configuring FC as a headless server

[Allen Winter]

On Thursday 23 September 2004 11:49 am, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> 
>    (although i'm doing this with a new FC3t2 box, i can't imagine it 
> will make a big difference from FC2).
> 
>    i want to configure my first headless server, and want to make sure 
> i do it properly so i don't hang it the first time and can never 
> recover. :-P
> 
>    installation:
>  	FC3t2
>  	X + KDE (in case i want to occasionally slap a
>  		keyboard, mouse and monitor on for convenience)
>  	all the standard GUI and cmdline admin tools
I had to drag out my monitor the other day due to reasons I explain below.

> 
>    now, to make this headless, from googling a bit, i plan on doing the 
> following:
> 
>    1) default run level of 3 
          yes
>    2) modify BIOS to ignore missing keyboard (if that's relevant here)
         I keep the keyboard and mouse plugged-in and stuffed on the floor behind the machine.
         so I don't know if this is necessary.
>    3) add "apm=off" to GRUB boot line (what about acpi?)
        I don't do this.  I don't think it is necessary personally.
> 
>    from my reading, that would seem to be sufficient.  thoughts?
> 
Some thoughts based on recent experience:
 - UPS!
 - make sure the UPS is not 7 years old with a dead battery. i.e,  regular maintenance and monitoring
 - use journaled filesystems.  that way you'll be less likely to need to drag out the Keyboard/Video/Mouse just
    to perform fsck when the system looses power (in my case I had bad UPS and a power outage.. but someone
   could kick-out the plug by mistake too)
 
Regards,
Allen