Re: [Trouble-maker-developers] Project kickoff

[Developers l. f. trouble-m. <tro...@li...>]

Top priority, I think, is to run through the RHCE list of breakables and
tasks.

So, to start, we'll be looking at things like:

* Basic networking
* Partition creation and expansion (RAID, LVM and regular)
* Apache
* VSFTPD
* NFS
* GRUB
* PAM
* Quotas
* CUPS
* Postfix
* Squid
* Samba
* Bind
* Dovecot
* Sendmail
* DHCP
* Xorg
* SELinux

If you're going for your RHCE instead of just wanting to play with Linux, I
recommend that you also setup another system that installs CentOS via
Kickstart and NFS, as you'll be wanting to install Linux a lot.

-Josh



On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 9:22 AM, Developers list for trouble-maker <
tro...@li...> wrote:

>  Anything in particular we will be breaking?  Should we be installing LAMP
> type things, or just a standard desktop environment?
>
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> *Sent:* Wednesday, February 24, 2010 8:27 PM
> *To:* tro...@li...
> *Subject:* [Trouble-maker-developers] Project kickoff
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>
> Thanks for volunteering to help out the trouble-maker project.  I know that
> all of you have differing levels of both commitment and skill levels with
> Linux.  I'm fine with that, as any attention at all will be more progress
> than the project has had in recent years.
>
> I created trouble-maker to help me get my RHCE.  In a nutshell, it's an
> application that randomly breaks a system so you get the fun of fixing it!
> I believe that the engine is solid, but I need help writing/adjusting
> scripts to both break a system and test that it's been repaired correctly.
> I learned a lot about Linux building the original project, both on RHEL and
> SLES.  Based on this, I expect that anyone who works on it will learn a lot
> about the distro of their choice... That said, at this time, RHEL is still
> the most popular platform for the project, as it's directly relatable to the
> RHCE.
>
> It's going to be a bit of time before I can start any training sessions,
> but the ultimate goal here for me is to get an updated project and hold
> regular (monthly?) "classes" about Linux administration.  This will be a
> good way to build Linux experience, both from the admin side (fixing a
> broken system) and scripting (building out the project).
>
> To start, we'll need to leverage virtualization or have dedicated test
> hardware.  My personal preference is for vmware-server, as it's free and
> works pretty well.  However, things should work fine with others like KVM or
> VirtualBox.
>
> Based on the list discussion, it seems Ubuntu and RHEL are the most
> useful.  So for the next few weeks, let's just get some machines built.  If
> you want to get experience with RHEL, just build a CentOS VM.  If you run
> into issues, just ask for help on this list.  I may be hard to get ahold of
> for the next few weeks due to existing projects, so I'm not really looking
> for this to really kick off until mid March.
>
> I will, however, be paying attention for the next several days, so if you
> have any questions, now is the time and here is the place.
>
> Thanks again,
>
> -Josh More
>
>
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