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#* DHCP
#* DHCP
#* Database server (both free and commercial).
#* Database server (both free and commercial).
#** (Should Fedora care about proprietary ones? We shouldn't be hostile, but neither cater for them too much, most of the contributors wouldn't have the means to do it anyway, and proprietary vendors can better install on RHEL and interact with RH. --simo)
#* Samba Ad Domain Controller
#* Samba Ad Domain Controller
#** (that is mostly blocked due to upstream work, and I am not sure we can do much here, beyond encouraging upstream.)
#** (that is mostly blocked due to upstream work, and I am not sure we can do much here, beyond encouraging upstream. --simo)
# Provide simple setup of a file-server (on par with Windows).
# Provide simple setup of a file-server (on par with Windows).
# Platform for deploying web applications with high-value frameworks.
# Platform for deploying web applications with high-value frameworks.

Revision as of 16:23, 31 October 2013

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Discussion

  1. Users of Fedora server will be able to install - at their option - a select set of software with graphical interfaces, and they will be able to successfully use these graphical interfaces via trusted X-forwarding (ssh -Y). [1]
  2. Provide a platform for acting as a node in an OpenStack rack.
  3. Provide a platform and simple setup for certain infrastructure services, e.g.
    • FreeIPA Domain Controller
    • BIND DNS
    • DHCP
    • Database server (both free and commercial).
      • (Should Fedora care about proprietary ones? We shouldn't be hostile, but neither cater for them too much, most of the contributors wouldn't have the means to do it anyway, and proprietary vendors can better install on RHEL and interact with RH. --simo)
    • Samba Ad Domain Controller
      • (that is mostly blocked due to upstream work, and I am not sure we can do much here, beyond encouraging upstream. --simo)
  4. Provide simple setup of a file-server (on par with Windows).
  5. Platform for deploying web applications with high-value frameworks.
    • Ruby on Rails
    • Django
    • Turbogears
    • Node.js
  6. Make Fedora the best platform to deploy JBoss applications.
  7. Come up with standardized mechanisms for centralized monitoring
  8. Come up with standardized mechanisms for centralized configuration and management
  9. Simple enrollment into FreeIPA and Active Directory domains
  10. Provide the best platform for secure application deployment
  11. Isolation of OS from applications
  12. Isolation of applications from each other
  13. Isolation of application users from each other
  14. Management of application resource consumption
  15. Simplify management and deployment.[1]
  16. Deliver the world's best leading edge DevOps platform.