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--- the_metaarray [2022/02/07 20:14] – [Executables and Packages] jquah
+++ the_metaarray [2022/02/25 05:17] – [Executables and Packages] hc9
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 The user directory structure is as follows:
-|*|/meta/initial/user|(home directory, considered private)|
+|•|/meta/initial/user|(home directory, considered private)|
-|*|/meta/www/initial/user|(web directory, considered public served via http)|
+|•|/meta/www/initial/user|(web directory, considered public served via http)|
-|*|/meta/log|(person website access log)|
+|•|/meta/log|(person website access log)|
-|*|/meta/mail/user|(user's mailbox - see the [[:configuration_changes_needed_when_using_maildir|Maildir tutorial]])|
+|•|/meta/mail/user|(user's mailbox - see the [[:configuration_changes_needed_when_using_maildir|Maildir tutorial]])|
 ===== Executables and Packages =====
-Packages on the MetaArray are managed with **pkgsrc** and **dpkg/apt-get**. Nearly any program or package can be installed by making a request on the regular nodes of the SDF cluster via the '//bboard//' REQUESTS.
+Packages on the MetaArray are managed with **pkgsrc** and **yum**. Nearly any program or package can be installed by making a request on the regular nodes of the SDF cluster via the '//bboard//' REQUESTS.
 The package directory structure is as follows:
-|  *  | /bin, /usr/bin | (apt-get repo destination directories) |
+|  •  | /bin, /usr/bin | (yum repo destination directories) |
-|  *  | /usr/pkg/bin | (pkgsrc destination directories) |
+|  •  | /usr/pkg/bin | (pkgsrc destination directories) |
-|  *  | /usr/local/bin | (MetaArray specific utilities) |
+|  •  | /usr/local/bin | (MetaArray specific utilities) |
-|  *  | /meta/sdf/bin | (compiled binaries installed by MetaARPA members) |
 ===== Services and features =====
 The MetaArray includes all features of the MetaARPA membership. However, some SDF specific utilities may not be available on the MetaArray because it is designed to be isolated from the SDF cluster. Some MetaArray specific services must be manually configured by the user.
-|*|screen, tmux|Terminal managers|
+|•|screen, tmux|Terminal managers|
-|*|mkcron|Use '//crontab -e//' to edit your crontab|
+|•|mkcron|Use '//crontab -e//' to edit your crontab|
-|*|mkhomepg|Use '//mkhomepg -t//' on the SDF Cluster to toggle website hosting 'mkhomepg' on the MetaArray will set secure perms for /meta/www|
+|•|mkhomepg|Use '//mkhomepg -t//' on the SDF Cluster to toggle website hosting 'mkhomepg' on the MetaArray will set secure perms for /meta/www|
-|*|setvmail|Put '**$LOGNAME@ma.sdf.org**' in your .forward on the SDF Cluster. Your default email address is **$LOGNAME@SDF.ORG**|
+|•|setvmail|Put '**$LOGNAME@ma.sdf.org**' in your .forward on the SDF Cluster. Your default email address is **$LOGNAME@SDF.ORG**|
-|*|webmail|Be sure to forward your mail, login via https://ma.sdf.org|
+|•|webmail|Be sure to forward your mail, login via https://ma.sdf.org|
-|*|IMAP|imap(143) and imaps(993) address is ma.sdf.org|
+|•|IMAP|imap(143) and imaps(993) address is ma.sdf.org|
-|*|X11|Connect with either ssh -X or ssh -Y to ma.sdf.org|
+|•|X11|Connect with either ssh -X or ssh -Y to ma.sdf.org|
-|*|Port forwarding|(via SSH)|
+|•|Port forwarding|(via SSH)|
-|*|startsql|MySQL database (with DBA membership)|
+|•|startsql|MySQL database (with DBA membership)|
 ===== Personal Website Hosting =====
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 * https through a self signed certificate is only available to personal URLs under *.sdf.org
+* Migrating your CGI scripts from the cluster to the MetaArray? You'll need to pay attention to the filename (only '.cgi' seems to work) and the path to the interpreter. For example, the following script will generate an actual webpage when served from the cluster, but when served from the MetaArray will prompt your browser for a location to save the script itself (first because the path to the interpreter is wrong, and second because the file extension is not recognized by nginx as needing the fastcgi module for its processing).
+  #!/usr/pkg/bin/python3.9
+  # saved as $HOME/html/my_powerful.py
+  import cgi
+  print('Content-Type:text/html')
+  print()
+  print('<!DOCTYPE html>')
+  print('<html lang="en">')
+  print('<head>')
+  print('<title>My powerful script</title>')
+  print('</head>')
+  print('<body>')
+  print('Hello, World!')
+  print('</body>')
+  print('</html>')
+To get this script to behave properly on the MetaArray, change the first line to ''#!/usr/bin/env python3.9'', and rename the file as ''my_powerful.cgi'' .
 ===== SDF Nextcloud =====