Hi guys, been a while! Iv'e just bought a raq1 and if im honest dont really have a clue how to use it.... It's running NetBSD and so far i have figured out how to change the root password in telnet, thats about it! What i want it to do: Samba FTP Apache SQL & maybe some kind of vpn, maybe this is asking too much? If anyone knows how these monsters work, any help would be greatly appreciated! Cheers, George
Google to the rescue for quickness http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LAMP_(software_bundle) http://www.apache.org/ http://www.mysql.com/ http://www.php.net/ http://www.samba.org/ http://www.netbsd.org/docs/network/ipsec/rasvpn.html Half of what you want will be installed already, FTP for example should be.
That's fantastic, thanks alot..... Next question, does anyone know how to install stuff onto the machine..... I've heard a rumour about using the serial port?? or is it all done through telnet??
Generally you would link it to the internet via your LAN and use the NetBSD ports collection. http://www.netbsd.org/docs/software/packages.html The NetBSD handbook on netbsd.org should give you plenty of information to get started. I use FreeBSD on a daily basis, although I am by no means an expert, so feel free to ask here and I'll try and keep an eye out for further requests for info.
hmm...... i was hoping when i bought it that i could just type the IP address into my web browser like a router and it would just generally be easy to configure.... maybe not! would i be better off loading the original cobalt OS, considering i really don't have a clue about this stuff?? is it any more n00b friendly? sorry if it looks like i need spoon feeding, but i well... do
NetBSD is easy enough, although ultimately its up to you. From what I recall, the Cobalt Raqs were built around hosting and included a control panel, but if they didn't, there's no value in changing. I can definitely guide you through getting NAMP (NetBSD, Apache, MySQL, PHP) up and running. If you're going to stick with NetBSD, firstly, you mention you can telnet to it, so I assume you've got a LAN IP set up. Have you got your DNS servers in /etc/resolv.conf? If so, try and ping a domain (hey why not ping forums.bit-tech.net) to check you get name resolution. If you want a command-by-command guide let me know and I'll be more through otherwise I'll assume you know the basics of viewing/editing/locating files, and will skip over them in preference for discussing the package manager I mentioned above.
yeah that's the thing..... iv'e literally worked out how to plug it in, let it obtain an ip address and worked out how to login to it with telnet! so.. not much!
Okay cool. In that case, ping www.bit-tech.net and see if you can get on the internet first. Second, if you can't, type this: more /etc/resolv.conf And post back here.
Okay excellent. This is a searchable web interface for the pkg_add repository http://pkgsrc.se/ Broadly you will need to install apache, php, and mysql. Further than that, you may want to upgrade to SSH as telnet sends passwords in the clear. Try the following command, as root: pkg_add apache22 If this doesn't work directly, follow the steps in 4.1.2 on this page http://www.netbsd.org/docs/pkgsrc/using.html then try again. If that works, do: pkg_add php5-extensions (this is what's called a "Meta Package" in that it forces all PHP5 elements to be installed without naming them individually) pkg_add mysql5-server (this one will also install PERL which is required for most stuff on *nix anyway)