source: trunk/server/doc/install-xen @ 1858

# install Squeeze
 # Configure each drive with a 1G partition and a rest-of-the-space partition, as RAID
 # Create a RAID1 for the 1G partitions
 # Create a RAID1 for each pair of rest-of-the-space partitions
 # Create an ext3 /boot on the 1G RAID1
 # Create an LVM volume group named after the machine's short hostname
 # Create an LV called "swap" that is the same size as the machine's physical RAM
 # Create an LV called "root" that is 50G ext4

# ??? F11 will suggest ext4, DON'T USE IT.
#   - New filesystem, so it's scary
#   - The hosts can't mount it
#   - Grub can't cope with it

# install useful utility packages
    aptitude install htop ipmitool emacs23-nox vim memtest86 memtest86+ ntp ntpdate git
    git config --global color.ui auto

# install Xen
    aptitude install xen-linux-system
# download Debathena archive key, verify
# Fetch https://debathena.mit.edu/apt/debathena-archive.asc from a
# machine with the MIT CA, then paste it into
    apt-key adv --import
# add Debathena repos to etc/apt/sources.list.d
  cat <<EOF > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debathena.list
deb http://debathena.mit.edu/apt squeeze debathena debathena-config debathena-system openafs
deb-src http://debathena.mit.edu/apt squeeze debathena debathena-config debathena-system openafs
EOF

# install host keytab
# install Debathena software (hit enter to take the defaults at the
# configuration prompts)
  aptitude update
  aptitude install debathena-clients debathena-ssh-server-config
# compare packages with another server
  dpkg -l
# reconfigure so that we can get an MTA, although we don't
# want the hosts to accept mail (mail sent by smarthost; no local mail)
# outgoing.mit.edu
    dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config
        # answer questions properly
# change root alias in /etc/aliases to be the same as scripts server
# reload it
    newaliases
# clone the xen config (/etc/xen)
    git clone -b squeeze ssh://scripts@scripts.mit.edu/mit/scripts/git/xen.git /etc/xen
# copy conserver config (we need to version this)
# setup conserver
    cat /etc/conserver/console.cf # add the correct entires here
    visudo # add conservr to sudoers list with:
        conservr ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: /usr/sbin/xm console *