Changes between Version 7 and Version 8 of SystemAdministration

Timestamp:

Jan 8, 2015, 4:33:15 PM (10 years ago)

Author:

David Albert

Comment:

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SystemAdministration

@@ -8 +8 @@
 Administration can be performed by command line (SSH) or via [https://jupiter2.raidtech.net:10000 Webmin][[BR]]
 
-Adding a new software team student requires creating two accounts: a unix user account that is also a member of the unix swdev group (so they can access the software repositories) and a Trac account so they can access the wiki.  The accounts can be created using web interfaces:
+== User Management
+=== Adding a new student:
+  * [http://wiki.raidtech.net/admin/accounts/users Add trac user]
+  * [http://wiki.raidtech.net/admin/general/perm Add user to appropriate group] (e.g. swdev) to give them the appropriate access permissions
+In addition, for students on the software team, you should also create a unix user account and add them to the swdev group; this gives them permission to access the software repositories
   * [https://jupiter2.raidtech.net:10000 Add unix user] (System->Users and Groups]
-  * [http://wiki.raidtech.net/admin/accounts/users Add trac user]
-  * [http://wiki.raidtech.net/admin/general/perm Add user to swdev group]
-or from the unix command line:
+You can also do these from the unix command line:
 {{{
         sudo adduser <username>
@@ -22 +24 @@
 }}}
 
-Adding a new mentor:
-
+=== Adding a new mentor:
+You can add a mentor using the web interfaces as described above for students.  Note that mentors should be added to both the appropriate student and mentor groups (e.g. swdev and swmentors) to ensure they have full permissions.  You can do this from the command line as well:
 {{{
         sudo adduser <username>
@@ -31 +33 @@
         cd /var/local/trac
         sudo htpasswd .htpasswd <username>
-        sudo trac-admin /var/local/trac permission add <username> TRAC_ADMIN
-           or
-        Log in to trac -> Admin -> Permissions -> Add TRAC_ADMIN for user
+        sudo trac-admin /var/local/trac permission add <username> cfgmgmt
 }}}
 
+== Version Control
 Subversion is used for version control; the repositories are stored in /home/svn.  Repositories are accessed securely from subversion clients (such as NetBeans) using the URL:
     * svn+ssh://jupiter2.raidtech.net/home/svn/<repositoryname>
-Creating a repository:
+Separate repositories are used for each sub-team that does not need to share code with other sub-teams (e.g. gameapp, sensors, etc.)[BR]
+=== Creating a repository:
 {{{
 sudo svnadmin create /home/svn/myrepo
@@ -46 +48 @@
 sudo chmod -R g+w        /home/svn/myrepo/locks
 }}}
-After creating a repository, add it to Trac using the web interface [http://wiki.raidtech.net/admin/versioncontrol/repository here].  If there is data in the repository already, you may need to execute the following command:
+After creating a repository, add it to Trac using the [http://wiki.raidtech.net/admin/versioncontrol/repository web interface].  If there is data in the repository already, you may need to execute the following command:
 {{{
 sudo trac-admin /var/local/trac repository resync "myrepo"
@@ -56 +58 @@
 For more information see: http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.7/svn.reposadmin.create.html
 
+=== Adding a project
 To create a project within a repository using the command line, on your local computer:
  * create project dir myproj w/sub-dirs: tags, branches, trunk
@@ -63 +66 @@
 You can also usually create projects using the subversion client in your IDE.
 
-Apache webserver
+== Web Server
+An apache webserver is installed and is used by the Trac Wiki.  Other virtual web servers can be added.  The default web page is located [http://jupiter2.raidtech.net here].  Important directories for configuration are:
  * /etc/apache2
  * /var/www/html
 
-Trac Wiki and Defect Tracking
+== Trac Wiki and Defect Tracking
  * /var/local/trac
  * /var/local/trac/conf/trac.ini