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= `carson.mayfirst.org` =

This is a dedicated domU for the purposes of controlling 8 power outlets in the telehouse rack through a baytech RPC-4 (as described in #186).  It was created in response to #755.

== Access ==

Access to `carson` is via ssh, using public-key authentication only.

`carson`'s SSH host key fingerprint is:
{{{
87:a7:f7:9c:e7:b2:5b:0d:8e:af:f9:f1:10:1e:17:22
}}}

== Creation ==

Since this is a dedicated machine with the sole purpose of running [DebianPackage:cereal], I chose to install debian `lenny` (cereal is not in `etch`).

I did a basic debootstrap-style install (similar to that of [wiki:marcos.mayfirst.org]), but i added etch to `/etc/apt/sources.list` so i could track `linux-modules-2.6.18-xen-686`, which will be needed for the `8250` module for the serial port.  I also installed `udev` to manage the creation of the device node for `/dev/ttyS1`.  This is a ridiculously heavyweight solution for a simple task, but it seems simpler to maintain (since `udev` is becoming ubiquitous).