Keith wanted to find out about blade systems (sorry knife and Snipes fans) and mapreduce, so he went and bought one. This blog chronicles the fun and pain he is going through to get his blade system up and running. It’s newest post at the top, so start at the bottom or use the peachy Archive link below. Keith is lead coder on a simulation game. Being a small outfit, he wears many hats, some at a jaunty angle. Hobbies are electronics, web tech, beer, some art and burning wood. var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-118617-14"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {}Keith's Blade AdventuresTumblr (3.0; @keithmarsh)http://bladered.com/And finally uncheck Deny TCP connections in System >...<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3o6ecMu2E1qzr5c1o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>And finally uncheck Deny TCP connections in System > Admninistration > Login Screen.  Try a reboot then on windows Start > All Programs > Xming > XLaunch and choose Fullscreen then Open Session via XDMCP then Search for Hosts and the rest to get a login screen on your CentOS box.  You may need to Alt-Tab to allow Windows Firewall to let you through.</p>http://bladered.com/post/22603648507http://bladered.com/post/22603648507Mon, 07 May 2012 21:32:36 +0100Open the ports for XDCMP, X Server and the X Font server<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3o61u4AYb1qzr5c1o1_400.png"/><br/><br/><p>Open the ports for XDCMP, X Server and the X Font server</p>http://bladered.com/post/22603162966http://bladered.com/post/22603162966Mon, 07 May 2012 21:25:00 +0100Install Xming on your Windows boxInstall Xming on your Windows box: Don’t run it, but choose XLaunch from it’s Start...http://bladered.com/post/22600155438http://bladered.com/post/22600155438Mon, 07 May 2012 20:36:00 +0100That's it!OpenQRM is up and running.  Setup next, after enabling remote login so we can ooperate lights out.http://bladered.com/post/22599881179http://bladered.com/post/22599881179Mon, 07 May 2012 20:31:18 +0100Install openQRM 4.9 on CentOS/RHEL:Install openQRM 4.9 on CentOS/RHEL:: Do what it says below the title Installation openQRM 4.9 on...http://bladered.com/post/22216891479http://bladered.com/post/22216891479Tue, 01 May 2012 23:38:00 +0100Disable SELINUX.  In Gnome, go to System > Administration...<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3d8rdgfq31qzr5c1o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Disable SELINUX.  In Gnome, go to System > Administration > SELinux Management</p>http://bladered.com/post/22220755666http://bladered.com/post/22220755666Tue, 01 May 2012 23:30:00 +0100We’re going to install OpenQRM to provision and manage a...<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3d5zrKC4H1qzr5c1o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>We’re going to install OpenQRM to provision and manage a group of servers into a private cloud.  Then we’ll try and do some stuff that may be interesting.</p>http://bladered.com/post/22216471033http://bladered.com/post/22216471033Tue, 01 May 2012 22:50:15 +0100Awww, Needs USB Key to BootIt wrote the boot record to the USB key, not the disk.  Using command grub-install /dev/sda almost...http://bladered.com/post/22215923874http://bladered.com/post/22215923874Tue, 01 May 2012 22:42:00 +0100Final step with instructions for installation<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m39lsvndpY1qzr5c1o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Final step with instructions for installation</p>http://bladered.com/post/22085795887http://bladered.com/post/22085795887Mon, 30 Apr 2012 00:41:19 +0100Next step<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m39ls7Od2n1qzr5c1o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Next step</p>http://bladered.com/post/22085767202http://bladered.com/post/22085767202Mon, 30 Apr 2012 00:40:55 +0100To install an OS without a DVD drive, I used ISO2USB for...<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m38vzgxtkb1qzr5c1o1_r2_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>To install an OS without a DVD drive, I used ISO2USB for Windows.  See the following Pics</p>http://bladered.com/post/22048149844http://bladered.com/post/22048149844Sun, 29 Apr 2012 15:23:00 +0100I’m using a Firebox X15 as a router to keep this on a...<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m38v7eScpZ1qzr5c1o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I’m using a Firebox X15 as a router to keep this on a separate network to my home network because OpenQRM needs to be a DHCP server.  The Firebox is blocking packets on large downloads and I need to replace it.  The external network is connected through a Comtrend PowerGrid 9020.  They’re great. </p>http://bladered.com/post/22047387911http://bladered.com/post/22047387911Sun, 29 Apr 2012 14:55:00 +0100HpmicroserveropenqrmFresh Start with OpenQRMHello again.  I&#8217;m starting anew.  I&#8217;ve got an HP MicroServer and on that I&#8217;m going...http://bladered.com/post/22047336695http://bladered.com/post/22047336695Sun, 29 Apr 2012 14:45:00 +0100bladecloudprovisionOracle is Plop.Oracle&#8217;s download servers were down for 48 hours.  Very professional and reassuring. When I...http://bladered.com/post/569356861http://bladered.com/post/569356861Tue, 04 May 2010 00:50:42 +0100DISK CRASH!The PC I was setting up as a Spacewalk has died with a disk failure.  Arse biscuits. Start again....http://bladered.com/post/569345036http://bladered.com/post/569345036Mon, 19 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100SpacewalkSpacewalk: I’ve learnt provisioning.  It’s boring.  I’ve learnt PXE, DHCP,...http://bladered.com/post/496637263http://bladered.com/post/496637263Sun, 04 Apr 2010 23:43:43 +0100spacewalkprovisioninglinuxserverpxedhcpkickstartdnscentosHere’s the cool part of iLo - you get to see the console...<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kzv29xh7cy1qzr5c1o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Here’s the cool part of iLo - you get to see the console booting up but in a web page.  There’s also another tool that lets you mount a disk image .iso as a CD drive on the blade remotely.  This allows you to do an operating system install remotely. \o/</p> <p>I’ve got PXE booting and installation almost working (god that’s not fun - I won’t elaborate - just read the <a title="PXE" target="_blank" href="http://www.centos.org/docs/5/html/5.2/Installation_Guide/ch-pxe.html">fun manual</a>) only it says it can’t find the kickstart file when it is DEFINITELY THERE!</p> <p>I’ve got a Centos machine VMed on my Windows 7 machine in the sitting room.  That’s running DHCP, TFTPD etc.  I’m VNCed into that from my netbook in bed.  Lazy admin.</p>http://bladered.com/post/473435069http://bladered.com/post/473435069Thu, 25 Mar 2010 23:22:45 +0000iLOPXEDHCPTFTPDVNCServers ArrivedThe three new servers arrived.  Spent the evening trying to discover the static IPs they were...http://bladered.com/post/469923651http://bladered.com/post/469923651Tue, 23 Mar 2010 21:00:00 +0000amazonchefcloudec2eucalyptusopscodekickstartI Bought Three More Blade Servers4&#160;GB, no disks (got some spare from an old work server), dual 3.2GHz processors.  £130 for all...http://bladered.com/post/466584375http://bladered.com/post/466584375Mon, 22 Mar 2010 23:23:00 +0000HPBL20pBladep-ClassTalking to the Deaf, Dumb and Blind BladeSo imagine you remove the keyboard, screen, floppy and CD or DVD from your PC.  And you&#8217;ve got...http://bladered.com/post/466808506http://bladered.com/post/466808506Sun, 21 Mar 2010 20:00:00 +0000