What's wrong with Ubuntu server? -Rob On Monday, March 25, 2013, Jeremy MountainJohnson wrote: > Awesome, thanks for the suggestions! I like Debian overall, however it > feels very similar to ArchLinux. I'll check out SL to compare with > CentOS. No need for Red Hat Enterprise, this project is not of that > caliber or worth the cost. > > I'll also look into cURL for the web page button. Already found a > starting point: > > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2366549/curl-and-click-a-button-in-a-website > > Thanks again, > > -- > Jeremy MountainJohnson > Jeremy.MountainJohnson at gmail.com <javascript:;> > > > On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 12:50 PM, Andrew Dahl <droidjd at gmail.com> wrote: > > Another +1 for RHEL/SL/CentOS. > > > > On Mar 23, 2013 4:44 PM, "Jeremy MountainJohnson" > > <jeremy.mountainjohnson at gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> Howdy, > >> > >> I'm in need of a Linux server on a separate, primarily offline network > >> I have set up at a job. I was initially leaning toward Arch Linux, my > >> distro of many years I use for my workstations and some home servers. > >> BUT, I don't want to spend loads of time updating rolling updates, > >> monitoring security vulns and bugs, and I don't really have time to > >> build a server up from scratch either (relinquishing controlling / > >> minimalist nature to allow time saving in this case). Ideally SE or > >> security centric values are important. > >> > >> I also need it to bring up a wireless interface (in addition to the > >> wired network) for Internet connectivity on occasion for updating NTP > >> and grabbing security updates and AV definitions. I can BASH script > >> and run a cron job for everything, however the wifi requires an Accept > >> button be pushed on a web page before access is granted every time a > >> connection is made to it. It's a Cisco based access point. I did a > >> quick search on Google and didn't find any kind of automation for > >> this. Worst case scenario I could do a Python script to make this > >> automated (hopefully, page is SSL) and kick it off from my cron job > >> BASH script if no one has any suggestions. On a separate note, I'll be > >> securing the wifi transmission as well. > >> > >> The server will run services for a gigabit switch comprised of mostly > >> Windows 7 workstations with one Linux workstation (total of 8 ~ 10 > >> computers). It will service anywhere from 0 - 4 users simultaneously > >> and run backups and database back-end for an application every so > >> often. > >> > >> I plan to set up an OS disk and separate software RAID0 for storage. > >> > >> Services to provide: > >> * NTP > >> * DNS > >> * SMART (monitoring disks) / mdadm (RAID mgm, monitoring) > >> * Syslog (for intake of switch logs) > >> * postgres > >> * SMTP server (sending alerts, notifications) > >> * File server (Samba, NFS) > >> * Comodo AV, some other home brew scripts for malware > >> * SSH > >> * X, lightweight but ready to use WM/DE like LXDE or XFCE- server will > >> be headless after setup > >> * Firewall service covering both intermittent wifi and wired networks > >> > >> Long term I may add: > >> * HTTP (for webmin, monitorix, log reporting) > >> * Room to be flexible for future needs... > >> > >> I've worked very little with CentOS at my last job awhile back, > >> however am leaning toward it as I recall liking it. Are there other > >> open source enterprise server distros people recommend for what I'm > >> trying to accomplish? If so, how come? If I go with CentOS or whatever > >> people recommend, are updates obtainable via command line and > >> automation friendly (for the script)? Will I need to re-install with > >> each major version? Are there gui front ends for most daemons or at > >> least managing daemons (I'm used to text files and systemd, but want > >> added convenience / time savings)? > >> > >> I'm open to poking around with LiveCDs / VMs for bit, the project > >> isn't quick turn around or anything. Thanks for any suggestions! > >> > >> -- > >> Jeremy MountainJohnson > >> Jeremy.MountainJohnson at gmail.com > >> _______________________________________________ > >> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > >> tclug-list at mn-linux.org > >> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20130325/cf77189f/attachment.html>