Simple NethServer 7 ISO Installation

travisdh1

Just tried it on Linode here. So far seems good, but just got the initial install done. To do it on Linode I had to change the VPS to full-virtualization rather than paravirtualization. While a little sad, I would've done that anyway to get fail2ban running.

PenguinWrangler

Has anyone ever used SME Sever? http://wiki.contribs.org? Looks similar to NethServer, not as up to date of an interface it appears but I have used it at locations and it works well. It is based on CentOS.

scottalanmiller

@PenguinWrangler no, don't know it.

PenguinWrangler

@scottalanmiller I suggest giving it a spin. It has a very active community. I have never posted anything in their forums and not received an answer within a 24 hour period.

alefattorini

@travisdh1 what kind of issue do you have with fail2ban?

alefattorini

@PenguinWrangler you should give a try to the NethServer Community on this

PenguinWrangler

@alefattorini Oh I plan on it. I always like trying out new distros. Especially one that could be used in a small business environment.

alefattorini

@PenguinWrangler said in Simple NethServer 7 ISO Installation:

Especially one that could be used in a small business environment.

Good, let me know what are your thoughts. I'm always curious on others feelings
We want the best product for small business environment

travisdh1

@alefattorini said in Simple NethServer 7 ISO Installation:

@PenguinWrangler said in Simple NethServer 7 ISO Installation:

Especially one that could be used in a small business environment.

Good, let me know what are your thoughts. I'm always curious on others feelings
We want the best product for small business environment

The only major issue I noticed yesterday was the disabling of the system's default firewall without enabling the one included with NethServer immediately. Looks to be smoothwall, which is a good choice for having a firewall on many different distributions. It be better to go ahead and install smoothwall, but not disable the system default one until the NethServer firewall is enabled.

vhinzsanchez

@PenguinWrangler said in Simple NethServer 7 ISO Installation:

Has anyone ever used SME Sever? http://wiki.contribs.org? Looks similar to NethServer, not as up to date of an interface it appears but I have used it at locations and it works well. It is based on CentOS.

Actually, NethServer is based off SME Server:
http://www.nethserver.org/nethserver_smeserver/
https://forums.contribs.org/index.php?topic=49865.0

That's the reason for the similarity.