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--- the_metaarray [2022/02/25 05:16] – [Executables and Packages] hc9
+++ the_metaarray [2023/01/26 00:14] – formatting simple personal server hosting peteyboy
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 ===== Executables and Packages =====
-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.
+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.
 The package directory structure is as follows:
-|  •  | /bin, /usr/bin | (yum repo destination directories) |
+|  *  | /bin, /usr/bin | (apt-get 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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 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'' .
+===== Simple Personal Server Hosting =====
+ META users can run simple servers using the port that matches their user id. You may run a simple server process on the metaarray as long as it does not circumvent a membership and is a small server "of reasonable or less foot-print". Find more detail and instructions in [[Meta Port Allocation]]
 ===== SDF Nextcloud =====