Here is What I am doing

1)echo "base" > /etc/hostname
hostname -F /etc/hostname

2)If it exists, edit the file /etc/default/dhcpcd to comment out the "SET_HOSTNAME" directive:
File excerpt:/etc/default/dhcpcd

#SET_HOSTNAME='yes'

3)
File:/etc/hosts

127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
12.34.56.78 base.thecenterofthenet.com base

4) DNS MAnager
MX records
base.thecenterofthenet.com 1 Default Edit | Remove

5)
A/AAAA Records
173.255.219.45 Default Edit | Remove
base 173.255.219.45 Default Edit | Remove
* 173.255.219.45 Default Edit | Remove

6)
Xenify Distro Yes Helps maintain correct inittab/upstart console device
Disable updatedb Yes Disables updatedb cron job to avoid disk thrashing
modules.dep Helper Yes Creates a modules dependency file for the kernel you run
Automount devtmpfs Yes Controls if pv_ops kernels automount devtmpfs at boot

please tell me if i have done something wrong....

Comments

omega8cc’s picture

omega8cc commented
Title: Requirements for setting up Linode host DNS to be Compatibel with Barracuda/debian 6 / step by step.. whats wrong with this pict » Barracuda on Linode
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omega8cc commented

1. You shouldn't do that.
2. Barracuda (head) does that for you.
3. You shouldn't do that.
4,5,6. No idea, you only need properly configured DNS entries.

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AntiNSA commented

FYI
I never had to do #1,2 and 3 untill recently, last 2 head releases. Lots of verify problems. Only doing that allowed me to install Barraccuda and verify again.

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omega8cc commented
Status: Active » Closed (cannot reproduce)

We are testing Barracuda on Linode almost daily, a few times, and we never had any such issues - we tested Lenny, Lucid, Squeeze, Maverick and Natty.

We use remote DNS server however and simply use defined subdomain as a hostname.

It just works, no extra config is required in the Linode panel or on the server.

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AntiNSA commented

if you are testing it daily on linode, can you give me the exact process of how you set your hostname, or how it differs to the process I am using?

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omega8cc commented

We are using standard Barracuda configuration to set server hostname. We run Barracuda on freshly provisioned Linode - without touching the system at all, as recommended in the docs/readme/comments, so we simply define:

_MY_OWNIP=
_MY_HOSTN=
_MY_FRONT=

And then run Barracuda. That is all.

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cjboranp commented

Sorry if I need clarification, but I too am installing on linode.

Based on the LEMP guide it suggests that we do in fact set a hostname (http://library.linode.com/lemp-guides/ubuntu-11.10-oneiric)

Does this mean all we have to do is choose the flavour of Linux, and the script will configure the hostname and front for us?

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omega8cc commented

@cjboranp I believe your question is answered in #6 above.