cluster:Cfengine/228/client/prepare/notes

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Operating system
  • Scientific Linux version 4.5 64 bit

Optimizing the configuration:


Use minimal operating system installation without firewall. To verify installed packages use the command

  • rpm -qa | grep package_name

Install the following additional packages:

  • yum -y install wget yum rpm make gcc gcc-c++ tar sed zlib openssl

After the installation is complete, turn off any unnecessary services (like gpm, sendmail, cups, haldaemon, messagebus, pcmcia, anacron, atd) with the following command:

  • chkconfig <SERVICE> off

Configure the following settings for the server:


Additional software packages
  • Berkeley DB version 4
  • OpenSSL (openssl.i686 krb5-libs.i386 openldap.i386 cyrus-sasl.i386 compat-openldap.i386)