Could someone please explain how OVS saves money?

[Delgado]

Don't do this. Duel logins across separate systems is crazy. If you want to run file/print services on linux join those servers to the windows domain. I ran 25000 users across 6 file servers users like this at a university, it's a really well supported configuration. Once you've got a stable base then migrate the RADIUS, DNS and DHCP. Once you've done those move the users/passwords onto the Linux Domain controllers apply the GPO from those and scrap the windows ones.

 

Hey thanks for the tips. I've looked at AD on Linux and it looks OK.

I'm planning to use direct TCP/IP printing rather than server print queues. I'll probably run DHCP. But without AD I don't need LAN based DNS. Our ISP nameserver resolves internet name space for both the Linux box and the Windows clients. The Linux box and printers are just IP addresses. So everything is very quick like that.

[Primus]

How big of an environment are you managing?

[Delgado]

How big of an environment are you managing?

 

Two sites. < 100 PC's in total.

[Primus]

I think you might be better served looking at Google Workspace and perhaps using Chrome OS Flex on your existing hardware.

[Delgado]

I think you might be better served looking at Google Workspace and perhaps using Chrome OS Flex on your existing hardware.

 

I've used Workspace before and liked it. But I don't know how that tech works in internet outages on a LAN if your relying on cloud virtual servers for your data.

[FN-GM]

I've used Workspace before and liked it. But I don't know how that tech works in internet outages on a LAN if your relying on cloud virtual servers for your data.

 

In 2022 wouldn’t it be a good idea to have a redundant connections. I’m sure an on premise server would have redundancy?

[Primus]

I've used Workspace before and liked it. But I don't know how that tech works in internet outages on a LAN if your relying on cloud virtual servers for your data.

 

I think before you go any further with any of this you've got some reading to do.

[mavhc]

Real question is: what software are the users using? What OS options are there that run that software. And then what's the best way to manage that OS

[Delgado]

Don't do this. Duel logins across separate systems is crazy. If you want to run file/print services on linux join those servers to the windows domain. I ran 25000 users across 6 file servers users like this at a university, it's a really well supported configuration. Once you've got a stable base then migrate the RADIUS, DNS and DHCP. Once you've done those move the users/passwords onto the Linux Domain controllers apply the GPO from those and scrap the windows ones.

 

Can I ask what version of Linux you used for AD? i've been looking at Ubuntu 22.04, The documentation online seems pretty scant. But it's been certified for quite a few new Dell servers.

Edited October 12, 2022 by Delgado

[dmj]

Can I ask what version of Linux you used for AD? i've been looking at Ubuntu 22.04,

 

Shouldn't make any difference, RHEL and Ubuntu both have have supported versions of samba. Whichever you're most comfortable with - an LTS Ubuntu by the sounds of it.

When I did this in a secondary it was RHEL7, but the University had a mix of Ubuntu (the Samba servers) and Centos for most of the others.

 

The documentation online seems pretty scant. But it's been certified for quite a few new Dell servers.

 

The documentation is actually excellent, but like any expertise you have to know where to look and how to use it. For the applications (samba) it's best to look at their docs which are probably installed on the system as man pages ( "man -k" to search). If not start here: https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Main_Page. For the architecture/implementation guides look at the RedHat docs - https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html/deploying_different_types_of_servers/assembly_using-samba-as-a-server_deploying-different-types-of-servers (and apply it to Ubuntu - some of the commands may be a little different). I wouldn't bother trying to follow online tutorials because it's better to learn WHY you're configuring rather than following tutorials.

Edited October 12, 2022 by dmj