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<p>Hey UCCans,</p>
<p>UCC is running a tech "fix-up" on<span> </span><strong>Monday 17th June 2019</strong>, starting 1pm and going until late.<span> </span><strong>Food will be provided</strong><span> </span>during the event for all participants, and we'll probably aim to go past Chelsea's Pizza in Nedlands for dinner around 5:30pm.<span> </span><strong>No prior experience necessary</strong><strong><span> </span></strong>(although recommended).</p>
<p>The purpose of this event is to get people together doing stuff with UCC's systems, and perform a range of maintenance tasks at the same time.</p>
<p>This is as much a learning opportunity as an event to fix broken things. Everyone of all skill levels is welcome to come down and learn a little bit more about UCC. </p>
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<p>A couple of the tasks that we are planning on working on on Monday include the following:</p>
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<p>### Easy</p>
<p>- Indexing and verifying Out-Of-Band management logins<br /><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> - Must be checked/updated in DNS <br /></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> - Make sure passwords are not default, and properly recorded </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">- Produce & print document with startup/shutdown orders</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">- Check that NFS mounts remount properly on boot <br /> - merlo, eggman, samson, mooneye </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">- Installing updated windows server VM in the cluster </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">- Install SSD's in desktops (cichlid, corydoras, corvo) </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">- Installing new parts in desktops generally </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">- Possibly moving desktops around, locations to be decided </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">### Moderate </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">- Upgrading firmware on the two working IBM x3550 M4 servers, prior to selling </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">- Getting new Cisco server configured as proxmox VM host </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">- Installing / configuring the PCIe SSD as ZFS cache drive for molmol </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">- Rebuilding mooneye into separate VMs <br /></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> - Mail server (postfix) / IMAP/POP3 server (dovecot) <br /> - Mailing lists (mailman) <br /> - DNS </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">- Uploading etckeeper repositories to central Git server [Optional] (etckeeper keeps track of configuration files on Linux, using Git as a version control backend) </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">- Moving patch cables around in the Cameron Hall comms cupboard to use separate cables for the uplink and for other clubs </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">- Move webcams to a separate VLAN (so they aren't on the clubroom network) </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">- Configuring monitoring software on clubroom machines & servers <br /></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> - This may be using LibreNMS, or other software depending on what people want to do <br /> - Temperature monitoring in the machine room </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">### Hard, definitely requiring technical expertise </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">- Upgrading bitumen's chassis (we have two spare units which may be compatible) <br /> - Bitumen is the UCC's core network switch, and taking it out will break the network completely </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">- Upgrade FreeBSD on molmol <br /> - This is urgent and will require most UCC services to be shut down </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">### Almost impossible</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">- Consolidating random nested git repositories all over UCC systems [Optional] <br /> - Some of the repositories contain stuff that shouldn't be public (like passwords), but most of them are just in weird places and contain too much junk</span></p>
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<p>If you've seen something that interests you, or you are merely keen to come down, talk to some people, and see how everything in UCC works, we hope to see you there.</p>
<p>Kind regards,</p>
<p>Grace Rosario<br />[MLG]<br />UCC Secretary</p>
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<p>-- </p>
<div class="pre" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; font-family: monospace">"[5] Do it by the book, but be the author" - Peter</div>
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