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The installed system is called Voyage Linux a Debian Linux variant. The machines had perl and Apache installed. We accessed it through ssh. We also had to install: make, dig, mail, and XML::Simple. Marco: how do patches get applied?
Installation of PingER2
Following the instructions in PingER End-to-end Reporting version 2, we logged in via ssh from SLAC to the machines located at ICTP and installed PingER2 under the /root/pinger-2.0.2 directory. There is an example of the installation here.
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After installing and testing we plan to place the first ePingER host at the University of Zambia in Lusaka, Zambia following the SCINDA/IHY meeting in Livingstone, Zambia June 2009. We requested an IP address and the name pinger.unza.zm. We also clarified how to get customs clearance and requested a formal donation letter from ICTP.
ePingER Management
Some information on this can be found in ePingER Management. We have not determined how or if to apply patches automatically.
Experiences
Marco any concerns about flash memory and repeated accesses, lifetime etc.?