Server Components

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Advanced Sysadmins Only

Most if not all of the stuff listed here would be considered advanced sysadmin stuff.
Do Not Modify if you don't know what you are doing!!!

General Network Configuration Notes
Miscellaneous
Certificates
For encryptions and such
DNS
Configuring domain name servers
E-mail
Using Mailman, IMAP, etc.
Iptables
Network Firewall for securtity. We have a customized setup.
denyhosts
Automatically populate the /etc/hosts.deny table to keep scum out.
IPMI
Remote access to sensors, turn-on and turn-off, SOL (serial console over lan).
LDAP
"Lightweight Directory Access Protocol" = The password and other information server
MySQL
Database. Main one runs on Roentgen, which contains this wiki.
named
The DNS server that tells other systems what ipaddress goes with what name.
NFS
Network File System - allows other computers to see your disks.
PAM
Access control
RAID
Controllers, setup, and how to monitor redundant arrays of independent disks
VLAN
Setting up a virtual LAN on one of the backend-only servers
SNMPD
The deamon that responds to requests for snmp into and commands.
Splunk
A system for aggregating data from log files and many other sources.
Samba
Provides windows disk mount service (smbd) and name service (nmbd)
Web Servers
Setup for roentgen and einstein as web servers
Wiki Setup
Details on the setup of this wiki, i.e. configuration issues
Xen
How to run virtual systems on a host.... Tips and all that good stuff.
RHEL to CentOS Migration
Migrating from a RHEL system to CentOS system.