[pmg-devel] [PATCH docs] pmgcm: typos, grammar and rephrasing fixups
Aaron Lauterer
a.lauterer at proxmox.com
Thu Apr 23 13:39:52 CEST 2020
LGTM
Reviewed-By: Aaron Lauterer <a.lauterer at proxmox.com>
On 4/23/20 10:38 AM, Oguz Bektas wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Oguz Bektas <o.bektas at proxmox.com>
> ---
> pmgcm.adoc | 45 ++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------------
> 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/pmgcm.adoc b/pmgcm.adoc
> index 76bfcd3..8cfdb31 100644
> --- a/pmgcm.adoc
> +++ b/pmgcm.adoc
> @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ failures in email systems are just not acceptable. To meet these
> requirements we developed the Proxmox HA (High Availability) Cluster.
>
> The {pmg} HA Cluster consists of a master and several slave nodes
> -(minimum one node). Configuration is done on the master. Configuration
> +(minimum one slave node). Configuration is done on the master. Configuration
> and data is synchronized to all cluster nodes over a VPN tunnel. This
> provides the following advantages:
>
> @@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ provides the following advantages:
> * high performance
>
> We use a unique application level clustering scheme, which provides
> -extremely good performance. Special considerations where taken to make
> -management as easy as possible. Complete Cluster setup is done within
> +extremely good performance. Special considerations were taken to make
> +management as easy as possible. Complete cluster setup is done within
s/Complete/A complete/
> minutes, and nodes automatically reintegrate after temporary failures
> without any operator interaction.
>
> @@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ The HA Cluster can also run in virtualized environments.
> Subscriptions
> -------------
>
> -Each host in a cluster has its own subscription. If you want support
> +Each node in a cluster has its own subscription. If you want support
> for a cluster, each cluster node needs to have a valid
> subscription. All nodes must have the same subscription level.
>
> @@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ second node is used as quarantine host, and only provides the web
> interface to the user quarantine.
>
> The normal mail delivery process looks up DNS Mail Exchange (`MX`)
> -records to determine the destination host. A `MX` record tells the
> +records to determine the destination host. An `MX` record tells the
> sending system where to deliver mail for a certain domain. It is also
> possible to have several `MX` records for a single domain, they can have
> different priorities. For example, our `MX` record looks like that:
> @@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ proxmox.com. 22879 IN MX 10 mail.proxmox.com.
> mail.proxmox.com. 22879 IN A 213.129.239.114
> ----
>
> -Please notice that there is one single `MX` record for the Domain
> +Notice that there is a single `MX` record for the domain
> `proxmox.com`, pointing to `mail.proxmox.com`. The `dig` command
> automatically puts out the corresponding address record if it
> exists. In our case it points to `213.129.239.114`. The priority of
> @@ -124,28 +124,28 @@ server (mail.provider.tld) if the primary server (mail.proxmox.com) is
> not available.
>
> NOTE: Any reasonable mail server retries mail delivery if the target
> -server is not available, i.e. {pmg} stores mail and retries delivery
> -for up to one week. So you will not lose mail if your mail server is
> +server is not available, and {pmg} stores mail and retries delivery
> +for up to one week. So you will not lose mails if your mail server is
> down, even if you run a single server setup.
>
>
> Load balancing with `MX` records
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> -Using your ISPs mail server is not always a good idea, because many
> +Using your ISP's mail server is not always a good idea, because many
> ISPs do not use advanced spam prevention techniques, or do not filter
> -SPAM at all. It is often better to run a second server yourself to
> +spam at all. It is often better to run a second server yourself to
> avoid lower spam detection rates.
>
> -Anyways, it’s quite simple to set up a high performance load balanced
> -mail cluster using `MX` records. You just need to define two `MX` records
> +It’s quite simple to set up a high performance load balanced
> +mail cluster using `MX` records. You need to define two `MX` records
> with the same priority. Here is a complete example to make it clearer.
>
> First, you need to have at least 2 working {pmg} servers
> (mail1.example.com and mail2.example.com) configured as cluster (see
> section xref:pmg_cluster_administration[Cluster administration]
> below), each having its own IP address. Let us assume the following
> -addresses (DNS address records):
> +DNS address records:
>
> ----
> mail1.example.com. 22879 IN A 1.2.3.4
> @@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ mail2.example.com. 22879 IN A 1.2.3.5
>
> It is always a good idea to add reverse lookup entries (PTR
> records) for those hosts. Many email systems nowadays reject mails
> -from hosts without valid PTR records. Then you need to define your `MX`
> +from hosts without valid PTR records. Then you need to define your `MX`
> records:
>
> ----
> @@ -162,9 +162,8 @@ example.com. 22879 IN MX 10 mail1.example.com.
> example.com. 22879 IN MX 10 mail2.example.com.
> ----
>
> -This is all you need. You will receive mails on both hosts, more or
> -less load-balanced using round-robin scheduling. If one host fails the
> -other one is used.
> +This is all you need. You will receive mails on both hosts, load-balanced using
> +round-robin scheduling. If one host fails the other one is used.
>
>
> Other ways
> @@ -173,7 +172,7 @@ Other ways
> Multiple address records
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> -Using several DNS `MX` records is sometimes clumsy if you have many
> +Using several DNS `MX` records is sometimes tedious if you have many
> domains. It is also possible to use one `MX` record per domain, but
> multiple address records:
>
> @@ -195,9 +194,9 @@ using DNAT. See your firewall manual for more details.
> Cluster administration
> ----------------------
>
> -Cluster administration can be done on the GUI or using the command
> +Cluster administration can be done in the GUI or by using the command
> line utility `pmgcm`. The CLI tool is a bit more verbose, so we suggest
> -to use that if you run into problems.
> +to use that if you run into any problems.
>
> NOTE: Always setup the IP configuration before adding a node to the
> cluster. IP address, network mask, gateway address and hostname can’t
> @@ -243,8 +242,8 @@ Adding Cluster Nodes
>
> [thumbnail="pmg-gui-cluster-join.png", big=1]
>
> -When you add a new node to a cluster (using `join`) all data on that node is
> -destroyed. The whole database is initialized with cluster data from
> +When you add a new node to a cluster (using `join`), all data on that node is
> +destroyed. The whole database is initialized with the cluster data from
> the master.
>
> * make sure you have the right IP configuration
> @@ -257,7 +256,7 @@ pmgcm join <master_ip>
>
> You need to enter the root password of the master host when asked for
> a password. When joining a cluster using the GUI, you also need to
> -enter the 'fingerprint' of the master node. You get that information
> +enter the 'fingerprint' of the master node. You can get that information
> by pressing the `Add` button on the master node.
>
> CAUTION: Node initialization deletes all existing databases, stops and
>
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