How would a Porteus "Server Edition" look like?

[wread]

1.- Frugal Installation to HD,
2.-000-kernel.zxm, 001-core.xzm, 002-xorg.xzm in base,
3.-Name, LAMP, Mail, Samba, Proxy servers...
4.-??

Let our expert complete the list....

[Hamza]

NGINX + PHPFM + MYSQL.

000 + 001 + devel modules.

[Rava]

Why would you need xorg for a server?

[wread]

I guess one could use gui applications to make settings on the server -it is more confortable- . After all, xorg.xzm is not so heavy...well, i will put 002 in parenthesis

Now, including the considerations of Hamza I will rewrite it:

1.- Frugal Installation to HD,
2.-000-kernel.zxm, 001-core.xzm, (002-xorg.xzm) in base,
3.-Name, LAMP, Mail, Samba, Proxy servers...
4.-NGINX + PHPFM + MYSQL,
5.-??

request for comments

[Rava]

I guess one could use gui applications to make settings on the server -it is more confortable- . After all, xorg.xzm is not so heavy...well, i will put 002 in parenthesis

There is one neat config thingy, that lets you config any LDAP or more server via webbrowser GUI / local net, aka 192.168.x.x ...

Sadly, I forgot its name, but I would sure include that one and leave out the xserver. It might be a small module, but it uses too much system resources. When I remember the name of that graphical config via http I post here.

[wread]

Do you mean "swat" ? I think swat is for samba only....

[Rava]

Do you mean "swat" ? I think swat is for samba only....

Nope, it's sure not swap... I saw its screenshot on http://www.linux-praxis.de/linux3/swat.html and the one I looked at when I realized a company I visited was using it and I never heard about it, was sure more complex and also better designed than what I see on that screenshot in the above link...

I sure put the name and a link in one of my info texts about administration, but dunno on which of my dozens USB sticks it might be... *shrug*

[wread]

I know, you mean Putty (=Power user tty). Putty is a modern replacement -with bells and whistles- of the old telnet.
I have it myself in "modules" many months ago. I thought I had posted it in the forum. There it is.

Tell me if this is the one you mean.

Regards!

[Rava]

I know, you mean Putty (=Power user tty).

Nope, I know putty.

What I mean is a neat, modern styled (I not looked into the html code, but presume it uses css as well) GUI, that you use in any browser to config stuff on a server, so that all can be configured without the need of xorg (or any Xwindows, that is) running on that server, but still have it configured in a neat GUI like way...

I might recall the name of the company that uses it, they admin safe (highly encrypted) & automated cloud based data backups, and are located in the next town to mine... And use Linux as main server platform, of course...

[mocabilly]

How about security?

If your Porteus server is going to be connected to the internet 24/24 - 7/7 you surely need some protection?

[att]

I would need : VNCSERVER, VNCVIEWER, Teamviewer preferably 8 or 9 (beta of 9 was just released),
bftpd, ssh, .... usenet server... exim as mail server... sendmail... is there any Fax software to receive and transmit fax ?
Samba... active directory... printer server... etc.etc.

[mocabilly]

I would need : VNCSERVER, VNCVIEWER, Teamviewer preferably 8 or 9 (beta of 9 was just released)

Why do you need a GUI for the server?
What's so great about Teamviewer, it breaks the connection after what, 10 min.?

[wread]

Teamviewer would be needed to control our server remotely, I think; TeamV. doesn't have to be part of the server itself -so we can leave x out- ... or?

How about editions: 32-bits, 64 or both editions? I guess 64-bits gives a more powerful server...

RFC

[mocabilly]

Teamviewer would be needed to control our server remotely, I think; TeamV. doesn't have to be part of the server itself -so we can leave x out- ... or?

... what about good old SSH?
- Less overhead
- Less bandwidth required
- More secure
- Does not use third party services... -> more secure/stable & better up-time.

SSH just seems so obvious, and if you can't control a server from the terminal, don't think about starting up and maintaining a server at all.
And if you really would need an X-environment, use X over SSH (be cautious with your settings there).

[Rava]

... what about good old SSH?
- Less overhead
- Less bandwidth required
- More secure
- Does not use third party services... -> more secure/stable & better up-time.

SSH just seems so obvious

I fully agree, ssh should be part of a Porteus "Server Edition".
Maybe with a setup GUI for creating and export or import the needed data to have the known and allowed PCs for ssh?

So far, I only know console based setups...