This is a very detailed tutorial about how to use Fedora Core 4 to set up a server, with numerous screenshots to aid you along the way.
This is a very detailed tutorial about how to use Fedora Core 4 to set up a server, with numerous screenshots to aid you along the way.
Why would you want to set up a server with a Fedora Core, other than for experimentation and education purposes?
I’d have to agree, Fedora Core is not really your best choice in the server space. The only reason you might want to use it on a server is for applications that require cutting-edge functionality not yet available elsewhere.
A better choice for those needing a RedHat-ish Linux server would be RedHat Enterprise Linux or one of its many free derivatives such as CentOS http://www.centos.org/
SourceForge and Wikipedia currently use Fedora as server FYI.
I agree that Fedora Core is not a good choice in a large enterprise environment though.
anybody upgrade server 3 times every year?
Fedora releases twice a year, and no one is holding a gun to your head forcing you to upgrade.
Not true, FC5 is scheduled for 9 months i.e. February 2006 because of major incoming change like Ananconda.
I was bemused to see that the author only created /, /boot and swap partitions – I think this isn’t too clever for a server setup myself. I usually create a “/otheros” partition which is set to the same size as “/” (which I’m now setting to 6GB for servers to make sure there’s at least 2GB free after OS installation) – this allows me to cold install a later OS should I want to upgrade at a later date and still have an immediate fallback to the original OS (I never “warm upgrade” a production server straight into its current “/” partition – too risky, IMHO).
Whatever space is left (usually the vast majority if you’ve got a reasonably large RAID setup), I call “/data”, so that I can store non-system files away from “/” (or, where necessary, soft-link across from / to /data for some trees).
BTW, I think Fedora Core 4 is a little bit too “new” to employ on a production server yet – I’d put it on a test server and let it stew for a bit (especially to pick up the inevitably bug fixes that come in the first few months of its life). It’s why I’m running Fedora Core 2 still on a lot of my boxes (despite the whinges from people out there, it’s pretty stable and I think good enough for production services, as is probably FC3 – which, let’s not forget, is what RHEL 4 is based on).
Server…screenshots…anaconda
There must be a mechanism for unassisted deployment.
If I am correct in understanding your requirement, there is a method for installing “unassisted” it is called kickstart and has been a feature of RedHat Linux/RHEL/Fedora for years.
I Use it all the time. Do a sample install with the GUI, tick the relevant box to generate your kickstart file. At the end, save to floppy/cd/medium of choice and you can use it over and over again.
One of my top criteria for building a production system is all about repeatability. By using a ks file then you are sure that you can build the same underlying core system time and time again quickly and easily.
I use Fedora for servers. Yes they are not in a production environment but the “bleeding edge” nature of the distro is just what I want so that I can get a taste of what is to come in RHEL etc and can make my code ready for future versions of RHEL.
I also like the improved HW coverage OOTB in Fedora.
Why would you use Fedora Core on a server, why not use CentOS? They are essentially the same, but CentOS has a longer life than Fedora releases.
No software is certified to run on Fedora Core 4. It simply does not make sense to use the bleeding edge version of Red Hat on a server.
Unless you are just playing around. Then it doesn’t really matter. And you can put a GUI on the server…
meh, my server is Fedora Core 4, having been network updated from Fedora Core 2 – works like a charm.
Since it’s for personal use, I don’t care all that much about uptime, but I have yet to see it crash, it’s been running perfect.
As for a more advanced server, you wouldn’t use this guide anyway. Which is what botheres me – it comes off as a n00b guide, yet it does a LOT of stuff that are irrelevant for newbies.
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For me as a home user, this is a perfect description on how to get my own server up an running, it nice with a complete guide from start to finish.
/Anders Keis Hansen