= Adding a server to our subversion server database =

We have a record of all servers (and many more things) [wiki:server_overview stored in subversion]. 

Please follow these steps when adding a new server.

 * [wiki:server_overview Check out the admin svn repository].
 * Create a directory in the servers directory named after the server you are creating. Name the directory using the host name, not the fully qualified domain name (fred, instead of fred.mayfirst.org)
 * Add the following
{{{
<server-name>/description: containing a brief description of the server 
<server-name>/substrate: containing one of: host, virtual, standalone
<server-name>/location: symlink to ../locations/<location> (e.g. telehouse) 
<server-name>host: if this is a virtual server, then this should be a symlink to ../servers-available/<host> (e.g. ken, bolivar)
}}}

You can see the other directories for addional ways to tag the server.
When you are done:

{{{
svn add servers/<server-name>
svn commit
}}}