SquidNet Linux Installation Guide

This document provides instructions for installing the SquidNet software on Linux systems. It describes requirements like supported distributions and necessary ports. The instructions explain how to configure the hostname, install dependencies, extract the installation file and start the daemon. Uninstalling removes files from the installation directory.

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SquidNet

Network Render Manager

LINUX Installation Guide

Version 1.2
January 31, 2012

This document is published by SquidNet Software, Inc.

 2009, SquidNet Software, Inc. All rights reserved.
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Table of Contents
ABOUT THIS DOCUMENT: ..................................................................................................................... 2
1 INSTRUCTIONS ................................................................................................................................ 1
1.1 REQUIREMENTS ................................................................................................................................ 1
1.2 FIREWALL ......................................................................................................................................... 1
1.3 HOSTNAME LOOKUP .......................................................................................................................... 1
1.4 SMC CONSOLE ................................................................................................................................. 2
1.5 SYSTEM DEPENDENCIES.................................................................................................................... 2
1.6 INSTALL ............................................................................................................................................ 2
1.7 UNINSTALL ....................................................................................................................................... 2

This document is published by SquidNet Software, Inc.

 2009, SquidNet Software, Inc. All rights reserved.
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About this document:

This manual will describe the SquidNet installation on a Linux Operating System. It’s assumed that the
reader is familiar with basic operating system, administrative and networking terms.

For any suggestions or comments, feel free to contact us; contact information can be found in the Help
menu in the SMC console and on our website at http://www.squidnetsoftware.com.

This document is published by SquidNet Software, Inc.

 2009, SquidNet Software, Inc. All rights reserved.
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1 Instructions
1.1 Requirements
For Linux, SquidNet supports a majority of the more popular 32/64 bit distributions.

Please make sure that your system is up to date with the latest application packages and security updates
before starting this procedure.

1.2 Firewall
*** IMPORTANT ***
The squidnetd daemon uses the following network ports:

 TCP 17394
 UDP 17395
 UDP 17396

Please make sure you open these ports up in your firewall ("Other Ports") and also make sure that the
local interface (eth*) is marked as trusted in the Trusted Interfaces page. Not doing so will cause tipnode
detection issues.

1.3 Hostname lookup

*** IMPORTANT ***
Please make sure that your Linux system has the proper hostname name setup so that when a hostname
lookup is made the correct network IP address is returned.

For Debian based distributions:

 Add you hostname to “/etc/hostname”
 Execute “/etc/init.d/hostname.sh start” (or reboot)

For RedHat based distributions:

 Edit “/etc/sysconfig/network”
 Execute “/etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit” (or reboot).

Alternativily, but not recommended, you can edit your /etc/hosts file to include the hostname and IP
address. If the hostname of your node is not present in /etc/hosts, SquidNet will use the IP address assigned
to network interface “eth0”.

Tipnode name setup in /etc/hosts file.

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1.4 SMC Console

Because the SMC console only runs on WINDOWS, you’ll need to install the WINDOWS version of
SquidNet on a WINDOWS host. There’s no equivalent GUI that runs on Linux.

1.5 System Dependencies

SquidNet has a few operating system packages that must installed. Depending on your distribution, do the
following:

For RedHat (Fedora, etc...) distributions, do the following:

> sudo yum install ethtool

For Debien (Ubuntu, etc...) distributions, do the following:

> sudo apt-get install ethtool

if using 64-Bit Linux, do:

> sudo apt-get install ethtool ia32-libs

1.6 Install
The SquidNet installation is done with a simple tarball. You must be logged into a “root” account to
execute the following procedures:

64-Bit Distribution Note: When installing SquidNet on a 64-bit Linux Operating System, you must install
the 32-bit libraries beforehand. For example, on debian-based systems you can install the 32-bit libraries
using the following command:

>> sudo apt-get install ethtool ia32-libs

 Make sure you have the latest version of the Linux SquidNet installer available. Always check the
website for the latest updates.
 Open up a terminal and make sure you have "sudo" root access.
 Execute the following commands: