What's wrong with Ubuntu server? <div><br></div><div>-Rob</div><div><span></span><br><br>On Monday, March 25, 2013, Jeremy MountainJohnson wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Awesome, thanks for the suggestions! I like Debian overall, however it<br>
feels very similar to ArchLinux. I'll check out SL to compare with<br>
CentOS. No need for Red Hat Enterprise, this project is not of that<br>
caliber or worth the cost.<br>
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I'll also look into cURL for the web page button. Already found a<br>
starting point:<br>
<a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2366549/curl-and-click-a-button-in-a-website" target="_blank">http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2366549/curl-and-click-a-button-in-a-website</a><br>
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Thanks again,<br>
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Jeremy MountainJohnson<br>
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On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 12:50 PM, Andrew Dahl <<a>droidjd@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Another +1 for RHEL/SL/CentOS.<br>
><br>
> On Mar 23, 2013 4:44 PM, "Jeremy MountainJohnson"<br>
> <<a>jeremy.mountainjohnson@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> Howdy,<br>
>><br>
>> I'm in need of a Linux server on a separate, primarily offline network<br>
>> I have set up at a job. I was initially leaning toward Arch Linux, my<br>
>> distro of many years I use for my workstations and some home servers.<br>
>> BUT, I don't want to spend loads of time updating rolling updates,<br>
>> monitoring security vulns and bugs, and I don't really have time to<br>
>> build a server up from scratch either (relinquishing controlling /<br>
>> minimalist nature to allow time saving in this case). Ideally SE or<br>
>> security centric values are important.<br>
>><br>
>> I also need it to bring up a wireless interface (in addition to the<br>
>> wired network) for Internet connectivity on occasion for updating NTP<br>
>> and grabbing security updates and AV definitions. I can BASH script<br>
>> and run a cron job for everything, however the wifi requires an Accept<br>
>> button be pushed on a web page before access is granted every time a<br>
>> connection is made to it. It's a Cisco based access point. I did a<br>
>> quick search on Google and didn't find any kind of automation for<br>
>> this. Worst case scenario I could do a Python script to make this<br>
>> automated (hopefully, page is SSL) and kick it off from my cron job<br>
>> BASH script if no one has any suggestions. On a separate note, I'll be<br>
>> securing the wifi transmission as well.<br>
>><br>
>> The server will run services for a gigabit switch comprised of mostly<br>
>> Windows 7 workstations with one Linux workstation (total of 8 ~ 10<br>
>> computers). It will service anywhere from 0 - 4 users simultaneously<br>
>> and run backups and database back-end for an application every so<br>
>> often.<br>
>><br>
>> I plan to set up an OS disk and separate software RAID0 for storage.<br>
>><br>
>> Services to provide:<br>
>> * NTP<br>
>> * DNS<br>
>> * SMART (monitoring disks) / mdadm (RAID mgm, monitoring)<br>
>> * Syslog (for intake of switch logs)<br>
>> * postgres<br>
>> * SMTP server (sending alerts, notifications)<br>
>> * File server (Samba, NFS)<br>
>> * Comodo AV, some other home brew scripts for malware<br>
>> * SSH<br>
>> * X, lightweight but ready to use WM/DE like LXDE or XFCE- server will<br>
>> be headless after setup<br>
>> * Firewall service covering both intermittent wifi and wired networks<br>
>><br>
>> Long term I may add:<br>
>> * HTTP (for webmin, monitorix, log reporting)<br>
>> * Room to be flexible for future needs...<br>
>><br>
>> I've worked very little with CentOS at my last job awhile back,<br>
>> however am leaning toward it as I recall liking it. Are there other<br>
>> open source enterprise server distros people recommend for what I'm<br>
>> trying to accomplish? If so, how come? If I go with CentOS or whatever<br>
>> people recommend, are updates obtainable via command line and<br>
>> automation friendly (for the script)? Will I need to re-install with<br>
>> each major version? Are there gui front ends for most daemons or at<br>
>> least managing daemons (I'm used to text files and systemd, but want<br>
>> added convenience / time savings)?<br>
>><br>
>> I'm open to poking around with LiveCDs / VMs for bit, the project<br>
>> isn't quick turn around or anything. Thanks for any suggestions!<br>
>><br>
>> --<br>
>> Jeremy MountainJohnson<br>
>> <a>Jeremy.MountainJohnson@gmail.com</a><br>
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