cluster:Interactive/1/node/prepare/notes
From Dgiref
- 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
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rpm -qa | grep package_name
Install the following additional packages:
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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:
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chkconfig <SERVICE> off
Configure the following settings for the server:
- Additional software
- java SDK 1.5.0 (java-1_5_0-sun or java-1_5_0-ibm)
- Perl 5.8.8 (with XML::PARSER)