Master Controller/Operating System

debian / Raspberry Pi setup

• Set the timezone if necessary
  • dpkg-reconfigure tzdata

Second ethernet interface

If installed, edit /etc/network/interfaces along the lines of:

auto lo

iface lo inet loopback

auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
        address my.internal.ip.address
        netmask 255.255.255.0

allow-hotplug wlan0
iface wlan0 inet manual
wpa-roam /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
iface default inet dhcp

# JMH - External interface. Could be dhcp
auto eth1
iface eth1 inet static
        address my.external.ip.address
        netmask 255.255.255.224
        gateway my.external.gateway.ip

and edit /etc/default/ifplugd as follows:

#INTERFACES="auto"
INTERFACES="eth1"
#HOTPLUG_INTERFACES="all"
HOTPLUG_INTERFACES="eth1"

Package Installation

For Debian:

• apt-get install mysql-server xinetd libdevice-serialport-perl libclass-dbi-mysql-perl libnet-ldap-perl
  • New password for MySQL root user: ****
• If running MySQL server on same machine as esctl, edit /etc/mysql/my.cnf and comment out "bind-address = 127.0.0.1" line

For Red Hat / CentOS:

• yum install xinetd perl-LDAP perl-DBD-MySQL perl-Sys-Syslog mysql-server

And if installing from a minimal CentOS7 build:

• chkconfig sshd on; chkconfig network on; chkconfig xinetd on

Firewall configuration

For Red Hat / CentOS 7:

• firewall-cmd --permanent --zone=public --add-port=12001/tcp
• firewall-cmd --reload