apt-get install apache2 expect cvs gcc make libc6-dev perl telnet

adduser --home /home/rancid rancid

cd /usr/src
wget ftp://ftp.shrubbery.net/pub/rancid/rancid-2.3.1.tar.gz
tar xzvf rancid-2.3.1.tar.gz
cd rancid-2.3.1
./configure -prefix=/home/rancid -localstatedir=/home/rancid/var
make install
chown -R rancid:rancid /home/rancid

vi /home/rancid/etc/rancid.conf
add a group for your units like
LIST_OF_GROUPS="hjemme"

vi /home/rancid/.cloginrc
add user * {rancid}
add password * {password_login} {password_enable}

chmod 600 .cloginrc
chown rancid:rancid .cloginrc

apt-get install apache2 expect cvs gcc make libc6-dev perl telnet

adduser --home /home/rancid rancid

cd /usr/src
wget ftp://ftp.shrubbery.net/pub/rancid/rancid-2.3.1.tar.gz
tar xzvf rancid-2.3.1.tar.gz
cd rancid-2.3.1
./configure -prefix=/home/rancid -localstatedir=/home/rancid/var
make install
chown -R rancid:rancid /home/rancid

vi /home/rancid/etc/rancid.conf
add a group for your units like
LIST_OF_GROUPS="hjemme"

vi /home/rancid/.cloginrc
add user * {rancid}
add password * {password_login} {password_enable}

chmod 600 .cloginrc
chown rancid:rancid .cloginrc

smartctl -a -d 3ware,N /dev/twa0
replace N with the number of the disk

Allways liked the idea about clustered machines.
Bought some Via Mini-Itx cards...why ? The answer is simple, atleast to me it
is. The price is ok (the most expensive part yet is the Cisco 2950, but the
plan is to replace it with 2 smaller switches:), nice power consumption, perfect
size (17x17cm), and no fan's to create noise.

The idea was to build something like this,
and a 'reallife' picture of the server now looks like this