1) install SLC6.1 -- done in a virtual machine (cvi) -- PXE install for the minimal, added the cvi cern tools, configured kerberos, cernadduer (me) etc checked I can klogin to box, yum updated it

2) chucked basic monitoring (collectd) to spit info at the itgt-monitor box

onto the dragon quest: http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/ATLAS/Dragons+Stage+1+-+Install+JIRA

Installed OPENJDK - not Oracle! (see if it worksm because life would be simpler...)

Installed:
  java-1.6.0-openjdk.x86_64 1:1.6.0.0-1.39.1.9.8.el6_1                                                                 

Dependency Installed:
  giflib.x86_64 0:4.1.6-3.1.el6       jline.noarch 0:0.9.94-0.8.el6        jpackage-utils.noarch 0:1.7.5-3.12.el6    
  rhino.noarch 0:1.7-0.7.r2.2.el6     tzdata-java.noarch 0:2011g-1.el6    

Complete!

Installed postgreql-server and postgresql (contains clients)

Installed:
  postgresql.x86_64 0:8.4.7-2.el6                        postgresql-server.x86_64 0:8.4.7-2.el6                       

Dependency Installed:
  postgresql-libs.x86_64 0:8.4.7-2.el6                                                                                 

[root@itgt-jira-dev ~]# service postgres status
postgres: unrecognized service
[root@itgt-jira-dev ~]# service postgresql status
postmaster is stopped
[root@itgt-jira-dev ~]# service postgresql start

/var/lib/pgsql/data is missing. Use "service postgresql initdb" to initialize the cluster first.
                                                           [FAILED]
[root@itgt-jira-dev ~]# service postgresql initdb
Initializing database:                                     [  OK  ]
[root@itgt-jira-dev ~]# service postgresql start
Starting postgresql service:                               [  OK  ]

Added jirauser & jira DB