[Maintain] Instructions/how-to guide/detailed troubleshooting steps

Dawn Keenan dkeenan at uwaterloo.ca
Wed Oct 3 20:33:24 UTC 2007


Nielson, Adam wrote:
> I was just curious if anyone has any step-by-step instructions/how-to guide/troubleshooting procedures they can share or provide?
> 
> I have read the official sites documentation at http://maintainproject.osuosl.org/documentation following the installation instructions to a "T" and reading the FAQ...
> 
> I am still having the same issue when creating a subnet.

Did you follow the INSTALL document instructions (copy on the web at 
https://svn.osuosl.org/public/maintain-project/trunk/INSTALL) carefully?

> 6. First Network Setup
> 
>     * See the general use documentation for more information *
> 
>     1) Go to the Admin section and create a new IP Block for your
>        IP space.  Make sure it's enabled.

If the above is not done correctly, you won't be able to make much 
progress and would get error messages similar to the ones you have 
described.

> 
>     2) Create the first subnet within the bound of your IP Block.
>        Assign any DHCP options to this subnet (router & subnet mask)
> 
>     3) Create a Master Domain. 
>     
>     4) Edit the zone created during setup and add this new domain
>        as an allowed domain.
> 
>     5) Create a new range that fits inside your subnet.
>     
>     6) Assign this new range to your zone. 
> 
>     You should now be able to create hosts in this zone and assign them to the
>     new range and domain. 
> 


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