1 / 20

Configuration of Linux Terminal Server

Configuration of Linux Terminal Server. Group: LNS10A6 . Thebe Laxmi, Sharma Prabhakar, Patrick Appiah. Contents. Introduction to LTS Requirements Benefits Drawbacks Configuration Process Conclusion References. Introduction to LTS.

tariq
Download Presentation

Configuration of Linux Terminal Server

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Configuration of Linux Terminal Server Group: LNS10A6 Thebe Laxmi, Sharma Prabhakar, Patrick Appiah

  2. Contents • Introduction to LTS • Requirements • Benefits • Drawbacks • Configuration Process • Conclusion • References

  3. Introduction to LTS • Key technology used in Linux operating system that allows thin clients to boot from LTS server. • Thin Clients are the work stations that run few basic functions (i/o specially). • Thin Clients do not need physical storage media for booting process and no software too. • Collection of softwares turning normal GNU/Linux into terminal server • LTS server runs all the applications that are necessary for the clients to run and manage their function(heavy weightlifting, right?)

  4. Requirements Hardware Requirements Thin Client : • Processor 533 MHz • 32 MB RAM • PCI Video Card – 16Mb memory • Network Card (PXE network boot loader) • PS/2 mouse, keyboard Server: • Pentium 4 or Amd Anthlon, 3 GHz or better • 256 + (192 * Users) MB RAM • 80-120 GB hard disk or RAID system • 1 or 2 network cards • PS/2 mouse and keyboard

  5. Requirements contd.... • Softwares Following are the software requirements. • DHCP: For configuration of ip-address. • DNS server: Address resolution.(Not essential) • NTP server: Time synchronization.(Not essential) • TFTP server: For transferring the boot file. • XDMCP – opens desktop of server for clients • Port Mapper: • NFSrather than NBD (network block devices) in our case • No software in thin clients necessary.

  6. Benefits of LTS • Suitable for educational environments, and small scale business. • Low cost . • Central Administration and Management. • Security • Easy management. • Environment friendly

  7. Drawbacks • Single Point of failure. • Requirements for high server configuration. • High network load. • Unable to handle Intensive Audio/Video processes. • Latency might cause programs unresponsive.

  8. Configuration Process Following are the configuration Process: • Installation of Centos server. • Installation of LTSP –iso package. • Source : sourceforge.net/projects/ltsp • Mounted on: /mnt (mount –o loop /home/lns10a6/ltsp-4.1.0.iso /mnt) • rpm package installation: ltsp-utils(included in iso)

  9. Configuration Process contd.... Following are the configuration Process: • ltspadmin tool was run(lwpperl module should be installed) • Configure installer option was selected. • .... Next Slide =>

  10. Configuration Process contd.... Following are the configuration Process: • path name: file:///mnt (note URL format) was located. • Other options : Default

  11. Configuration Process contd... • Ltspcfg utility was launched

  12. Configuration Process contd... • After service set up: • Unmount ISO image from /mnt: umount /mnt • The configuration files of other required services are in following slides.

  13. DHCP configuration contd... • Configuration file for DHCP daemon: • DHCP listening in eth1 interface:

  14. Configuration Process contd... • NFS configuration file: what, and how you share? • Chroot /opt/ltsp contains scaled-down linux installation

  15. Configuration Process contd.. • Backbone of file transfer: linux initramfs filesystem image into RAM of thin client

  16. Configuration Process Contd.. • Host Configuration

  17. Configuration Process contd... • Hosts allowed for local services

  18. Configuration Process contd... • Multiple Client Hardware Platform support

  19. Concluding our work.... • Audio Settings Configuration was not performed. • Printer Configuration was not performed. • Understood NFS, DHCP, Portmapper, Run Level etc in brief • Last but not least, we haveLTSP server running.

  20. Thank You!! References: - [1]Available at: http://kent.dl.sourceforge.net/project/ltsp/Docs-Admin-Guide/LTSPManual.pdf . Accessed on Nov. 2010 [2]Available at: http://www.ltsp.org/ . Accessed on Nov. 2010 [3] Available at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yD0QV_Cm2w. Accessed on Nov. 2010 [4] Available at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bARxhOn3mKo&feature=related . Accessed on Nov. 2010 [5]Available at: http://www.tuxmagazine.com/node/1000133. Accessed on Nov. 2010 [6]Available at: http://sites.google.com/site/robark/vanlugmay28th2007. Accessed on Nov. 2010

More Related