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Beginner Information

• What is Coda? An Advanced Networked Filesystem, http://www.coda.cs.cmu.edu/.
• Does Coda work? YES. And it's best to use CVS-HEAD or 6.9.x releases.
• Is development active? YES. And with great responsivenes from Coda developers.
• Is this Wiki maintained? YES. And feel free to contribute yourself.
• Are multiple platforms supported? YES. See page SupportedPlatforms.
• Have users? YES. See Mailing lists (http://coda.cs.cmu.edu/maillists/index.html) and FreeNode IRC channel #Coda.

Quick Guides

Installation using installers supplied by Aetey Global Technologies AB (http://www.aetey.se/):

• Client Binary Installer - an easy way to set up a Coda client (if the kernel module is present)
• Server Binary Installer - an easy way to set up a Coda server

Installation using the available .deb packages

• Client Installation (.deb)
• Server Installation (.deb)

Installation from source using simple installer made for this Wiki:

• Quick Client Action - install Linux or FreeBSD Coda client and connect to an online server in no time!
• Quick Server Action - install Linux Coda server and connect to it in no time!
• Quick Kernel Module Action - compile and install the latest Linux or FreeBSD kernel module

Walk-throughs

• Dynamically add replicated server - make a new Coda server replicate an existing volume group
• Dealing with conflicts - steps to take to resolve a conflict
• What if the SCM dies (the master server) - or you need to close it down temporarily
• Application-Specific Resolution - set up the experimental ASR framework for use in Coda
• Setting up a server to work from behind a NAT

Bits and Pieces

(The material here is linked from other places and makes sense in the context, but is nevertheless listed here as standalone articles).

• Integrating source-built Coda into the system - simple and good solution to integrate /usr/local/coda into the system
• Rapid Installation of a DNS Server - 3 rapid steps to install a working DNS server
• Configure Coda without DNS - steps to take to get Coda working without a DNS service, if you insist
• A Guide to Volumes - what is volumes and how to fiddle around with them
• Access Control - a short guide to access control
• Home Directory on Coda - tips and tricks to survive and enjoy

Coda Concepts Informatively Explained

• What is all the fuss about DNS
• Why to avoid a client/server combination on the same machine
• Strong/weak connectivity estimates - how are they produced

Performance

• Small file performance - some simplified benchmarks compared against NFS and local filesystem
• Bonnie testing - running benchmarks with bonnie (triggering a few venus crashes)
• Optimizing Coda 6.x - tips on configuration parameters for setting up and optimizing Coda
• Limitations - Coda limitations

Debugging

• disconnected startup crash
• anonymous user permission denied
• firewall problems
• Common error messages
• inconsistent inode errors

Misc / Old

• Quick Start for FC4 or FC5 - short guide on building packages for Fedora Core 4 or 5

Errata

Much of the Coda documentation is currently out of date, primarily:

• The Coda HOWTO
• The Coda Administration and User Manual

Help by porting the information contained there to this Wiki, verifying and updating it along the way (possibly by preserving the general document structure).

Once the material is re-collected, we could convert it to a more serious format, such as DocBook XML.

External links

Links to external documentation or reviews.

• Introduction to Coda (2002/10) (http://linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/tutorials/4481/) - Excellent Beginner Overview (old but useful for concepts and even some client testing)

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About this wiki: Installed this wiki to simplify updating coda documentation -- Gabriel Wicke 16:53, 23 Jun 2004 (CEST)