Administration Manual

This document provides guidance on installation, operation and maintenance of the system.

Target audience

System administrators, customer support

Purpose

Making the system work and keeping it operational (installation, configuration, customization, maintanance), setting automated tasks, being aware of the tools for manual intervention.

Prerequisites

To understand this manual, you should already be familiar with the general features and the architecture of the system.

The procedures of this manual expect at least basic experience in the usual tasks of a Un*x/Linux-like environment.

Terms & definitions

Terms and definitions can be found in the glossary.

Chapters

• 1. Installation
  • 1.1. System requirements
  • 1.2. Installation on Ubuntu
  • 1.3. Setting timezone in PostgreSQL
  • 1.4. System initialization
  • 1.5. Testing the installation
• 2. Configuration
  • 2.1. Security notice
  • 2.2. Executables
  • 2.3. Database tables
  • 2.4. Contact information disclosure
  • 2.5. AuthInfo TTL
• 3. Registry initialization
  • 3.1. Preparing a zone
  • 3.2. Preparing registrars
  • 3.3. Preparing billing
  • 3.4. Setting parameters in the database
• 4. Periodic tasks
  • 4.1. Zone file generation
  • 4.2. Administration of registrable objects
  • 4.3. Communication
  • 4.4. Registrars
  • 4.5. Invoicing
  • 4.6. Annual contact reminder
  • 4.7. Collect statistics ^CZ-specific
• 5. Administrative tasks
  • 5.1. Manage users and permissions
  • 5.2. Registrar administration
  • 5.3. Objects administration
  • 5.4. Database search
  • 5.5. Viewing history
• 6. Maintenance
  • 6.1. Maintained dynamic data
  • 6.2. Databases
  • 6.3. Managed files
  • 6.4. Syslog data
  • 6.5. Upgrading
• 7. Customization
  • 7.1. Customizing public web interface
  • 7.2. Customizing email templates
  • 7.3. Customizing state-change notifications
  • 7.4. Customizing PDF templates
  • 7.5. Localization
• 8. Appendixes
  • 8.1. Dependencies Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
  • 8.2. Email Parameters Reference