hello all. one of my clients is confused about the differences or rather the non-differences (as usual with most of the semi experienced gnu/linux users ) wants me to setup a server but is only confident about a distro named fedora. they have been using fedora for quite some time on a dual boot machine. but if at all I were to setup a server, will fedora suit the server requirements? there will be only gnome installed and that too wont run by default because I am going to set the machine to init level 3. we are supposed to run a ftp server which will mostly be proftpd and also apache server with php support. mysql5 will also be installed on the server. so since the customer wants fedora I wont be ready to start a distro flame war as long as fedora can handle the needs of a secured stable server. the setup is in narel which is away from mumbai so I can't go there very often hence I need a stable server. regards. Krishnakant.
On 25-Jan-07, at 1:10 AM, krishnakant Mane wrote:
so since the customer wants fedora I wont be ready to start a distro flame war as long as fedora can handle the needs of a secured stable server.
suitable
the setup is in narel which is away from mumbai so I can't go there very often hence I need a stable server.
do remote admin
Hi,
On 1/25/07, krishnakant Mane researchbase@gmail.com wrote:> but if at all I were to setup a server, will fedora suit the server
requirements? there will be only gnome installed and that too wont run by default because I am going to set the machine to init level 3. we are supposed to run a ftp server which will mostly be proftpd and also apache server with php support.
Yes ,Fedora Core is definitely suitable. Software like apache web server and ftp servers should not be distribution specific . Correct me if I am wrong . If somebody can throw light on what software work only for specific distributions it would be helpful.
Regards, Sourabh
Yes ,Fedora Core is definitely suitable. Software like apache web server and ftp servers should not be distribution specific . Correct me if I am wrong . If somebody can throw light on what software work only for specific distributions it would be helpful.
Although most software is not specific to a certain distribution; installing them your distros package manager requires you to know certain caveats. A common example is the location of the apache configuration file and the way module loading is handled. This differs quite a bit from distro-to-distro.
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hey,
On 1/24/07, krishnakant Mane researchbase@gmail.com wrote:
but if at all I were to setup a server, will fedora suit the server requirements? there will be only gnome installed and that too wont run by default because I am going to set the machine to init level 3. we are supposed to run a ftp server which will mostly be proftpd and also apache server with php support. mysql5 will also be installed on the server.
its a good distro...
so since the customer wants fedora I wont be ready to start a distro
flame war as long as fedora can handle the needs of a secured stable server. the setup is in narel which is away from mumbai so I can't go there very often hence I need a stable server.
most of the hosting service providers give the option of either fedora or redhat for a dedicated server.... correct me if i am wrong....
On 1/25/07, PV Sundarram wrote:
hey,
On 1/24/07, krishnakant Mane researchbase@gmail.com wrote:
but if at all I were to setup a server, will fedora suit the server requirements? there will be only gnome installed and that too wont run by default because I am going to set the machine to init level 3. we are supposed to run a ftp server which will mostly be proftpd and also apache server with php support. mysql5 will also be installed on the server.
There are 2 things to consider here.
its a good distro...
so since the customer wants fedora I wont be ready to start a distro
flame war as long as fedora can handle the needs of a secured stable server. the setup is in narel which is away from mumbai so I can't go there very often hence I need a stable server.
most of the hosting service providers give the option of either fedora or redhat for a dedicated server.... correct me if i am wrong....
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On 1/25/07, PV Sundarram wrote:
hey,
On 1/24/07, krishnakant Mane researchbase@gmail.com wrote:
but if at all I were to setup a server, will fedora suit the server requirements? there will be only gnome installed and that too wont run by default because I am going to set the machine to init level 3. we are supposed to run a ftp server which will mostly be proftpd and also apache server with php support. mysql5 will also be installed on the server.
There are 2 things to consider here. 1. Redora is Community Supported - So Do Not Expect things like Redhat Network. But that aside, unless you intend on installing commercial apps like oracle, db2 or websphere or others like it that are epecificall certifed for rhel, fedora is more than adequate. 2. Also YUM in combination with Fedora Extras is one of the most powerful tools there is, and IMHO that's enough to push it to become a better server choice than RHEL for non-commercial/non-certified apps. Almost every piece of software you want, from webservers(apache,tux,lighttpd), databases(mysql,postgresql), web app servers/languages(tomcat, jboss-jpackage, php perl, python etc.), and even full applications like egroupware, mantis, wordpress, jabberd2/ejabberd, ser, and many many more are built in to the repositories. 3. As long as you keep your system up to date via yum, i dont believe there should be any significan diff in terms of security between Fedora and RHEL with the same packages.
So, Feel Free to go ahead and use fedora.
its a good distro...
so since the customer wants fedora I wont be ready to start a distro
flame war as long as fedora can handle the needs of a secured stable server. the setup is in narel which is away from mumbai so I can't go there very often hence I need a stable server.
most of the hosting service providers give the option of either fedora or redhat for a dedicated server.... correct me if i am wrong....
True, i have 5 dedicated servers that are runnig fedora in the us, and they are usually a pleasure to manage remotely, so i see no issues with u managing a server in mumbai. And yes, except for 3 which were self owned servers, all the other 3 were installed with fedora by the hosting company and given to us, and the 2 owned servers had to be installed by us. Irrespective of who installed, all the hosting companies supported a fedora system for their management services. One of those hosting companies even mirrors fedora-core and fedora-updates for FC5 on their local lan, saving us internet bandwidth and making updates extremely fast.
Regard's R. K. Rajeev
On 1/25/07, krishnakant Mane wrote:
but if at all I were to setup a server, will fedora suit the server requirements? there will be only gnome installed and that too wont run by default because I am going to set the machine to init level 3. we are supposed to run a ftp server which will mostly be proftpd and also apache server with php support. mysql5 will also be installed on the server.
Try Core 6. Its amazing. I've always been a Redhatter. I've found their distros ( except Core 3 ) to be very stable and bug free. FC6 is rock solid. I can vouch for it. But beware support is short lived and limited. Fedora has a short development and release cycle of almost 6 months so your distro will likely be unsupported by about a year! :( While Debian is a totally different story...
so since the customer wants fedora I wont be ready to start a distro flame war as long as fedora can handle the needs of a secured stable server.
Check out SELinux! It is so secure that it'll make your life a living HELL. Forget about crackers! They dont even stand a chance! hehehe...
Hi,
On 1/27/07, Dinesh Joshi dinesh.a.joshi@gmail.com wrote:
Check out SELinux! It is so secure that it'll make your life a living HELL. Forget about crackers! They dont even stand a chance! hehehe...
Some time back , I had to disable SELinux to make DB2 UDB work.
So in case , if it is required to disable it this how it can be done. http://tldp.org/HOWTO/DB2-HOWTO/fedora4.html
Regards, Sourabh
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