@scottalanmiller said in Substitutes for Active Directory and Windows Server:

NethServer is the place to look first. And they are active here in the forum.

Thanks for mentioning us, I'm still here. Just mention me or @nethserver
All things I just read here about NethServer are correct, it's worth noting that

• NethServer is extremely modular, you can add just what you need and nothing more
• if you can install CentOS 7 you can install NethServer 7, period
• NethServer avoids learning all those skills and saves your time. You can do almost everything by webui

I hope it helps.

Hi guys,
my first post here please bear with me. I'd like to know your expert feelings about my project.
It's called NethServer and our mission is making the sysadmin's life easier, building a server distro that leverages the power of Linux without the complexity
I'm eager to know your feedback and, why not, your concerns
This is our last release:
http://www.nethserver.org/nethserver-7-final-released/

yes @scottalanmiller our active installations (which agreed to send data to our repositories)

@IRJ it's going be part of our upgrade procedure from 6 to 7 @jospoortvliet is a great friend happy to see him here too

Just a quick update on Account Provider and Samba DC IP

http://community.nethserver.org/t/changing-the-domain-controller-instructions/6344/6?u=alefattorini

http://community.nethserver.org/t/accounts-provider-service-pack-1/6351

We're trying to improve our product thanks to your suggestions

@Eltolargo said in Substitutes for Active Directory and Windows Server:

@JaredBusch we agree on that no questions about it. I meant having email, firewall, Ad/DNS, DHCP, file server and VPN in one server that is a lot.

@Eltolargo you're not forced to do it. You can install a module on a server and another module on another one sharing the userbase. NethServer can join another remote NethServer using LDAP or AD
Scenario:

• NethServer1: firewall with VPN, Proxy, ecc..
• NethServer2: mailserver, personal cloud and fileserver

NethServer1 joins NethServer2 so you can use NethServer2 users/groups for authenticated proxy or VPN users
That's just a pretty simple example.

Hello guys, happy to be here. Just a few lines about me.
Linux Sysadmin and Support Specialist for 10 years at Nethesis, until about two years ago when I became the NethServer Community Manager ( Linux Server Distribution that makes sysadmin's life easier) thus I started to study everything related to communities and I have been deeply involved in community managers communities around the world. Community Leadership Summit and CLSxItaly co-organizer, I’m also a Certified Community Strategist mainly focused on product-based communities, working closely with developers and users.

@Reid-Cooper Indeed! It's simply matter of a command:
http://docs.nethserver.org/en/v7/installation.html#install-on-centos

@scottalanmiller said in Did you ever try NethServer ?:

Is NextCloud already in 7 and the site is just out of date? Or is it a "yet to be updated feature" that is yet coming?

Of course! Take a look at this

http://community.nethserver.org/t/nextcloud-easy-to-install-manage-and-use-just-1-click-away/4234

@DustinB3403 take a look at https://www.nethserver.org:8080/en-US/Account
Supported providers are:

• Local OpenLDAP running on NethServer itself
• Remote LDAP server with RFC2307 schema
• Local Samba 4 Active Directory Domain Controller
• Remote Active Directory (Microsoft or Samba)

Please bear with us if the webui doesn't look so straightforward, we're improving it along the way
http://community.nethserver.org/t/discussion-scenarios-to-choose-an-account-provider/5009/14?u=alefattorini

@triple9 we're working on Asterisk 13 and Freepbx 14. They are going to be available by the summer

http://community.nethserver.org/t/asterisk-13-and-freepbx-14-on-nethserver-7/4003

@JaredBusch said in Did you ever try NethServer ?:

not following any of the links, just read the thread, but this sounds like what ClearOS tried to do.

Of course but we're crazy and we want to do it better

@JaredBusch said in Did you ever try NethServer ?:

I am not a fan of magic all in one boxes in general. But once you need to build up something to replace a Windows DC, that thing generally has all these components.

You're not obligated to put all those stuff in "one magic box" bear in mind that @nethserver is extremely modular so you can just install one of our modules on each server that you sets up

Sorry for the late response and thanks for reporting it on our community.

@aaronstuder said in Nethserver:

Honestly, I wouldn't use Nethserver for this, I would go straightup CentOS 7

I beg to differ, NethServer IS CentOS 7 + a framework (web interface and automations) on top.
We have already scenarios like that, I would give it a try. If you need support please just ask.

@stuartjordan said in Nethserver:

This looks like a good project, defiantly keep us updated with how it all goes, I think Nethserver is brilliant, haven't tried it with that amount of users though.

Thanks man I appreciate it.

It should work flawlessly, do you have any issue?

@Eltolargo said in Substitutes for Active Directory and Windows Server:

@JaredBusch we agree on that no questions about it. I meant having email, firewall, Ad/DNS, DHCP, file server and VPN in one server that is a lot.

@Eltolargo you're not forced to do it. You can install a module on a server and another module on another one sharing the userbase. NethServer can join another remote NethServer using LDAP or AD
Scenario:

• NethServer1: firewall with VPN, Proxy, ecc..
• NethServer2: mailserver, personal cloud and fileserver

NethServer1 joins NethServer2 so you can use NethServer2 users/groups for authenticated proxy or VPN users
That's just a pretty simple example.

@scottalanmiller said in Substitutes for Active Directory and Windows Server:

NethServer is the place to look first. And they are active here in the forum.

Thanks for mentioning us, I'm still here. Just mention me or @nethserver
All things I just read here about NethServer are correct, it's worth noting that

• NethServer is extremely modular, you can add just what you need and nothing more
• if you can install CentOS 7 you can install NethServer 7, period
• NethServer avoids learning all those skills and saves your time. You can do almost everything by webui

I hope it helps.

Just a quick update on Account Provider and Samba DC IP

http://community.nethserver.org/t/changing-the-domain-controller-instructions/6344/6?u=alefattorini

http://community.nethserver.org/t/accounts-provider-service-pack-1/6351

We're trying to improve our product thanks to your suggestions

@dafyre said in Did you ever try NethServer ?:

I have set it up to use as a simple DNS server for my lab network, and I gotta say, it was easy to do, and the web interface is nice to use and is more along the lines of simplistic in nature, which is nice to see!

Thanks, glad to know. That's our main goal!

@scottalanmiller Thanks man, I'll suggest it to my community so we can discuss the improvement

@scottalanmiller What would you write on that page? And which choices should be avoided for you?

Recently we came to the same conclusion, we need to improve and automatize that panel. Thanks for pointing it out