16 How to configure a new head node (pointyhat instance)

This section is in progress.

16.1 Configuring ports

  1. The following ports are required:

    archivers/xz
    archivers/unzip
    databases/py-pysqlite23
    databases/py-sqlalchemy
    devel/git (WITH_SVN)
    devel/py-configobj
    devel/py-setuptools
    devel/subversion-freebsd
    mail/postfix
    net/nc
    net/rsync
    security/sudo
    sysutils/ganglia-monitor-core (with GMETAD off)
    sysutils/ganglia-webfrontend (WITHOUT_X11)
    www/apache22 (with EXT_FILTER and THREADS)
    


    The following ports are suggested:

    benchmarks/bonnie++
    devel/ccache
    net/isc-dhcp41-server
    ports-mgmt/pkg_cutleaves
    ports-mgmt/pkg_tree
    ports-mgmt/portaudit
    ports-mgmt/portmaster
    shells/bash
    shells/zsh
    sysutils/screen
    sysutils/smartmontools