Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2002 21:37:36 -0500 From: "Kevin Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <kdk@daleco.biz> To: "Mark Filipak" <filipak@earthlink.net> Cc: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Mark asks: How should I partition/slice for appliance? Message-ID: <00e601c1e9a6$aa486a40$66e2910c@daleco> References: <3CC36F6A.1F917E56@earthlink.net>
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From: "Mark Filipak" <filipak@earthlink.net> To: "freebsd-questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2002 9:03 PM Subject: Mark asks: How should I partition/slice for appliance? > Howdy All! Hello... > > I'm about to istall 4.5 on another box. While I use the other box, email is not accessable (until I'm successful that is). > > I've looked at the "FreeBSD Handbook" and it doesn't have help for building an appliance. Here's the particulars: > If you mean 'assembling a 'puter, I guess you're right. Read up! > gateway + firewall + mail-server + www-server + ftp-server + LAN file server. > Gateway and Firewall are discussed in the handbook. So is sendmail, to some extent. It will be in 4.5-REL, you will just have to edit /etc/inetd.conf to enable it (hint: remove the # that comments out the command) FTP Daemon is already ready to go. Once again, enable in inetd.conf. Don't set up as anonymous unless you REALLY have to AND, and I say AND your have READ THOROUGHLY about this. Somebody out there (CERT, I think) has written about the seperate inbound-outbound directory/permissions setup that should be used for anon. FTP. > 2 ethernet cards > #1 - connects to my wintel box. PPPoE? I don't think so... > #2 - connects to this building's gateway. PPPoE for this too? Ask your "building gateway admin". Ethernet doesn't require PPP, generally. Some cable modem companies use it, I *think*. (Not the one I deal with....) > > Memory: 24 MB > Disk: 840 MB > Seems small for such a job, but should work. > Emphasis: This is just to be an appliance. CLI only. LAN interface for configuration, account management, etc. via cgi. > > What are your recommendations for the sizes of: > > / 48 MB min. > (swap) 48 MB min. I'd see if I could squeeze more. > /var Depends on how much FTP will need and how email will be used. The FTP dirs and the message queue are usually under /var in v4 FBSD.. > /tmp I don't create one specifically. > /usr -- I know... the rest of the disk, right? Yep. Especially for content rich web servers. > > What are your recommendations for these: > > gateway > firewall > mail server (sendmail? or something else?) Start with sendmail. It's there. > www server (apache?) Yep. www.apache.org or use ports > ftp server Base system for now. > LAN file server (samba?) S'pose. Haven't tackled samba yet. > > Note: Sendmail, apache, and samba are just words to me until I gain some > experience. Don't assume that because I know the words, I know what I'm > talking about. > Same here. Used sendmail for a while, and run apache. Mostly I let them run themselves and act paranoid about log reading and security in general. > This appliance will mainly act as a firewall, and www host (fixed ip), and as a backup for my wintel box (and vice versa). > > I'm a raw newbie (but pretty nubile 8^). > > I will be standing by for 20 minutes and then... it's off to UNIX-land to > do an install based on my best guess and any help I get beforehand. Thanks for any help/advice you can give. > You're welcom. > Ciao -- Mark > -- Bye now. Kevin Kinsey To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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