Re: Debian Local Area Network' (Debian-LAN)
Hi,
Debian LAN is indeed interesting, simpler approach tha Edu. But I see some
blocking missing features.
1) Subnet switch to an arbitrary 10.x.x.x/24 or even better 10.x.x.x/23 and
also 192.169.x.x networks
2) The mainserver shouldn't act as gateway. Most plain, small organization networks
have a dedicated gateway (which often is an ADSL router/gateway) and
the server should live with this.
Cheers
Giorgio
Givent that you'll provide such a fix, I'll probably do a test.
On Sun, Apr 08, 2012 at 10:31:21AM +0200, Andreas B. Mundt wrote:
> Dear Reader,
>
> it is my pleasure to draw your attention to the 'Debian Local Area
> Network' project (Debian-LAN).
>
> The goal of Debian-LAN is to make setting up a local network with
> centralized user and machine management, intranet, etc. as easy as
> possible in Debian.
>
> To do that, the project aims for providing anything needed for such
> systems: Documentation, code, whatever. For the time being, the FAI
> framework [1] is employed to setup the system. However, the project
> is in general not limited to FAI.
> FAI's class system allows for great flexibility without loosing
> control over customization. All modifications are implemented in the
> config space and thereby documented in a well-structured way.
>
>
> So far, a set of FAI classes and the corresponding config space has
> been prepared to implement a Debian-LAN:
>
> * A mainserver with Kerberos KDC and LDAP including the FAI-server
> to install clients.
> * Clients are installed over the network from the mainserver,
> automounting their kerberized home directories.
> * Diskless clients are implemented as an option.
>
> The system is comparable to the debian-edu network and can be used for
> schools, small enterprises, associations, (university) work groups and
> much more. It provides the Gnome and LXDE desktop environment by
> default on the clients. Depending on your needs, you can easily add a
> customized package selection. For example the metapackages of a
> Debian Blend.
>
>
> Everybody is invited to take a look, test, report back and of course
> contribute. More information can be obtained from the sources listed
> below [2]. We use a git repository [3] on collab-maint on Alioth. To
> install the mainserver, prepare a CD image following the instructions
> in the wiki[4] and get started!
>
> Looking forward to comments and ideas,
> best regards,
>
> Andi
>
>
>
> [1] <URL:http://wiki.debian.org/FAI>
>
> [2] Please do not hesitate to ask:
> Documentation: <URL:http://wiki.debian.org/DebianLAN/>,
> Mailing List: <URL:http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/debian-lan-devel/>
> IRC Channel: #debian-lan on irc.debian.org
> Alioth Project pages: <URL:https://alioth.debian.org/projects/debian-lan/>
>
> [3] To clone the repository use:
> git clone git://git.debian.org/git/collab-maint/debian-lan
> The repository contains the FAI config space for the provided setup.
>
> [4] <URL:http://wiki.debian.org/DebianLAN/bootstrap>
>
>
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