Homerserver: ajenti, netatalk, services questions and issues

[alek66]

Hi everyone:

I am trying to get tighter my home server (again) I switched to Lubuntu since I wanted lightweight interface. I know its going to be a long post so I numbered it. I consider myself an intermediate user, and still got a lot to learn.

Here are the server specs:
-Computer-
Processor : AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3200+
Memory : 2061MB (243MB used)
Operating System : Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS
-Display-
Resolution : 1024x768 pixels
OpenGL Renderer : Unknown (I have an old 64mb nvidia, but I don't want any drivers loaded.
X11 Vendor : The X.Org Foundation
-Multimedia-
Audio Adapter : HDA-Intel - HDA VIA VT82xx
-SCSI Disks-
ATA WDC WD1200JD-22H
ATA WDC WD1600AABS-6
ATA ST380011A

Here are the apps installed:

• Transmission

• Apache2 web server

• PS3 mediaserver

• avahi

• netatalk

• vino remote desktop

• ajenti

• ftp server

• ssh server

• Zoneminder

Ajenti issue:
I installed this package this via apt-get (no problems here) it worked, until I installed a necessary python module (python-beautifulsoup, via apt-get, no problems also), after that ajenti stopped to work, when I tried to restart it, I got this:

sudo service ajenti restart
Stopping Ajenti
pidfile /var/run/ajenti.pid does not exist. Daemon not running?
Starting Ajenti

I have been googling but can't find anything about this. Please let me know what logs can I post.

Edited 20 Aug 2012:
After some work, I decided to re install ajenti, I got it work again, but as dino99 said: it is still a young app.

Time machine issues:
I configured this following this site it works fine, I can get my backups done, but every time I get this messages:


Heres my /etc/netatalk/afpd.conf (I only posted the important part, the first its all comments)

#
# CONFIGURATION FOR AFPD
# default:
# - -tcp -noddp -uamlist uams_dhx.so,uams_dhx2.so -nosavepassword
#- -transall -uamlist uams_randnum.so,uams_dhx.so -nosavepassword -advertise_ssh
- -tcp -noddp -uamlist uams_randnum.so,uams_dhx.so,uams_dhx2.so -nosavepassword

Heres my /etc/default/netatalk

# Netatalk configuration

################################################## #######################
# Global configuration
################################################## #######################

#### machine's AFPserver/AppleTalk name.
ATALK_NAME=`echo ${HOSTNAME}|cut -d. -f1`

#### server (unix) and legacy client (<= Mac OS 9) charsets
ATALK_UNIX_CHARSET='LOCALE'
ATALK_MAC_CHARSET='MAC_ROMAN'

#### Don't Edit. export the charsets, read form ENV by apps
export ATALK_UNIX_CHARSET
export ATALK_MAC_CHARSET

################################################## #######################
# AFP specific configuration
################################################## #######################

#### Set which daemons to run.
#### If you use AFP file server, run both cnid_metad and afpd.
ATALKD_RUN=no
PAPD_RUN=no
CNID_METAD_RUN=yes
AFPD_RUN=yes
TIMELORD_RUN=no
A2BOOT_RUN=no

#### maximum number of clients that can connect:
AFPD_MAX_CLIENTS=20

#### UAMs (User Authentication Modules)
#### available options: uams_dhx.so, uams_dhx2.so, uams_guest.so,
#### uams_clrtxt.so(legacy), uams_randnum.so(legacy)
#AFPD_UAMLIST="-U uams_dhx2.so,uams_clrtxt.so"

#### Set the id of the guest user when using uams_guest.so
#AFPD_GUEST=nobody

#### config for cnid_metad. Default log config:
#CNID_CONFIG="-l log_note"

################################################## #######################
# AppleTalk specific configuration (legacy)
################################################## #######################

#### Set which legacy daemons to run.
#### If you need AppleTalk, run atalkd.
#### papd, timelord and a2boot are dependent upon atalkd.
#ATALKD_RUN=no
#PAPD_RUN=no
#TIMELORD_RUN=no
#A2BOOT_RUN=no

#### Control whether the daemons are started in the background.
#### If it is dissatisfied that legacy atalkd starts slowly, set "yes".
#### In case using systemd/systemctl, this is not so significant.
#ATALK_BGROUND=no

#### Set the AppleTalk Zone name.
#### NOTE: if your zone has spaces in it, you're better off specifying
#### it in atalkd.conf
#ATALK_ZONE=@zone

Editted 22 aug 2012:
will check this link to see if I can get it fixed http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=20324

General questions:

1. I would like to get vino, transmission, and ps3media server to run as services (basically so I can monitor them via Ajenti (where I can see if the services are running, and stop/start/restart them))
   Also to get the to start at boot time. I googled it, but could find a specific way to achieve this.

1. As a matter of fact I want to see all the apps listed there as services, but I know some of them are already as services, how can I check this.

1. I have 3 disks on the server:
   -Mounted File Systems-
   /dev/sda1 / 32.59 % (73.9 GiB of 109.6 GiB)
   /dev/sdc1 /media/TimeMachine 60.94 % (29.1 GiB of 74.4 GiB)
   /dev/sdb1 /media/160 6.56 % (139.1 GiB of 148.8 GiB)
   
   SDA1 is the disk where the OS is installed.
   The other two, one is for time machine, the other as a general use. This two, are only mounted if I click on them on the GUI, I saw also they are not on the fstab:
   

   # /etc/fstab: static file system information.
   #
   # Use 'blkid' to print the universally unique identifier for a
   # device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name devices
   # that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
   #
   # <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
   proc /proc proc nodev,noexec,nosuid 0 0
   # / was on /dev/sda1 during installation
   UUID=5e94c099-d34f-45fc-b9dc-6f859dabc626 / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
   # swap was on /dev/sda5 during installation
   UUID=7f602713-1a85-4599-9767-c645ed77e978 none swap sw 0 0

   I want those two disk to be mounted at boot time, automatically, Why don't they appear in the fstab?

Ps3 media server issue:
This is the least of my issues. I can live without this, but I want to fix this kind of things.
At my ps3: I can see pictures and videos perfectly, but when I try to listen to some mp3s, I get "no tracks". There are actually tracks and I could play them via a media center attached to another tv.
At my VLC: I cant play mp3 also, movies are ok and working.

I have already checked this and the forum, but everybody points at not being in the right place on the ps3. I got mp3 playing a on media player, but could not get it on VLC and PS3.

I still don't have zone minder configured yet, since I want to try out this modules first, rest be assured I will make a post about it later.

[dino99]

you does not said why you have chosen that "ajenti" app (which is not into ubuntu archives) which is very young, so expect some warnings/errors

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ajenti

[alek66]

you does not said why you have chosen that "ajenti" app (which is not into ubuntu archives) which is very young, so expect some warnings/errors

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ajenti

Hey thanks for replying: I choose ajenti, simply because its lightweight and I like the GUI. And yes, you are corrected I added the sources

deb http://repo.ajenti.org/debian main main

And the key as mentioned in their website.

Hope I can get it to run soon.

[alek66]

Ps3 media server issue:
This is the least of my issues. I can live without this, but I want to fix this kind of things.
At my ps3: I can see pictures and videos perfectly, but when I try to listen to some mp3s, I get "no tracks". There are actually tracks and I could play them via a media center attached to another tv.
At my VLC: I cant play mp3 also, movies are ok and working.

I have already checked this and the forum, but everybody points at not being in the right place on the ps3. I got mp3 playing a on media player, but could not get it on VLC and PS3.

Updates: the mp3 on a realtek compatible mediaplayer can reproduce everything, the ps3 I found that only plays certain mp3 (depends on the vibrate of the mp3). The funny thing is that a generic media player can play everything and the ps3 not. will keep investigating.

I have 3 disks on the server:
-Mounted File Systems-
/dev/sda1 / 32.59 % (73.9 GiB of 109.6 GiB)
/dev/sdc1 /media/TimeMachine 60.94 % (29.1 GiB of 74.4 GiB)
/dev/sdb1 /media/160 6.56 % (139.1 GiB of 148.8 GiB)

SDA1 is the disk where the OS is installed.
The other two, one is for time machine, the other as a general use. This two, are only mounted if I click on them on the GUI, I saw also they are not on the fstab:
Quote:
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'blkid' to print the universally unique identifier for a
# device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name devices
# that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc nodev,noexec,nosuid 0 0
# / was on /dev/sda1 during installation
UUID=5e94c099-d34f-45fc-b9dc-6f859dabc626 / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
# swap was on /dev/sda5 during installation
UUID=7f602713-1a85-4599-9767-c645ed77e978 none swap sw 0 0
I want those two disk to be mounted at boot time, automatically, Why don't they appear in the fstab?

I updated the fstab, I added the disks to fstab with their mount point with the following options: defaults, users and got them mount at boot.


More Solved items: 30 aug 2012

I would like to get vino, transmission, and ps3media server to run as services (basically so I can monitor them via Ajenti (where I can see if the services are running, and stop/start/restart them))
Also to get the to start at boot time. I googled it, but could find a specific way to achieve this.
As a matter of fact I want to see all the apps listed there as services, but I know some of them are already as services, how can I check this.

I got to run apps as services thanks to this.

[alek66]

Netatalk time machine solved by using this:
http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=20324

[herophil322]

Anyone a idea how i can configure an ssl encryption for ajenti?
It try ist but it doesn´t work

lg