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The benefit of running NPT over a standard install is as follows:

  • no need to recompile kernels for web100 each time
  • no need for taylor as updates are maintained by Internet2 (although time will tell if the security updates are sufficiently regular)
  • relocation of performance host trivial - pop cd into new machine and plug in the USB key - settings should be maintained
    • SLAC's reverse traceroute server run's on default on port 3765 (perhaps we should redirect to this host).

Disadvantages

  • no AFS client (yet?)
  • security strongly depends on release cycle of boot disk

Overview

This guide will look at

  • setting up a nptoolkit host
  • configuring services to suit SLAC, this specifically includes
    • syslog logging to a remote host
    • setting up the NPT server
    • Configuring ntp for SLAC's stratum servers
    • setting up bwctl servers
    • setting up owamp servers

It will also look at changing the NDT and rev-tracerouter servers to use apache2 instead of their own daemon http listeners.

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