[PL #8159] Adding nodes to a private PLC

Chin Wee Yung via RT devel at planet-lab.org
Fri Nov 18 00:37:20 EST 2005


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       Requestor: wychin at i2r.a-star.edu.sg
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Hi,

just to check with you, my /home folder is empty. Should there be /home/pl_admin/.ssh/authorized_keys and /home/site_admin/.ssh/authorized_keys? Thanks.

Regards,
Bryan


----- Original Message -----
From: "gang.ding at intel.com via RT" <devel at planet-lab.org>
Date: Friday, November 18, 2005 11:19 am
Subject: RE: [PL #8159] Adding nodes to a private PLC

> Email Recipients (see http://www.planet-lab.org/Support)
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>       Requestor: wychin at i2r.a-star.edu.sg
>       Ticket Ccs: wychin at i2r.a-star.edu.sg
> 
> ==================================================
> 
> Bryan,
> 
> If you are admin or PI, you should be able to login as site_admin 
> usingthe same key. It may take longer to get access, but usually 
> you should
> make it within one day.
> 
> Gang
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: devel-community-bounces at planet-lab.org
> [devel-community-bounces at planet-lab.org] On Behalf Of Chin Wee
> Yung via RT
> Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2005 7:14 PM
> Subject: Re: [PL #8159] Adding nodes to a private PLC
> 
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>       Owner: alk
>       Requestor: wychin at i2r.a-star.edu.sg
>       Ticket Ccs: wychin at i2r.a-star.edu.sg
> 
> ==================================================
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Thank you very much. I am able to get everything working now. However,
> there is one last problem. my root account is able ssh into the node
> using "ssh -l  honeyserver_slice1 -i ~/.ssh/identity
> node1.i2r.a-star.edu.sg" as a user, but when i try "ssh -l  site_admin
> -i ~/.ssh/identity node1.i2r.a-star.edu.sg", it gives me "Permission
> denied(publickey, keyboard-interactive)" error. 
> I should be using the same identity.pub as an admin or a user rite? Or
> is there a predefined admin key in any folder? Thanks. 
> 
> Regards,
> Bryan 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Aaron Klingaman via RT <support at planet-lab.org>
> Date: Thursday, November 17, 2005 1:00 am
> Subject: Re: [PL #8159] Adding nodes to a private PLC
> 
> > Email Recipients (see http://www.planet-lab.org/Support)
> >       Owner: Nobody
> >       Requestor: wychin at i2r.a-star.edu.sg
> >       Ticket Ccs: wychin at i2r.a-star.edu.sg
> > 
> > ==================================================
> > 
> > I'm moving this email to the devel list.
> > 
> > Chin Wee Yung via RT wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > I have set up the private PLC successfully and it is running. I 
> have> > also able to install a node successfully and go to the 
> login  
> > prompt.> However, I receive an email during the installation of 
> the 
> > node> stating that  "The node node1.i2r.a-star.edu.sg failed to 
> > install> because it does not have sufficent memory". Is the 
> > hardware check
> > > bypassed by default or I need to specify  '/minhw' during the
> > > installation of the server?
> > 
> > You'll have to add /minhw to the node model, and set the node to 

> > reinstall, and restart it to initiate the reinstall. Its probably 
> > sitting in debug mode right now.
> > 
> > > I have created a new slide and assign to this node. I have also
> > > created the ssh keys as mentioned in the documentation. 
> However, 
> > when> I tried to ssh as a site_admin, I got a warning message 
> that 
> > says "
> > > the key at node1.i2r.a-star.edu.sg and 192.168.137.157(ip of
> > > node1.i2r.a-star.edu.sg) do not match. Is it because the node 
> is not
> > > installed successfully?(due to the hardware warning?)
> > 
> > Yeah, its in debug mode, and the ssh host keys changed. In fact, 
> > when 
> > you reinstall it, they will change again and you'll get this 
> > warning 
> > again. Read up on how ssh host keys are managed on your machine 
> > (not 
> > PlanetLab specific, and see 'man ssh_config').
> > 
> > > Lastly, my project is supposed to change the node so that every
> > > vserver has its own ip address instead of using safe raw 
> socket. Is
> > > this very difficult? ( tedious? need to change many files?).
> > 
> > Others on this list will have to help you here.
> > 
> > > 
> > > I really appreciate your help. Thanks.
> > > 
> > > Regards, Bryan
> > > 
> > > ----- Original Message ----- From: Aaron Klingaman via RT
> > > <support at planet-lab.org> Date: Saturday, November 12, 2005 9:49 
> > am 
> > > Subject: Re: [PL #8159] Adding nodes to a private PLC
> > > 
> > > 
> > >> Email Recipients (see http://www.planet-lab.org/Support) Owner:
> > >> Nobody Requestor: wychin at i2r.a-star.edu.sg
> > >> 
> > >> 
> > >> ==================================================
> > >> 
> > >> Currently, the hostname has to be real, and resolve to the 
> > actual 
> > >> server that was setup. Due to current limitations in the 
> software,> >> the easiest way to correct this is to reinstall the 
> server with the
> > >> correct configuration. Changes to fix this, make it easier to 
> use,> >> and better documentation are in the works.
> > >> 
> > >> Also, most discussion regarding this software occurs on the 
> > >> PlanetLab devel list: http://planet-lab.org/php/workinggroups.php
> > >> 
> > >> Aaron
> > >> 
> > >> Chin Wee Yung via RT wrote:
> > >> 
> > >>> Email Recipients (see http://www.planet-lab.org/Support) 
> > >>> Requestor: wychin at i2r.a-star.edu.sg
> > >>> 
> > >>> 
> > >>> ==================================================
> > >>> 
> > >>> Fri Nov 11 20:41:27 2005: Request 8159 was acted upon. 
> > >>> Transaction: Ticket created by wychin at i2r.a-star.edu.sg
> > >>> 
> > >>> Subject: Adding nodes to a private PLC
> > >>> 
> > >>> Hi,
> > >>> 
> > >>> I am a research staff from Institute For Infocomm Research in
> > >> 
> > >> Singapore. I am currently doing a research project based on 
> > >> PlanetLab architecture. I am trying to set up a private PLC 
> with a
> > >>  few local nodes. I have set up the private PLC successfully 
> using> >>  the PLC_box code with the default hostname testplc. 
> However, I am
> > >>  facing some problems installing nodes to the private PLC. I 
> got an
> > >>  error message  stating that the server host cannot be found 
> after> >> I inserted the boot cd built from the server bootcd_v3 
> folder. 
> > Do I
> > >>  need to create my own signed cacert.pem? How to I add nodes 
> to the
> > >>  private PLC's database?  I have searched through the 
> documentation> >>  and the architecture mailing list but have yet 
> to find any
> > >> step-by- step documentation on setting up nodes for private 
> PLC. I
> > >> really hope you can help me. I have been trying this for a couple
> > >> of days!! Thanks.
> > >> 
> > >>> Regards, Bryan
> > >>> 
> > >> 
> > >> 
> > > 
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