User contributions for Paul Blankenbaker

07:0107:01, 23 September 2009 diff hist +1,030‎ N Overview ‎ New page: This Wiki offers a means where users of the '''Network Security Toolkit''' ('''NST''') can ask questions, share experiences, and offer advice in regards to the use of the '''NST''' distri...
06:5706:57, 23 September 2009 diff hist +59‎ Update/Add Manifest and Release Links ‎No edit summary
06:5606:56, 23 September 2009 diff hist +398‎ N Update/Add Manifest and Release Links ‎ New page: As we've created a new release, you should review links that are release related. Within the HTML documentation, you can locate the release related links by examining: * The links on the ...
06:5206:52, 23 September 2009 diff hist +131‎ Producing A Release ‎No edit summary
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06:3306:33, 23 September 2009 diff hist +1,034‎ N Update Release Notes ‎ New page: The release notes at SourceForge will need to be created and or updated. In general, this involves the following: * Create the file: "''src/sf/sf-release-notes-${VERSION}.html''" (copy an...
06:1906:19, 23 September 2009 diff hist +983‎ N Build Release PDFs ‎ New page: If you plan on including a snapshot of the documentation available its PDF form, you can invoke the following command: [root@nst-dev-32 repo]# make release-pdfs ... Takes quite a bit ...
06:1106:11, 23 September 2009 diff hist +2,195‎ N Build Release Documents ‎ New page: Once you've verified that the new distribution looks good and you've checked in the XML release files, you are ready to build a snapshot of the documentation at the time of release. Since ...
05:5805:58, 23 September 2009 diff hist +148‎ Manual Package Updates ‎No edit summary

12:3712:37, 22 September 2009 diff hist +492‎ Update Release Information in the Menus ‎No edit summary
12:0812:08, 22 September 2009 diff hist +242‎ Update Release Information in the Menus ‎No edit summary
11:5311:53, 22 September 2009 diff hist +212‎ N Update Release Information in the Menus ‎ New page: You will need to update the files: "''menu/applications/release.apps.xml''" and "''menu/groups/release.group.xml''" for the new release. You will need to add the new release manifest, and ...
11:4811:48, 22 September 2009 diff hist +2,290‎ N Update RELEASE ‎ New page: Update RELEASE You should immediately inspect/change the value of the RELEASE, RELEASE_LAST, RELEASE_LAST_PREV and RELEASE_NEXT variables at the top of the include/data/configure.in scrip...
09:0409:04, 22 September 2009 diff hist +757‎ N Build and Upload NST Virtual Machine ‎ New page: Use the following guidelines when building the NST Virtual Machine file: "''nst-vm-${VERSION}.${HWARCH}.zip''": * Extract the VMware configuration ZIP file ''nst-vm-live-${VERSION}.${HWAR...
08:4508:45, 22 September 2009 diff hist +1,259‎ Transfer to SourceForge ‎No edit summary
08:0808:08, 22 September 2009 diff hist +1,488‎ N Boot Release ‎ New page: It is recommended that you burn and boot from any ISO images PRIOR to uploading them to SourceForge. If you've followed all of the steps in the release guide, they should work flawlessly. ...
06:0806:08, 22 September 2009 diff hist +1,796‎ N Check Release Information ‎ New page: After a creating a release, you should find the following set of files (all paths are shown relative to the directory where you originally invoked make release): ; nst-${VERSION}/nst-${VE...

18:3918:39, 21 September 2009 diff hist +818‎ N Build The Manifest ‎ New page: * Boot the current build of the NST ISO image. * Use the ''make manifest HOST=IP'' to generate the current manifest. * Commit the updated manifest file. * Force the ''nstwui'', ''nstmen...
18:3218:32, 21 September 2009 diff hist −3‎ Producing A Release ‎No edit summary

19:4019:40, 20 September 2009 diff hist +164‎ N Build and Update the Yum Repository ‎ New page: Before building the ISO release image, run the following command to make sure the NST yum repository is up to date. [root@nst-dev-32 repo]# make repo-build-upload
19:3819:38, 20 September 2009 diff hist +222‎ Producing A Release ‎No edit summary
19:2719:27, 20 September 2009 diff hist +490‎ Build Initial Release Set ‎No edit summary
10:4810:48, 20 September 2009 diff hist +773‎ N Build Initial Release Set ‎ New page: Use the make release to produce a source tarball of the files making up the release and the '''ISO''' image. These are the two files which will be released to the world at large and produc...
10:4310:43, 20 September 2009 diff hist +217‎ N Tag Source For Release ‎ New page: Use the ''make release-tag'' command to tag (or re-tag) all of the files for the release. [root@nst-dev-32 repo]# make release-tag ... lots of CVS messages - may pause several times ....
10:4210:42, 20 September 2009 diff hist +416‎ N Commit All Source ‎ New page: Make sure that you invoke ''nstcvs commit'' to verify that all modifications are checked in. [root@nst-dev-32 repo]# nstcvs commit cvs commit: Examining . ... lots of CVS "Examining...
10:4010:40, 20 September 2009 diff hist +10‎ Review Default Configuration ‎No edit summary current
10:3910:39, 20 September 2009 diff hist +402‎ N Check The RELEASE Values ‎ New page: Check the values of the ''RELEASE'', ''RELEASE_LAST'' and ''RELEASE_NEXT'' variables found near the top of the root '''include/data/configure.in''' script. Just to be safe, invoke configu...
10:3810:38, 20 September 2009 diff hist +258‎ N Review Default Configuration ‎ New page: Review and update the '''include/dist/configure.sh''' file. Ideally, it will have a minimum number of variables set which means that the most of the default settings will come from the '''...
10:3610:36, 20 September 2009 diff hist +251‎ N Update The Welcome Page ‎ New page: It is a good idea to update and commit the '''html/welcome.html''' file with a news entry about the release. If you take the time to do this step now, then anyone who checks out the releas...
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10:3410:34, 20 September 2009 diff hist +363‎ Manual Package Updates ‎ →‎Packages Which Have Updates
10:2910:29, 20 September 2009 diff hist −6‎ Do a Sanity Check ‎ →‎Update/Commit
10:2410:24, 20 September 2009 diff hist +1,463‎ N Do a Sanity Check ‎ New page: Prior to creating a release, one should perform the following sanity checks. Note: In order to perform all of the sanity checks, you will need BOTH your NST development system and a runni...
09:5409:54, 20 September 2009 diff hist +488‎ N Manual Package Updates ‎ New page: Currently, there are no packages which have "add-ons" which need to be manually updated. = Packages Which Have Updates = * The clamav package should ship with the latest signatures (this...
09:4809:48, 20 September 2009 diff hist +875‎ N Producing A Release ‎ New page: The following lists the steps involved in preparing a new release of the NST. * Manual Package Updates * Update html/welcome.html * Do a Sanity Check * [[Review include/dis...