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[FredZ]

Here is an inclusion to the Debian install howto.
This is being supplied because DTC does not install on a Debian Lenny server with a base install only as described.

Assumptions:
Debian Lenny is installed with base only.
Your new Debian Lenny server is behind a NATed firewall.
Hostname=mx
Domain Name=example.com
IP=10.2.3.4
external IP=123.123.123.123
I like to set the -y option for apt-get to prevent it from asking questions.
mx:~# represents a command line action.

This error appears if you attempt to install dtc-toaster as described in the howto.

Code:

mx:~# apt-get install dtc-toaster Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree        Reading state information... Done Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable distribution that some required packages have not yet been created or been moved out of Incoming. The following information may help to resolve the situation: The following packages have unmet dependencies:   dtc-toaster: Depends: dtc-postfix-courier but it is not going to be installed E: Broken packages

This error appears if you attempt to install dtc-postfix-courier

Code:

mx:~# apt-get install dtc-postfix-courier Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree        Reading state information... Done Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable distribution that some required packages have not yet been created or been moved out of Incoming. The following information may help to resolve the situation: The following packages have unmet dependencies:   dtc-postfix-courier: Depends: postfix (>= 2.0) but it is not going to be installed                        Depends: postfix-mysql but it is not going to be installed                        Depends: postfix-tls (>= 2.0) or                                 postfix (>= 2.2.10) but it is not going to be installed E: Broken packages

New Install section from “Installing dtc-toaster”. All other procedures above this remain the same.

Code:

mx:~# apt-get install -y postfix postfix-mysql postfix-tls

Answers to questions:
OK
Internet Site
mx.example.com
The first user you created when you installed Debian. NOT root
mx.example.com, localhost.example.com, localhost.localdoamin, localhost
No

Code:

mx:~# apt-get install -y dtc-toaster

Answers to questions:
New password for the MySQL "root" user: Your root password for mysql. Make this different to your root login password for security.
Repeat password for the MySQL "root" user: Repeat the above password
Support MySQL connections from hosts running Debian "sarge" or older? No
Directory to put the output in: /var/www/webalizer (default)
Title of the reports webalizer will generate: Usage statistics for (default)
Webserver's rotated log filename: /var/log/apache/access.log.1 (default)
Enable DNSCache Option? No
Should Mailgraph start on boot? Yes
Logfile used by mailgraph: /var/log/mail.log (default)
Count incoming mail as outgoing mail? Yes
Trust new certificates from certificate authorities? Yes
OK
daemon
Select the repository closest to you
HTTP proxy information (leave blank for none): (blank)
Should clamd be notified after updates? Yes
Create directories for web-based administration? Yes
OK
Remove mlmmj lists on purge? No
Run pure-ftpd from inetd or as a standalone server: standalone
Do you want pure-ftpwho to be installed setuid root? No
Enable virtual chroots ? Yes
Backup file name for /etc/sasldb2: /var/backups/sasldb2.bak (default)
Use dtc:dtcgrp for the sbox binary? Yes
Automatically configure MySQL user? Yes
Use Cyrus mail system? No
Domain name: example.com
Use "NATed" vhosts? Yes
Primary IP address: 10.2.3.4
Main domain admin name: dtc (default). You should change this to the first domain admin for you first domain.
Main domain admin password: Your password for the user above. Be careful here as you only enter this once.
Web server to reconfigure automatically: apache2
NATed LAN IP address: 10.2.3.4

Because the install script doesn't do several things we must now reconfigure DTC before we finalise the install.

Code:

mx:~# dpkg-reconfigure dtc-postfix-courier

Automatically configure MySQL user? Yes
Mail Transfer Agent (MTA) type: postfix
Use Cyrus mail system? No
Domain name: example.com
DTC root panel subdomain: dtc (default). This can be changed to whatever you like.
Use "NATed" vhosts? Yes
NATed LAN IP address: 10.2.3.4
Primary IP address: 123.123.123.123
Path for hosted domains: /var/www/sites (default)
Path for the chroot environment template: /var/lib/dtc/chroot_template (default)
Main domain admin name: as above
Main domain admin password: as above
Generate an SSL certificate for DTC? Yes
DTC certificate passphrase: Enter a password here to protect you certificate
Country code for the DTC SSL certificate: FR (default)
City name for the DTC SSL certificate: Paris (default)
Organization name for the DTC SSL certificate: GPLHost (default)
Organizational unit for the DTC SSL certificate: no-unit (default)
Email address for the DTC SSL certificate: example@example.com (default)
DTC SSL certificate challenge password: blank (default)
Skip mknod calls when building the chroot template? No (default)
DNSBL (DNS BlackList) list: zen.spamhaus.org (default)
OK
Local address extension character: +
Subdomain name for the MX server: mx
Network devices to monitor: eth0 (default)
Allow to report anonymous statistics to GPLHost? No (default)

Code:

mx:~# nano /etc/default/saslauthd

To enable saslauthd, edit /etc/default/saslauthd and set START=yes (warning).

Code:

mx:~# /usr/share/dtc/admin/install/install

Code:

mx:~# reboot

I have replicated this procedure on a Compaq server many times over the past couple of days without failure.

The answers given above are obviously not the only answers, but they will get your server operational.

Don't forget to change the hostname, domain name and IPs to suit your own installation.

Make a note of all the logins your using and their respective passwords.
Make a note of your particular configuration should you need to reinstall your server.

Regards

Fred

[gplhost]

Hi,

There's no need to reboot like you did, and no need to edit /etc/default/saslauthd. If you set debconf priority to medium, no need to dpkg-reconfigure.

The howto on the wiki is enough and tell about all of the above. no need to write yet another one.

Thomas
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[FredZ]

Sorry to dispute your answer Thomas, but I wouldn't have gone to the effort if it wasn't needed.

To clarify.
/etc/default/saslauthd does need editing as it is not turned on within the script.
dpkg-reconfigure dtc-postfix-courier is required because when your setting up a NATed environment the script doesn't set this up properly and you need to go back and setup the IP again. I have raised that issue before.
And yes I did have to reboot as I couldn't get into the admin managaer consistently after the final setup stage. Apart from the fact that a reboot after you have finished everything is a good idea as it ensures everything is in order as starts properly during a normal startup situation.

Regards

Fred

[CrunchyToast]

To be honest, this setup does indeed work, BUT I agree with Thomas that you shouldn't need to update /etc/default/saslauthd as DTC may do it automatically in the configuration.

Also, to agree with FredZ, I did have to reboot in order to get the system to resolve.

An issue I was having with this though, is that the git version of DTC wouldn't install so I just used the main repository.

[albux]

I had exactly the same problems during two new installation (must install postfix before DTC, DTC not working at the end of the install script) i just did /etc/init.d/apache2 restart , instead of a reboot.

[CrunchyToast]

albux wrote:

i just did /etc/init.d/apache2 restart , instead of a reboot.

I suppose it could have been that easy lol. I just decided to reboot anyways. I installed it on a VM so I could see if it would even resolve before I put it on the server.

I guess we also could have waited the ten minutes for the cron to run too.

[gplhost]

Seems to me a quick "apache2ctl start" would be needed at the end of the install script.

As for writing HERE, I say it again, this forum is NOT the place to write howtos. Use the wiki, it's not read only, everyone can edit it. It just would be great if you could say here what you did in the wiki, so I can have a quick look. Note also that the wiki supports attachments. If you want to attach stuffs, just ask me privately, and I will give the password for that (the password is merely just to avoid spammers, but I don't believe a spammer will ask me for the password! ).

For the NAT, yes, you are right, a dpkg-reconfigure is needed, but that's the only case. Maybe someone can add it on the wiki?

Thomas
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[CrunchyToast]

I have added this to the Wiki. I will be making changes to it to make it look more detailed. I didn't yet do it, as it's 4AM and I have to be to work at 10AM lol.

I placed a link on the sidebar, and also a link in the DebianExpressSetup page where it is called to run apt-get install dtc-toaster.

http://dtcsupport.gplhost.com/PmWiki/DebianLenny

[gplhost]

And why exactly do you think we absolutely need TWO howtos on how to install??? This doesn't make sense, please refrain yourself doing it. One howto is enough. If things are missing in it, feel free to comment and correct.

I have deleted your entry from the sidebar, and will wait for your explanations before deleting the howto itself.

For your information, your howto misses A LOT of points that are in the original one, like for example setting-up your hostname correctly.

Thomas
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[CrunchyToast]

Like I said in my previous post: It's late and I will fix it.

Today after work I have planned to make sure everything is in the howto is put together.

[gplhost]

Which doesn't answer my question!

Why 2 howtos? Isn't one enough?

Thomas
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[albux]

I don't understand why we have to modify the install procedure for DTC ... The one describe in the wiki is really good, the issue here is that DTC since a while can't be installed by it ! don't you think it will be cleverer to modify DTC ?

[gplhost]

If you think there's an issue with the current howto, change that one, and tell about it here. There's no need to rewrite it from scratch just because of a single issue.

As for the postfix issue, it's only valid with some installation, not all. For a freshly installed VPS for example, exim4 is not there, and the setup works perfectly. Same with a full server if you don't install "Standard system" and "Desktop" in the installer, which is really not what you want to do when you setup a server.

Thomas
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[fkiernan]

Reading this post I came up with the lenny install script asking many questions not in the FreeBSD one... and I think some of them are cool to be added. Where is that install script located??

Thanks
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DTC Git on FreeBSD 8.0

[gplhost]

The install script for what Unix flavor? If this is for Debian, this is all made in the debian folder. If it's for other OS without a graphical thing, then this will be in the admin/install folder.

I saw that the above howto content has been totally removed. I wanted to highlight that I was NOT the person doing this removal. Who is it???

Thomas
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