly-2012-06-09-08                  0      -  41.3K  -
data/virt@hourly-2012-06-09-08             0      -  44.0K  -
data/virt/DC1@hourly-2012-06-09-08         0      -  40.0K  -
data/virt/OS@hourly-2012-06-09-08       170K      -  1.94G  -
data/virt/SERVER@hourly-2012-06-09-08      0      -  40.0K  -
ohlala#

A few hours later:

$ zfs list -t snapshot
NAME                                    USED  AVAIL  REFER  MOUNTPOINT
data@hourly-2012-06-09-08                  0      -  41.3K  -
data@hourly-2012-06-09-09                  0      -  41.3K  -
data@hourly-2012-06-09-10                  0      -  41.3K  -
data@hourly-2012-06-09-11                  0      -  41.3K  -
data@hourly-2012-06-09-12              24.0K      -  41.3K  -
data/virt@hourly-2012-06-09-08             0      -  44.0K  -
data/virt@hourly-2012-06-09-09             0      -  44.0K  -
data/virt@hourly-2012-06-09-10             0      -  45.3K  -
data/virt@hourly-2012-06-09-11             0      -  45.3K  -
data/virt@hourly-2012-06-09-12         42.0K      -   106K  -
data/virt/DC1@hourly-2012-06-09-08         0      -  40.0K  -
data/virt/DC1@hourly-2012-06-09-09         0      -  40.0K  -
data/virt/DC1@hourly-2012-06-09-10         0      -  39.0G  -
data/virt/DC1@hourly-2012-06-09-11         0      -  39.0G  -
data/virt/DC1@hourly-2012-06-09-12      169M      -  39.0G  -
data/virt/OS@hourly-2012-06-09-08       172K      -  1.94G  -
data/virt/OS@hourly-2012-06-09-09      24.0K      -  2.95G  -
data/virt/OS@hourly-2012-06-09-10          0      -  2.95G  -
data/virt/OS@hourly-2012-06-09-11          0      -  2.95G  -
data/virt/OS@hourly-2012-06-09-12      24.0K      -  2.95G  -
data/virt/SERVER@hourly-2012-06-09-08      0      -  40.0K  -
data/virt/SERVER@hourly-2012-06-09-09      0      -  40.0K  -
data/virt/SERVER@hourly-2012-06-09-10      0      -  40.0K  -
data/virt/SERVER@hourly-2012-06-09-11      0      -  40.0K  -
data/virt/SERVER@hourly-2012-06-09-12      0      -  40.0K  -

Eventually you will get a statusmail:

Removing stale files from /var/preserve:
Cleaning out old system announcements:
Removing stale files from /var/rwho:
Backup passwd and group files:
Verifying group file syntax:
/etc/group is fine

Backing up mail aliases:
Backing up package db directory:

Disk status:
Filesystem          Size    Used   Avail Capacity  Mounted on
zroot                15G    2.6G     13G    16%    /
devfs               1.0k    1.0k      0B   100%    /dev
data                3.6T     41k    3.6T     0%    /data
data/virt           3.6T     44k    3.6T     0%    /data/virt
data/virt/DC1       3.6T     40k    3.6T     0%    /data/virt/DC1
data/virt/OS        3.6T      3G    3.6T     0%    /data/virt/OS
data/virt/SERVER    3.6T     40k    3.6T     0%    /data/virt/SERVER

Last dump(s) done (Dump '>' file systems):

Checking status of zfs pools:
all pools are healthy

Network interface status:
Name    Mtu Network       Address              Ipkts Ierrs Idrop    Opkts Oerrs  Coll
usbus     0 <Link#1>                               0     0     0        0     0     0
re0    1500 <Link#2>      15:da:e9:bd:b5:8f     3715     0     0     2622     0     0
re0    1500 192.168.1.0   ohlala                3653     -     -     2565     -     -
re0    1500 fe80::16da:e9 fe80::16da:e9ff:f        0     -     -        1     -     -
usbus     0 <Link#3>                               0     0     0        0     0     0
usbus     0 <Link#4>                               0     0     0        0     0     0
lo0   16384 <Link#5>                               0     0     0        0     0     0
lo0   16384 localhost     ::1                      0     -     -        0     -     -
lo0   16384 fe80::1%lo0   fe80::1                  0     -     -        0     -     -
lo0   16384 your-net      localhost                0     -     -        0     -     -

Local system status:
 9:05AM  up 53 mins, 2 users, load averages: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00

Mail in local queue:
mailq: Mail queue is empty

Mail in submit queue:
mailq: Mail queue is empty

Security check:
    (output mailed separately)

Checking for rejected mail hosts:

Checking for denied zone transfers (AXFR and IXFR):

Doing zfs daily snapshots:
taking snapshot, data@daily-2012-06-17

Doing zfs scrubs:
starting scrub on data
  pool: data
 state: ONLINE
 scan: scrub repaired 0 in 0h0m with 0 errors on Sun Jun 17 09:05:30 2012
config:

NAME              STATE     READ WRITE CKSUM
data              ONLINE       0     0     0
  raidz1-0        ONLINE       0     0     0
    gpt/5YD7JNXT  ONLINE       0     0     0
    gpt/5YD7SM2A  ONLINE       0     0     0
    gpt/5YD7SMPJ  ONLINE       0     0     0
logs
  mirror-1        ONLINE       0     0     0
    gpt/zil0      ONLINE       0     0     0
    gpt/zil1      ONLINE       0     0     0
cache
  gpt/cache0      ONLINE       0     0     0
  gpt/cache1      ONLINE       0     0     0
spares
  gpt/5YD8AVDH    AVAIL   

errors: No known data errors
starting scrub on zroot
  pool: zroot
 state: ONLINE
 scan: scrub repaired 0 in 0h0m with 0 errors on Sun Jun 17 09:06:38 2012
config:

NAME        STATE     READ WRITE CKSUM
zroot       ONLINE       0     0     0
  mirror-0  ONLINE       0     0     0
    ada1p3  ONLINE       0     0     0
    ada2p3  ONLINE       0     0     0

errors: No known data errors

-- End of daily output --

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Build a home server - take two, part 2.

Update the system

ohlala# freebsd-update fetch
ohlala# freebsd-update install

Basic monitoring
We are going to use Smartmontools and we want to be informed by email when something happens with the harddisks. The default MTA installed is Sendmail. But it is far to big for our purpose, so we replace it with sSMTP:

Goto http://www.freebsd.org/ports/ and search for ssmtp. Here you get information about where sSMTP is situated in the /user/ports directory. Simply cd into that directory and start the installer.

ohlala# cd /usr/ports/mail/ssmtp/
 ohlala# make install replace clean

I made a default installation. But install the extra patches. The "replace" command replaces sendmail as the default mailer with sSMTP. See also http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/outgoing-only.html and http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/mail-changingmta.html#MAIL-DISABLE-SENDMAIL. Continue with configuring sSMTP:

ohlala# mv /usr/local/etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf.sample /usr/local/etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf
 ohlala# mv /usr/local/etc/ssmtp/revaliases.sample  /usr/local/etc/ssmtp/revaliases

ohlala# vi /usr/local/etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf
ohlala# vi /usr/local/etc/ssmtp/revaliases

Check drdata.blogg.se/2012/april/build-a-home-server-part-4.html for details.

Continue with installing Smartmontools:
Again search http://www.freebsd.org/ports/ for the location of Smartmontools in the /usr/ports directory and simply install by typing make install clean.

List your available harddisks. Here you can see the designations for the data disks:

ohlala# ls -l /dev/ada*
crw-r-----  1 root  operator    0,  89 May 27 08:07 /dev/ada0 crw-r-----  1 root  operator    0,  91 May 27 08:07 /dev/ada1 crw-r-----  1 root  operator    0,  93 May 27 08:07 /dev/ada2 crw-r-----  1 root  operator    0, 101 May 27 08:07 /dev/ada2p1 crw-r-----  1 root  operator    0, 103 May 27 08:07 /dev/ada2p2 crw-r-----  1 root  operator    0, 105 May 27 08:07 /dev/ada2p3 crw-r-----  1 root  operator    0, 107 May 27 08:07 /dev/ada2p4 crw-r-----  1 root  operator    0, 109 May 27 08:07 /dev/ada2p5 crw-r-----  1 root  operator    0,  95 May 27 08:07 /dev/ada3 crw-r-----  1 root  operator    0, 111 May 27 08:07 /dev/ada3p1 crw-r-----  1 root  operator    0, 113 May 27 08:07 /dev/ada3p2 crw-r-----  1 root  operator    0, 115 May 27 08:07 /dev/ada3p3 crw-r-----  1 root  operator    0, 117 May 27 08:07 /dev/ada3p4 crw-r-----  1 root  operator    0, 119 May 27 08:07 /dev/ada3p5 crw-r-----  1 root  operator    0,  97 May 27 08:07 /dev/ada4 crw-r-----  1 root  operator    0,  99 May 27 08:07 /dev/ada5
 ohlala#

 ohlala# cp /usr/local/etc/smartd.conf.sample /usr/local/etc/smartd.conf
ohlala# vi /usr/local/etc/smartd.conf

# The word DEVICESCAN will cause any remaining lines in this
# configuration file to be ignored: it tells smartd to scan for all
# ATA and SCSI devices.  DEVICESCAN may be followed by any of the
# Directives listed below, which will be applied to all devices that
# are found.  Most users should comment out DEVICESCAN and explicitly
# list the devices that they wish to monitor.
#DEVICESCAN

/dev/ada0 -m [email protected] -M test

/dev/ada0 -a -d auto -o on -S on -s (S/../.././02|L/../../6/03) -m [email protected]
 /dev/ada1 -a -d auto -o on -S on -s (S/../.././02|L/../../6/03) -m [email protected]
/dev/ada2 -a -d auto -o on -S on -s (S/../.././02|L/../../6/03) -m [email protected]
 /dev/ada3 -a -d auto -o on -S on -s (S/../.././02|L/../../6/03) -m [email protected]
/dev/ada4 -a -d auto -o on -S on -s (S/../.././02|L/../../6/03) -m [email protected]
 /dev/ada5 -a -d auto -o on -S on -s (S/../.././02|L/../../6/03) -m [email protected]

ohlala# echo 'smartd_enable="YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf

ohlala# /usr/local/etc/rc.d/smartd start
Starting smartd.
(pass1:siisch1:0:0:0): SMART. ACB: b0 db 00 4f c2 40 00 00 00 00 f8 00
(pass1:siisch1:0:0:0): CAM status: ATA Status Error
(pass1:siisch1:0:0:0): ATA status: 51 (DRDY SERV ERR), error: 04 (ABRT )
(pass1:siisch1:0:0:0): RES: 51 04 00 4f c2 40 00 00 00 f8 00
(pass2:ahcich0:0:0:0): SMART. ACB: b0 db 00 4f c2 40 00 00 00 00 f8 00
(pass2:ahcich0:0:0:0): CAM status: ATA Status Error
(pass2:ahcich0:0:0:0): ATA status: 51 (DRDY SERV ERR), error: 04 (ABRT )
(pass2:ahcich0:0:0:0): RES: 51 04 00 4f c2 40 00 00 00 f8 0
ohlala#

Part 3 - Configure the zpool.

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Build a home server - take two, part 1.

The new approach - OS install
I have two 60 GB SSD disks. So far, after having installed OS, VirtualBox and other applications, I have used 3,5 GB on root. My guess is that when completed I will have used up cirka 4 GB on root. It seems kind of hefty to dedicate two 60 GB quite expensive SSD disks and not fully use them. And I really want to take advantage of the nifty features ZIL and L2ARC...

You do not have to dedicate whole disks to ZFS. But if you do, ZFS uses the disks cache. That is of course an advantage. ZFS can also use partitions, which I will use to fully utilize the SSD disks.

Follow this (among many) guide to create a ZFS root mirror: http://www.freebsdwiki.net/index.php/ZFS,_booting_from. The only thing I did different was partitioning:

# gpart add -b 34 -s 128 -t freebsd-boot -l boot0 ada0
# gpart add -s 12288M -t freebsd-swap -l swap0 ada0
# gpart add -s 16G -t freebsd-zfs -l root0 ada0
# gpart add -s 4096M -t freebsd-zfs -l zil0 ada0
# gpart add -t freebsd-zfs -l cache0 ada0

# gpart add -b 34 -s 128 -t freebsd-boot -l boot1 ada3
# gpart add -s 12288M -t freebsd-swap -l swap1 ada3
# gpart add -s 16G -t freebsd-zfs -l root1 ada3
# gpart add -s 4096M -t freebsd-zfs -l zil1 ada3
# gpart add -t freebsd-zfs -l cache1 ada3

This gives you the following layout:

[root@ohlala ~]# gpart show

=>      34 117231341 ada0 GPT (55G)
        34      128 1 freebsd-boot (64k)
       162 25165824 2 freebsd-swap (12G)
  25165986 33554432 3 freebsd-zfs (16G)
  58720418  8388608 4 freebsd-zfs (4.0G)
  67109026 50122349 5 freebsd-zfs (23G)

=>      34 117231341 ada3 GPT (55G)
        34      128 1 freebsd-boot (64k)
       162 25165824 2 freebsd-swap (12G)
  25165986 33554432 3 freebsd-zfs (16G)
  58720418  8388608 4 freebsd-zfs (4.0G)
  67109026 50122349 5 freebsd-zfs (23G)
[root@ohlala ~]#

Edit /etc/fstab:


 /dev/gpt/swap0  none    swap    sw      0       0
 /dev/gpt/swap1  none    swap    sw      0       0

After reboot you should have an output similar to this:

[root@ohlala ~]# df -h


Filesystem          Size    Used   Avail Capacity  Mounted on
zroot                12G    345M     12G     3%    /
devfs               1.0k    1.0k      0B   100%    /dev
zroot/home           12G     46M     12G     0%    /home
zroot/tmp            12G     55k     12G     0%    /tmp
zroot/usr            15G    3.1G     12G    20%    /usr
zroot/var            12G     97M     12G     1%    /var

[root@ohlala ~]#

Part 2 - Configure basic monitoring.

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Build a home server - part 8

Configure LVM for snapshots
I got it all to work; softwareRAID, LVM and Flashcache. Proven, stable techniques. But when I realize that a snapshot in LVM takes the same amount of disk space as the source... It will not work on a home server with, say, one or more 1 TB file systems. The techniques are good. No dought about it. But they have also grown old. I have to abandon this approach.

The end.

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Build a home server - part 7

Configure Flashcache

root@ohlala:~# cd /usr/src/
root@ohlala:/usr/src# git clone git://anonscm.debian.org/collab-maint/flashcache.git
Cloning into 'flashcache'...
root@ohlala:/usr/src# cd flashcache/
root@ohlala:/usr/src/flashcache# make
root@ohlala:/usr/src/flashcache# make clean
root@ohlala:/usr/src/flashcache# make install
root@ohlala:/usr/src/flashcache# make -f Makefile.dkms boot_conf

root@ohlala:/usr/src/flashcache# vi /etc/sysctl.conf

Add

#####################
# Flashcache settings
#####################
#
# Using Writethrough
#

# (All modes) Global caching mode to cache everything
dev.flashcache.md1+data-ftest.cache_all = 1

# (All modes) Change the reclaim policy to LRU from FIFO
dev.flashcache.md1+data-ftest.reclaim_policy = 1

Enable Flashcache (please check Robert Vojcik's blogg)
Edit /etc/default/flashcache:

#
# FlashCache Configuration#

# FlashCache configured ?
FLASH_CACHE_START=YES

# FlashCache binaries
FLASH_CACHE_BIN=/sbin

# New Flashcache device
FLASH_CACHE_DEV=fcache

# Original data device
DATA_DEV=/dev/mapper/data-ftest

# Cache device - Fast disk / SSD
CACHE_DEV=/dev/md1

# block size
BLOCK_SIZE=4k

# cache type (-p back|around|thru)
CACHE_TYPE=thru

Edit /etc/init/flashcache-init. Do not forget to

chmod a+x /etc/init.d/flashcache-init.
#!/bin/bash
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides:          flashcache-init
# Required-Start:
# Required-Stop:
# Default-Start:     S
# Default-Stop:      0 6
# Short-Description: Prepare flashcache device during boot time
# Description:       Create flashcache device during boot
### END INIT INFO
# debian lenny
# update-rc.d flashcache-init start 27 S . stop 45 0 6 .

# Load Configuration
. /etc/default/flashcache

export PATH=$PATH:$FLASH_CACHE_BIN:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin/

function do_start {

if ! [[ "$FLASH_CACHE_START" = "YES" ]] ; then

 echo " --- Flashcache not configured or turned off"
 exit 0

fi

echo " --- Starting FlashCache"
echo -n " --- Loading kernel module..."

if modprobe flashcache ; then
 echo "OK"
else
 echo "FAILED"
 exit 1
fi

if [[ "$CACHE_TYPE" == "back" ]] ; then
 echo " --- Trying to load FlashCache - $CACHE_TYPE"
 if flashcache_load $CACHE_DEV; then

 echo " --- Loading FlashCache OK - $CACHE_TYPE"

 else

 echo " --- ERROR: Problem during FlashCache loading"
 exit 1

 fi
fi

if [[ "$CACHE_TYPE" == "thru" ]] ; then
 echo " --- Trying to initialize FlashCache, type: $CACHE_TYPE"
 if flashcache_create -v -p $CACHE_TYPE -b $BLOCK_SIZE $FLASH_CACHE_DEV $
CACHE_DEV $DATA_DEV; then

 echo " --- Initializing FlashCache OK, type: $CACHE_TYPE"

 else

 echo " --- ERROR: Problem during FlashCache initialization - typ
e: $CACHE_TYPE"
 exit 1

 fi
fi

if [[ "$CACHE_TYPE" = "around" ]] ; then
 echo " --- Trying to initialize FlashCache, type: $CACHE_TYPE"
 if flashcache_create -v -p $CACHE_TYPE -b $BLOCK_SIZE $FLASH_CACHE_DEV $
CACHE_DEV $DATA_DEV; then

 echo " --- Initializing FlashCache OK, type: $CACHE_TYPE"

 else

 echo " --- ERROR: Problem during FlashCache initialization, type
: $CACHE_TYPE"
 exit 1

 fi
fi
}

function do_stop {

echo " --- Stopping FlashCache."
if dmsetup remove $FLASH_CACHE_DEV ; then
 echo " --- Successfully removed."
 exit
else
 echo " --- ERROR: Some problems during remove."
 exit 1
fi

}

case "$1" in
"start")
do_start
;;
"stop")
do_stop
;;
*)

cat  << EOF
Initialization script for FlashCache
Usage: $0 <start|stop>
EOF
exit 1

;;
esac

Edit

/etc/rc.local:
#
# mount the cached file system
#
echo "\n *** Mounting cached filesystem /ftest (/etc/rc.local) ***"
mount -v -t ext4 -O user_xattr,nobarriers /dev/mapper/fcache /ftest

Edit /etc/fstab to make a note about your cached file system
/dev/mapper/fcache /ftest ext4 noauto,user_xattr,nobarrier 0 2

Done!

Part 8 - Configure LVM for snapshots.

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Build a home server - part 6

Configure LVM
We need a physical device to tie to volume group:

root@ohlala:~# ls /dev/md*
/dev/md0  /dev/md1  /dev/md2

/dev/md:
0  1  2

root@ohlala:~# pvcreate /dev/md2
 Physical volume "/dev/md2" successfully created

Create a Volume Group:

root@ohlala:~# vgcreate --verbose data /dev/md2
 Wiping cache of LVM-capable devices
 Wiping cache of LVM-capable devices
 Adding physical volume '/dev/md2' to volume group 'data'
 Creating directory "/etc/lvm/archive"
 Archiving volume group "data" metadata (seqno 0).
 Creating directory "/etc/lvm/backup"
 Creating volume group backup "/etc/lvm/backup/data" (seqno 1).
 Volume group "data" successfully created
root@ohlala:~#

Create a logical volume for testing Flashcache:

root@ohlala:~# lvcreate --verbose -L 100G --name ftest data
 Setting logging type to disk
 Finding volume group "data"
 Archiving volume group "data" metadata (seqno 1).
 Creating logical volume ftest
 Creating volume group backup "/etc/lvm/backup/data" (seqno 2).
 Found volume group "data"
 Creating data-ftest
 Loading data-ftest table (252:0)
 Resuming data-ftest (252:0)
 Clearing start of logical volume "ftest"
 Creating volume group backup "/etc/lvm/backup/data" (seqno 2).
 Logical volume "ftest" created

Format the Logical Volume:
root@ohlala:~# mkfs.ext4 -b 4096 -E stride=64,stripe-width=128 /dev/mapper/data-ftest

Part 7 - Configure Flashcache

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Build a home server - part 5

Create a mirrored Flaschache device

root@ohlala:~# mdadm --verbose --create /dev/md1 --level=1 --raid-devices=2 /dev/sdb4 /dev/sdd4
mdadm: Note: this array has metadata at the start and
 may not be suitable as a boot device.  If you plan to
 store '/boot' on this device please ensure that
 your boot-loader understands md/v1.x metadata, or use
 --metadata=0.90
mdadm: size set to 40751284K
Continue creating array? y
mdadm: Defaulting to version 1.2 metadata
mdadm: array /dev/md1 started.
root@ohlala:~#

Check the progress.

watch -d cat /proc/mdstat:
Every 2.0s: cat /proc/mdstat                            Sun Apr 29 09:35:03 2012

Personalities : [linear] [multipath] [raid0] [raid1] [raid6] [raid5] [raid4] [raid10]
md1 : active raid1 sdd4[1] sdb4[0]
 40751284 blocks super 1.2 [2/2] [UU]
 [>....................]  resync =  0.8% (342656/40751284) finish=7.8min speed=85664K/sec

md0 : active raid1 sdd2[1] sdb2[0]
 9764529 blocks super 1.2 [2/2] [UU]

unused devices: <none>

When the synchronization is ready add the array to /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf by typing:
mdadm --detail --scan >> /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf

Edit /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf and put your mailaddress. Also comment out old arrays:

# mdadm.conf
#
# Please refer to mdadm.conf(5) for information about this file.
#

# by default (built-in), scan all partitions (/proc/partitions) and all
# containers for MD superblocks. alternatively, specify devices to scan, using
# wildcards if desired.
#DEVICE partitions containers

# auto-create devices with Debian standard permissions
CREATE owner=root group=disk mode=0660 auto=yes

# automatically tag new arrays as belonging to the local system
HOMEHOST <system>

# instruct the monitoring daemon where to send mail alerts
MAILADDR [email protected]

# definitions of existing MD arrays
#ARRAY /dev/md/0 metadata=1.2 UUID=ae2235f0:110a54e7:6540e885:863f829b name=ohlala:0

# This file was auto-generated on Sun, 29 Apr 2012 08:54:32 +0200
# by mkconf $Id$
ARRAY /dev/md/0 metadata=1.2 name=ohlala:0 UUID=ae2235f0:110a54e7:6540e885:863f829b
ARRAY /dev/md/1 metadata=1.2 name=ohlala:1 UUID=0e8cb4ce:a09d1148:5b289d1b:9ae61d2b

After reboot cat /proc/mdstat. If you get an ouput similar to this below try
mdadm --stop /dev/md127, mdadm --assemble /dev/md1 and update-initramfs -u. Reboot and check again.

md127 : active (auto-read-only) raid1 sdd4[1] sdb4[0]
 40751284 blocks super 1.2 [2/2] [UU]

Create the data array
Create new partitions on the data disks. Type is Linux RAID (fd00)

root@ohlala:~# gdisk /dev/sdc
GPT fdisk (gdisk) version 0.8.1

Partition table scan:
 MBR: protective
 BSD: not present
 APM: not present
 GPT: present

Found valid GPT with protective MBR; using GPT.

Command (? for help): n
Partition number (1-128, default 1):
First sector (34-3907029134, default = 34) or {+-}size{KMGTP}:
Information: Moved requested sector from 34 to 2048 in
order to align on 2048-sector boundaries.
Use 'l' on the experts' menu to adjust alignment
Last sector (2048-3907029134, default = 3907029134) or {+-}size{KMGTP}:
Current type is 'Linux filesystem'
Hex code or GUID (L to show codes, Enter = 8300): fd00
Changed type of partition to 'Linux RAID'

Command (? for help): w

Final checks complete. About to write GPT data. THIS WILL OVERWRITE EXISTING
PARTITIONS!!

Do you want to proceed? (Y/N): Y
OK; writing new GUID partition table (GPT).
The operation has completed successfully.
root@ohlala:~#

And create the array:

root@ohlala:~# ls -al /dev/disk/by-id/

drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 880 Sep 23 08:09 .
drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 160 Sep 23 08:05 ..
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   9 Sep 23 08:08 ata-ST2000DL003-9VT166_5YD7JNXT -> ../../sdf
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  10 Sep 23 08:08 ata-ST2000DL003-9VT166_5YD7JNXT-part1 -> ../../sdf1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   9 Sep 23 08:07 ata-ST2000DL003-9VT166_5YD7SM2A -> ../../sdc
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  10 Sep 23 08:07 ata-ST2000DL003-9VT166_5YD7SM2A-part1 -> ../../sdc1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   9 Sep 23 08:07 ata-ST2000DL003-9VT166_5YD7SMPJ -> ../../sdd
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  10 Sep 23 08:07 ata-ST2000DL003-9VT166_5YD7SMPJ-part1 -> ../../sdd1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   9 Sep 23 08:06 ata-ST2000DL003-9VT166_5YD8AVDH -> ../../sda
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  10 Sep 23 08:05 ata-ST2000DL003-9VT166_5YD8AVDH-part1 -> ../../sda1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   9 Sep 23 08:09 ata-ST2000DL003-9VT166_5YD9XR2F -> ../../sdh
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  10 Sep 23 08:09 ata-ST2000DL003-9VT166_5YD9XR2F-part1 -> ../../sdh1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   9 Sep 23 08:06 ata-ST2000DL003-9VT166_5YDA0P1H -> ../../sdb
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  10 Sep 23 08:06 ata-ST2000DL003-9VT166_5YDA0P1H-part1 -> ../../sdb1
root@ohlala:~#

mdadm --verbose --create /dev/md2 --chunk=256 --level=5 --raid-devices=3 /dev/sda1 /dev/sdc1 /dev/sde1 --spare-devices=1 /dev/sdf1

 It may not succeed:
 root@ohlala:~# mdadm --verbose --create /dev/md2 --chunk=256 --level=5 --raid-devices=3 /dev/sda1 /dev/sdc1 /dev/sde1 --spare-devices=1 /dev/sdf1
mdadm: layout defaults to left-symmetric
mdadm: layout defaults to left-symmetric
mdadm: layout defaults to left-symmetric
mdadm: layout defaults to left-symmetric
mdadm: layout defaults to left-symmetric
mdadm: size set to 1953512192K
mdadm: Defaulting to version 1.2 metadata
mdadm: ADD_NEW_DISK for /dev/sda1 failed: Device or resource busy
root@ohlala:~#

 but cat /proc/mdstat shows that something is going on. Try to add missing disks.
 md2 : active raid5 sdc1[1] sda1[0]
 3907024384 blocks super 1.2 level 5, 256k chunk, algorithm 2 [3/2] [UU_]

root@ohlala:~# mdadm --add /dev/md2 /dev/sde1
mdadm: added /dev/sde1
root@ohlala:~# mdadm --add /dev/md2 /dev/sdf1
mdadm: added /dev/sdf1
root@ohlala:~#

 And the rebuilding starts (watch it by typing watch -d cat /proc/mdstat);
 Every 2.0s: cat /proc/mdstat                                                  Sun Apr 29 10:22:09 2012

Personalities : [linear] [multipath] [raid0] [raid1] [raid6] [raid5] [raid4] [raid10]
md2 : active raid5 sdf1[4](S) sde1[3] sdc1[1] sda1[0]
 3907024384 blocks super 1.2 level 5, 256k chunk, algorithm 2 [3/2] [UU_]
 [>....................]  recovery =  0.1% (2641812/1953512192) finish=927.3min speed=35059K/sec

md0 : active raid1 sdd2[1] sdb2[0]
 9764529 blocks super 1.2 [2/2] [UU]

md1 : active raid1 sdd4[1] sdb4[0]
 40751284 blocks super 1.2 [2/2] [UU]

unused devices: <none>

 As soon as rebuildning is done.
 root@ohlala:~# mdadm --detail --scan >> /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf
root@ohlala:~# update-initramfs -u

 While the data array is scrubbing we continue with setting up LVM.

Part 6 - Set up LVM

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Build a home server - part 4

Software installation

apt-get install git build-essential dkms linux-headers-`uname -r` bridge-utils virt-manager acpid smartmontools drbd8-utils gdisk sysstat lvm2 xorg pm-utils

ssmtp

Configure Smartmontools
Start by edit /etc/default/smartmontools. Just uncomment the line "#start_smartd=yes". Continue with editing /etc//smartd.conf. I want to be informed by e-mail, so first I configured ssmtp. My ISP requires only valid mailaccounts. Start by edit /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf:

#
# Config file for sSMTP sendmail
#
# The person who gets all mail for userids < 1000
# Make this empty to disable rewriting.
root=[email protected]

# The place where the mail goes. The actual machine name is required no
# MX records are consulted. Commonly mailhosts are named mail.domain.com
mailhub=mailout.YourISP.org

# Where will the mail seem to come from?
rewriteDomain=YourISP.com

# The full hostname
hostname=ohlala.vusir.local

# Are users allowed to set their own From: address?
# YES - Allow the user to specify their own From: address
# NO - Use the system generated From: address
FromLineOverride=YES

Edit /etc/ssmtp/revaliases:


# sSMTP aliases
#
# Format:       local_account:outgoing_address:mailhub
#
# Example: root:[email protected]:mailhub.your.domain[:port]
# where [:port] is an optional port number that defaults to 25.
root:[email protected]:mailout.YourISP.org

Test your setting:
echo test | mail -s "testing ssmtp setup" [email protected]

List the devices you want to monitor:

root@ohlala:~# ls -l /dev/disk/by-id/
total 0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 Apr 28 07:43 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   9 Sep 23 06:41 ata-ST2000DL003-9VT166_5YD7JNXT -> ../../sdf
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   9 Sep 23 06:41 ata-ST2000DL003-9VT166_5YD7SM2A -> ../../sdc
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   9 Sep 23 06:41 ata-ST2000DL003-9VT166_5YD7SMPJ -> ../../sdd
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   9 Sep 23 06:41 ata-ST2000DL003-9VT166_5YD8AVDH -> ../../sda
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   9 Sep 23 06:41 ata-ST2000DL003-9VT166_5YD9XR2F -> ../../sdh
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   9 Sep 23 06:41 ata-ST2000DL003-9VT166_5YDA0P1H -> ../../sdb
l
root@ohlala:~#

My /etc//smartd.conf:

/dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST2000DL003-9VT166_5YD7JNXT -m [email protected] -M exec /usr/share/smartmontools/smartd-runner

/dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST2000DL003-9VT166_5YD7JNXT -a -d sat -o on -S on -s (S/../.././02|L/../../6/03) -m [email protected] -M exec /usr/share/smartmontools/smartd-runner
/dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST2000DL003-9VT166_5YD7SMPJ -a -d sat -o on -S on -s (S/../.././02|L/../../6/03) -m [email protected] -M exec /usr/share/smartmontools/smartd-runner
/dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST2000DL003-9VT166_5YD8AVDH -a -d sat -o on -S on -s (S/../.././02|L/../../6/03) -m [email protected] -M exec /usr/share/smartmontools/smartd-runner
/dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST2000DL003-9VT166_5YD9VCKA -a -d sat -o on -S on -s (S/../.././02|L/../../6/03) -m [email protected] -M exec /usr/share/smartmontools/smartd-runner
/dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST2000DL003-9VT166_5YD9XR2F -a -d sat -o on -S on -s (S/../.././02|L/../../6/03) -m [email protected] -M exec /usr/share/smartmontools/smartd-runner
/dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST2000DL003-9VT166_5YDA0P1H -a -d sat -o on -S on -s (S/../.././02|L/../../6/03) -m [email protected] -M exec /usr/share/smartmontools/smartd-runner

Start smartmontools:
/etc/init.d/smartmontools start

The first line in /etc/smartd.conf is just sending a testmail when smartmontools starts.

Still Saturday. Turning off the server and do other fun stuff!

Part 5 - Create Flashcache and data arrays

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Build a home server - part 3

Post OS installation tasks
Aah! Saturday morning and everyone are asleep. A perfect time to spoil a perfect morning with doing the boring stuff. It is time to enumarate the hard disks and set up monitoring. Bad times will arrive. Disks are going bad at some point. It is important that you know which disk to replace.

Shutdown the server and remove the SATA cables attached to the data disks.
Power up and log on to the server as root. List the devices. You will get an out similar to this:

root@ohlala:~# ls -l /dev/disk/by-path/
total 0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 Apr 28 05:51 pci-0000:00:1f.2-scsi-5:0:0:0 -> ../../sda
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 Apr 28 05:51 pci-0000:01:00.0-scsi-0:0:0:0 -> ../../sdb
root@ohlala:~# ls -l /dev/disk/by-id/
total 0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 Apr 28 05:51 ata-INTEL_SSDSC2CW060A3_CVCV1534059E060AGN -> ../../sdb
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 Apr 28 05:51 ata-TEAM_XS1_SSD_TEAM-2SA110214008 -> ../../sda
root@ohlala:~#

Mark. Power off. Attach a another SATA cable. Boot. List. Repeat.
And no. This is not fun!

A listing with one of the data disks attached:

root@ohlala:~# ls -l /dev/disk/by-path/ total 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Apr 28 06:39 pci-0000:00:1f.2-scsi-0:0:0:0 -> ../../sda lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Apr 28 06:39 pci-0000:00:1f.2-scsi-5:0:0:0 -> ../../sdb lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Apr 28 06:39 pci-0000:01:00.0-scsi-0:0:0:0 -> ../../sdc root@ohlala:~# ls -l /dev/disk/by-id/ total 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Apr 28 06:39 ata-INTEL_SSDSC2CW060A3_CVCV1534059E060AGN -> ../../sdc lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Apr 28 06:39 ata-ST2000DL003-9VT166_5YD7JNXT -> ../../sda lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Apr 28 06:39 ata-TEAM_XS1_SSD_TEAM-2SA110214008 -> ../../sdb lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Apr 28 06:39 md-name-ohlala:0 -> ../../md0 root@ohlala:~#

Note the highlighted parts and how the paths have changed after a new disk has been attached. This is important to know and remember: the path /dev/sdX will change.

Update OS

apt-get update && apt-get upgrade

Part 4 - Configure basic monitoring.

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Build a home server - part 2

Installation
The hardware is now assembled and it is time to install an operating system. My choice is Ubuntu and the only reason is that I am used to it. As version 12.04 was about to be released I started with the beta. Worked fine!

I am using the two 60 GB SSD disks as mirrored root. I partitioned the disks as follows:

gdisk /dev/sdd:

Number	Start (sector)	End (sector)	Size	Code	Name
1	34	195346	95.4 MiB	EF00	EFI_boot
2	195347	19726597	9.3 GiB	FD00
3	19728384	36505599	8.0 GiB	8200
4	36505600	117229567	38.5 GiB	FD00

The motherboard supports EFI, so partition 1 is formatted for EFI boot.
Partition 2 is a RAID partition.
Partition 3 is a swap partition
Partition 4 is a RAID partition for the future Flashcache block device.

OS installation is pretty straight forward. Create a RAID 1 array (/dev/md0) from partition 2 of the two disks and use it for the root partition. Later during installation I just chose to install OpenSSH server, so that I can sit in my sofa and do the remaining configuration.

Post OS installation task: sudo passwd root

Part 3 - Post OS installation tasks

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Build a home server - part 1

Preface
So, you are in the need of a new server? This blogg will not help you with choosing the right hardware but propose to you a perfectly viable solution for a SOHO-server. The concept is not constricted to the small wallet but is expandable to your needs and choice.

When I embarked this journey I only had a few things in mind that I wanted to accomplish:

Buy me a new, more silent home server.
Install an Active Directory 2008 R2.
Install a file server (Linux) that presents a shared resources with NFSv4 and CIFS using AD as the authentication source.

Instead of just these three quite simple goals this evolved beyond my imagination. I soon realised that I have to configure a virtualization host, learn more about the inner workings of Linux, software RAID, LVM and so on... Great fun though!

I did also realize that this configuration is a perfect server solution for the small business. If you are about to deploy a new server for your business or even looking for a solution to productify and support, this might be just what you are looking for. One thing, if you are using this, private or in business, please post a "I used this!" and with a few words tell us your plans here. I would appreciate it. A lot.

And a special thank you to all of you open source wizards that have taken time to program, realize and make all the great software publically available. I am mighty impressed of your work! Thank you.

Being a leacher for years it is now time for me to contribute to the common. I hope you find this blogg useful. This recepie is a compilation from various resources on the Internet.

Hardware
I am not amused with choosing hardware. I find it quite boring, so imagine my surprise when I realized that this part actually was fun. This was also the first time I ever built myself a computer. I searched the Internet for advice on choosing hardware and found Thomas Jansson's blogg. I ripped his setup but chose a cheaper motherboard because the one I wanted was out of stock and a less powerful CPU but more RAM. In retrospective I would follow his advice and buy a new, more silent CPU fan. If you are building a server for a small office, consider a chassi that has room for hot swapping hard drives.

My setup:

Hard disk:	SEAGATE BARRACUDA GREEN 2TB 5900RPM SATA/600 64MB	x4
Chassis:	LIAN LI PC-Q08B BLACK ALU MINI-ITX NO PSU
Memory:	KINGSTON DDR3 HYPERX 8GB 1600MHZ CL9 (2X4GB)
CPU:	INTEL CORE I5 2400 3.10GHZ 6MB S-1155
PSU:	COOLER MASTER SILENT PRO M ATX12V 2.3 500W
Motherboard:	ASUS P8H61-I B3 H61 S-1155 MINI-ITX
SATA card:	Silicon Image, Inc. SiI 3132 Serial ATA Raid II Controller
SSD:	60 GB	x2

One of the 2 TB disks and one of the SSD disks are attached to the SATA card.

Software
There were certain techniques I wanted to learn more about; software RAID, LVM and DRBD. During my searches I also found Facebook/Flashcahe and later on I found Arno Tölls et al version for Debian. I already had a 60 GB SSD disk in my laptop which I immediately janked out. More thinking rendered buying one more, so that I could create a mirrored root and Flashcache. By now you understand that the choice of operating system was Linux and the Ubuntu distribution version 12.04.

More ideas, more software
I am a Windows Systems Administrator by trade and Active Directory is my primary experties. One goal with this server is to install and configure an Active Directory and a Linux file server presenting resources with Samba and NFSv4 using Kerberos for authentication. That is the reason for the amount of RAM - virtualization with KVM.

Part 2 - the first take. Installation

The new approach
I failed with my first try. It is a pity.

Back to the drawing board. In the new approach I am going to use FreeBSD and Oracle ZFS (the open sourced).

But first things first. I wanted to use Ubuntu as the hosts OS and ZFS. How to combine? First I found ZFS-fuse. But never really liked it. Don't ask why. I don't know. Later I found ZFS on Linux, which I found more, how should I put it, tasteful. I downloaded it, compiled it and tried it. Worked fine. Great stuff! But I do not want to compile and remember all the details. What now? Gladly I found a PPA for ZFS. But the combination, Ubuntu and ZFS, did not work as good as I wanted and expected. Again, don't ask. It just did not appeal. Later, on several forums and blogposts, I found that FreeBSD had incorporated the latest version of ZFS in their version 9.0 and other blogposts described, more or less detailed, how to make a mirrored ZFS-root. FreeBSD started to grow on me and I tested it out. Conclusion? Great Stuff!

With the original design I wanted to run the file server as a virtual guest. That was also my approach when I started to look at FreeBSD. Later on I found out about Jails. A facility where you can contain a server, say a file server, without compromising the host. With using Jails I am hoping that I can exploit all the good stuff that ZFS offers (znapshots, zfs send/receive...) within the jailed server. It would be really great if I could present what Microsoft calls Previous version to the client. No matter if the client runs Linux or Windows.

So the new approach is FreeBSD and ZFS.

Part 2 - second take. Installation.

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Dr Data - Davor Vusir tells you how to...

You have now reached the place on the Internet where you will get information about how to install and configure a perfectly viable SOHO server. Build, install, enjoy!

configure Samba 4 AD DC for the SOHO business.

get SOGo, iRedmail and Samba 4 AD DS in perfect harmony.

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