Internal GCManage Server Setup

Preparation

• Verify requirements
  • Two IP addresses
• Do an apt-get update and dist-upgrade before doing anything.

Install GCManage Release

• Upload latest production release from buildmgr
• untar release and run install-gcmanage script as root
  • While installing, check out the subnet allocation spreadsheet and add new unique subnets for client and management VPNs. We'll refer to these later.
• When postfix prompts for server type, choose Satellite option and gcmmail.grandcare.com as the SMTP relay.
• Eventually you will be prompted for SSL certificate information. Details here are not important (self-signed cert).

Finalize GCManage Installation

• Turn off GCManage maintenance mode
• Upload latest Como production full installer
• Create and set default distributor under settings
• Make changes to /var/gcmanage/etc/gcmanage.ini including SMS provider credentials

Post GCM Install Tasks

Configure OpenVPN

• Edit /etc/openvpn/server-*.conf.
  • Change the local value with the secondary IP address and the server subnet. Increment each subnet per config.
• Edit /etc/openvpn/management.conf
  • Change the local value with the secondary IP address and the server subnet to the next available management subnet.
  • Also change the route pushed to the subnet covering the four client subnets

# example
push "route 10.100.32.0 255.255.252.0"

• Edit /etc/openvpn/ClientCA/keys/000-client.conf and make changes to the remote hostname if necessary. Usually vpn01.foobar.com.
• Restart openvpn and verify tun0 through tun4 interfaces are UP.
• Edit /var/gcmanage/etc/vpn.ini

Configure and test postfix

Refer to docs: Configuring Postfix

Install Apache SSL Cert

Refer to docs: Installing Apache SSL Certs

Configure Backup

Refer to docs: Configuring BackupPC Client

Finalize GCManage Installation

• Turn off GCManage maintenance mode
• Upload latest Como production full installer
• Create and set default distributor under settings
• Make changes to /var/gcmanage/etc/gcmanage.ini including SMS provider credentials

Document Sensitive Data

• Create a new entry in the password store with login credentials
  • Attach /etc/openvpn/ClientCA/*.key files
  • Attach /var/gcmanage/etc/gnupg
  • Attach any Apache SSL keys

Setup Munin Monitoring

Refer to docs: Configuring munin-node

Setup MySQL Replication

If reporting is necessary, refer to docs: GCProtected::MySQL_Replication