[ubuntu-us-mi] Ubuntu Server Intranet

[Jay R. Wren]

I am curious how a spam filter works in an intranet. Do you have 
problems with intraoffice email spam?

As for the file server, just install ubuntu, install samba, set it and 
forget it. It is probably the single easiest and most stable service to 
deploy. When more security restrictions come around on the file shares 
you can investigate unix groups and file level ACL.

As for the web content filter, squid is probably most mature caching web 
proxy with filtering abilities, and is probably fine for your needs. 
Although if you don't need caching something like dansguardian might 
make more sense.

As for a web server for forms and leave of absence, again this is dead 
simple. Install Apache. I'm not sure what software you will use these 
forms and leaves, but its likely they will be php, so install that. I'm 
not sure what you are really asking here.

As for pricing out parts for the server, I don't recommend building 
servers. You can buy prebuilt servers for FAR cheaper than you can buy 
parts. If I were to buy a file server right now, I'd look at a 
Jackrabbit from Scalable Informatics. Disclaimer: Joe Landman is a local 
lugger and Scalable Informatics is a Michigan based Business owned and 
operated by him.

Things to present to your boss:
    * do you really need these services
    * upfront costs v. ongoing costs
    * cost of time to implement and deploy these services
    * cost of time to develop custom software
    * cost of training your users to use these new services
    * cost to of backups
    * cost of power (electricity)
    * cost of air conditioning

The last two are often the most overlooked and often the largest overall 
or largest growing costs.
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Jay R. Wren

Aaron VanSledright wrote:
> It would be a local INTRAnet server. Nobody outside the building would 
> have access. It would not be outsourced. I am head of IT and it would 
> be my job to oversee if not do it myself. It isnt my first server 
> setup. however my first intranet server. im just looking to see what 
> kind of services i could run on it.
>
> Yes, we could survive without it. It wouldnt have any major operation 
> other than hosting some shared files, the spam filter could be 
> disabled for 24 hours with the mail redirected. and so could the web 
> content filtering.
>
> Ive used webmin before on many servers i find it to be an excellent 
> piece of software. Right now im looking for someone who has an 
> intranet server to see what they run on theirs to get ideas.
>
> On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 6:46 PM, Jeff Hanson <jhansonxi at gmail.com 
> <mailto:jhansonxi at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 5:42 PM, Aaron VanSledright
>     <avansledright at gmail.com <mailto:avansledright at gmail.com>> wrote:
>     > If someone has any experience and/or suggestions that might help
>     me as i
>     > start pricing out parts for the server and getting a list of
>     things to
>     > present to my boss that would be amazing!
>
>     If it's an important server, has a tight deployment timeframe, and is
>     the first one you ever attempted to set up then you don't want to.
>     Outsource it.  The reason is that mistakes and delays caused by a lack
>     of experience may lead to blaming the OS.  Enthusiasm <> experience.
>
>     The hardware and software configuration for a server depends on how
>     critical it is and how much it will cost the company if it fails.  Can
>     your company survive without it for 24 hours?  Your costs are directly
>     proportional to the level of your paranoia and downtime costs.
>
>     I haven't done any business linux server setups yet so I can't give a
>     recommendation on hardware/software.  For my internal server I've
>     found Webmin to be a good administration utility but I often just use
>     ssh.
>
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