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FedoraOS Server Platform ( FOSSP )

FedoraOS Server Platform ( FOSSP ) is an software architecture that serves as a foundation for server application, application stacks and server frameworks built on top of the FedoraOS ( FOS ), providing solid secure flexible and scalable server foundation with advanced control and manageability for more robust server environments.

FedoraOS Server Platform ( FOSSP ) consist of:

  • GNU/Linux kernel to provide scalable operating system kernel.
  • Dracut to provide an initramfs infrastructure.
  • Systemd to provide service initialization, scalable system and network and container management and more.
  • SELinux to provide mandatory access controls.
  • BTRFS to provide filesystems with scalability,performance and security.
  • DNF to provide Package Management
  • Multipathd to provide input-output (I/O) fail-over and load-balancing for block devices.
  • Bash to provide an command-line interface for interacting with the operating system.
  • Util-Linux to provide a suite of essential tools and utilities.
  • Openssh to provide secure remote access to the server
  • NTP to provide networked clock synchronization.
  • SSSD to provide access to identity and authentication remote resource through a common framework that can provide caching and offline support to the system.
  • Augeas to provide local configuration API.
  • Net-SNMP to provide monitoring of the health and welfare of the server and server applications.
  • BareOS-client to provide secure efficient way to backup your server and application data.

FedoraOS Server Platform ( FOSSP ) Installing, Updating and Upgrading

Installation overview

It is important that you create a deployment plan before you install FedoraOS Server Platform ( FOSSP ) and the related server role in your distributed environment yata yata.

Installation methods

FedoraOS Server Platform ( FOSSP ) is made available with or without an predefined server role,ready to use ks for traditional method of installation,directly into an isolated or OS container or as an whole-disk images to be used in private/public cloud as instance-store image or standalone server in the cloud itself.

Installation roadmap

Follow this roadmap to set up your FedoraOS Server Platform ( FOSSP ) and the related Server Role yata yata.

Updates

Update policy TO-BE-DECIDED

Upgrades

This section talks about some of the issues surrounding upgrades such as when and how systems administrators should deploy upgrades as well as methods for retrieving and performing updates.

FedoraOS Server Platform ( FOSSP ) provides *missing compatibility report ( fedup? )* that lets you know of anything you may have to address and outlines any necessary actions to take before ( or after? ) the upgrade process.

Upgrade Policy TO-BE-DECIDED

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Restoring

If problems occur when you upgrade FedoraOS Server Platform ( FOSSP ) and the related Server Role tthis section describes how to revert/restore it to it's previous state yata yata.

Server Roles, Technologies and Features in FedoraOS Server Platform ( FOSSP )

This section provides a brief overview of the FedoraOS Server Platform ( FOSSP ) server roles and the general features that they provide and how they get selected.

Each server running FedoraOS Server Platform ( FOSSP ) runs one or more server roles. A server role is a defined set of server application functionalities provided by that server. You do not need to deploy all available server roles in your network but rather install only the server roles that contain the functionality that you want,require or need in your infrastructure.

Even if you are not familiar with all the server roles available in the FedoraOS Server Platform ( FOSSP ), the *Missing Infrastructure and or website Tool* can help identify and guide you to the best solution for the servers that you need to deploy, based on the features that you want,require or need in your infrastructure.

Selecting Application or Application Stack to act as an server role in the FedoraOS Server Platform ( FOSSP )

The Server Working Group Tasks and Review Process

The Server Working Group is responsible for but not limited to.

  • Facilitates the Server Working Group Review meeting.
  • Making arrangements for the working group meeting(s) and communicates the schedule with other participants as in application or application stack maintainer(s), Quality Assurance, Release Engineering and any other teams involvement.
  • Collects/distribute the appropriate documentation to all parties involved.
  • Ensure that each task has been completed and or achieved its purpose and agreed upon before proceeding to the next step.
  • Presents the Working Group Review Team’s findings and a recommendation for the next step.
  • Monitors corrective action and approving completion to allow the application or application stack to advance to step.

Discovery and Ideation

preliminary investigation

checkpoint

Detailed investigation

checkpoint

== Development

check point

Testing and Full Role Validation

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Application Services Server Role

Application Server Role enables you to create an integrated environment for deploying and running custom, server-based business applications.

  • WildFly - links to PRD?

Backup Services Server Role

Backup Services Server Role enables you to take and manage backup, recovery, and verification of computer data across a network of computers of different kinds.

  • BareOS - links to PRD?

Cloud Services Server Role

Cloud Services Server Role enables you to build private, public and hybrid cloud computing environments.

  • Eucalyptus - links to PRD?
  • Openstack - links to PRD?

Container Services Server Role

The Container Server Role enables you to create a containerized server computing environment to improve the efficiency of your computing resources by utilizing more of your hardware resources.

  • Docker - link to PRD?
  • Libvirt-lxc - link to PRD?
  • Systemd-nspawn - link to PRD?

Database Services Server Role

Database Services Server Role enables you to run database management system in your infrastructure.

  • MariaDB - links to PRD?
  • PostgreSQL - links to PRD?

Deployment Services Server Role

Deployment Services Server Role enables you to remotely deploy and update linux hosts over the network.

  • Katello - links to PRD?

Failover Clustering Services Server Role

Failover Clustering Services Server Role enables you to create a group of independent computers that work together to increase the availability of applications and services.

  • Corosync - links to PRD?

File and Storage Services Server Role

File and Storage Services Server Role enables you to create and manage network-attached storage file system.

  • GlusterFS - links to PRD?
  • iSCSI - links to PRD?
  • NFSv4 - links to PRD?

High Availability and Load Balancing Services Server Role

High Availability and Load Balancing Services Server Role enables you to load balances network traffic as well as adding additional servers as the load increases.

  • HAProxy - links to PRD?
  • LVS - links to PRD?
  • Corosync - links to PRD?

High Performance Services Server Role

High Performance Services Server Role enables you to run high-performance computing.

  • I guess what OSGDC recommends and links to PRD?

Lightweight Directory Services Server Role

Lightweight Directory Services Server Role enables you to provide flexible support for directory-enabled applications.

  • 389ds - links to PRD?
  • Samba4 AD - links to PRD?

Media Streaming Services Server Role

Media Streaming Services Server Role enables you to stream live audio/video media content over networks.

  • Flumotion - links to PRD?
  • Erlyvideo - links to PRD?

Network Services Server Role

Network Services Server Role enables you to deploy network services in your infrastructure.

  • Tftp - links to PRD?
  • ISC Bind - links to PRD?
  • ISC DHCP - links to PRD?

Telephony Services Server Role

Telephony Services Server Role enables you to telephony switching and private branch exchange service in your network.

  • Asterisk - links to PRD?

Virtualization Services Server Role

The virtualization Server Role enables you to create a virtualized server computing environment to improve the efficiency of your computing resources by utilizing more of your hardware resources.

  • libvirt - link to PRD?

Web Directory Services Server Role

Web Directory Services enables you to share information with users on the internal or internet.

  • httpd - links to PRD?
  • nginx - links to PRD?

FedoraOS Server Platform ( FOSSP ) Support and Life cycle

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FedoraOS Server Platform ( FOSSP ) life cycle phases are designed to reduce the level of change within each major release over time and make release availability and content more predictable for the actual length of the life cycle.

While we make every effort at maintaining quality, yata yata dont hesitate report that bug...


name something level?

Release level maybe...

major release for all levels ( 1.0 --> 2.0 )== FOS/FOSSP/Server Role ( upgrades group + must reboot + cant downgrade )

New feature and enhancements are shipped in new releases for FOS, FOSSP and FOSSP Server Roles.

Contents of new name something level?

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Service Packs

major minor releases ( 1.1 --> 1.2 ) == service packs ( updates preferred as a group support for individual kinda required )

Contents of a Service Pack

Service packs contain fixes for:

  • Security reported problems.
  • Critical reported problems by administrators.
  • Critical problems found by development or QA test teams.

Changes in services packs are limited to minimal corrections that do not change behaviour or add new functionality to the current release.

There is nothing in the Service Pack that glues all the updates in a Service Pack together. Most of the testing is done as a group so it's highly recommended that Service Pack is group updated however applying individual updates per component is still available.

Interim Fix

minor minor release ( 1.1.1 --> 1.1.2 ) == Interim Fix ( individual package updates )

Here you can find lists the FedoraOS Server Platform ( FOSSP ) lifecycle by release and the duration of support for that release.


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FedoraOS Server Platform Server Role Server Role ID Release Release Date Fixes Available Until ( EOL )
Application Services WildFly FOSSP-APSWI 01-112615 October 26 2015 Not announced
Backup Services Bacula FOSSP-BASBA 01-112615 October 26 2015 Not announced
Cloud Services Eucalyptus FOSSP-CLSEU 01-112615 October 26 2015 Not announced
Cloud Services Openstack FOSSP-CLSOS 01-112615 October 26 2015 Not announced
Container Services Docker FOSSP-CTSDO 01-112615 October 26 2015 Not announced
Container Services Libvirt-lxc FOSSP-CTSLI 01-112615 October 26 2015 Not announced
Container Services Systemd-nspawn FOSSP-CTSSN 01-112615 October 26 2015 Not announced
Database Services MariaDB FOSSP-DASMA 01-112615 October 26 2015 Not announced
Database Services PostgreSQL FOSSP-DASPO 01-112615 October 26 2015 Not announced
Deployment Services Katello FOSSP-DESKA 01-112615 October 26 2015 Not announced
Failover Clustering Services Corosync FOSSP-FCSCO 01-112615 October 26 2015 Not announced
File and Storage Services GlusterFS FOSSP-FSSGF 01-112615 October 26 2015 Not announced
File and Storage Services iSCSI FOSSP-FSSIS 01-112615 October 26 2015 Not announced
File and Storage Services NFS FOSSP-FSSNF 01-112615 October 26 2015 Not announced
High Availability and Load Balancing Services HAProxy FOSSP-HASHA 01-112615 October 26 2015 Not announced
High Availability and Load Balancing Services LVS FOSSP-HASLV 01-112615 October 26 2015 Not announced
High Availability and Load Balancing Services Corosync FOSSP-HASCO 01-112615 October 26 2015 Not announced
High Performance Services OSGDC Stuff FOSSP-HPSOS 01-112615 October 26 2015 Not announced
Lightweight Directory Services 389ds FOSSP-LDS38 01-112615 October 26 2015 Not announced
Lightweight Directory Services Samba4 - AD FOSSP-LDSSA 01-112615 October 26 2015 Not announced
Media Streaming Services Flumotion FOSSP-MSSFL 01-112615 October 26 2015 Not announced
Media Streaming Services Erlyvideo FOSSP-MSSER 01-112615 October 26 2015 Not announced