From 00cb098601ac0a9ba0ccfd89eff1fca4c3bae346 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tollef Fog Heen Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2012 22:51:41 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Write up initial decomissioning howto --- input/howto/decomission.mdwn | 15 +++++++++++++++ input/index.mdwn | 1 + 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+) create mode 100644 input/howto/decomission.mdwn diff --git a/input/howto/decomission.mdwn b/input/howto/decomission.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 0000000..fd2e6e2 --- /dev/null +++ b/input/howto/decomission.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +# Decomissioning hosts + + * Get rid of any services running on the host. + * Optional, shut down the machine, then wait a month + * Zero disks + * Revoke puppet certificate + * Remove from LDAP + * Remove from Nagios + * Remove any references from puppet configuration + * Remove references to the host from DNS files, including reverse DNS + +Three months after decomissioning: + + * Remove backups + * diff --git a/input/index.mdwn b/input/index.mdwn index a8314d9..309c92c 100644 --- a/input/index.mdwn +++ b/input/index.mdwn @@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ ticket. * [[howto/dns]] * [[howto/new-machine]]: How to setup and integrate machines into debian.org's infrastructure. +* [[howto/decomission]]: How to decomission a machine * [[howto/puppet-setup]] * [[howto/upgrade-to-lenny]] * [[howto/upgrade-to-squeeze]] -- 2.20.1