[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 07/09/2008 01:37:37 PM:

> On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 10:32 AM, Jay Turner  wrote:
> > Anyway, I would like to take this opportunity to offer a side trip with
> > this thread.  What do people need/want in RHEL6?
>
> FreeIPA looks very nice, though of course I'd like more audit
> functionality. I really would like it as a drop-in replacement to the
> current Kerberos/LDAP setup which required lots of hand editing
> of config files and hand-written scripts to do updates.

FreeIPA 2.0 will be pushing more auditing tasks, but don't forget that now
that FreeIPA has hit 1.0, RedHat is/has released RedHat Enterprise IPA.
https://www.redhat.com/promo/ipa/  In fact there is a webinar tomorrow
about it.

> Easier monitoring setup. I'd like to point nagios or openNMS at a
> newly installed system and get info of OS (disk free, load, etc.),
> RAID health if present (3ware, Dell PERC aka MegaRAID, etc.)
> and hardware. Of course I can script this now but it seems like it
> should be in RHEL.

RedHat does also offer Monitoring through RHN, which i think, is the most
they should do towards pushing a specific solution.  To many companies use
to many different solutions for everything they have in place.  Nagios is
available in EPEL.  Although, IMHO, Zabbix is much easier to install, use,
add custom monitoring, and is available in EPEL.  Zabbix hasn't gained the
traction of those you suggested, but has been gaining momentum.

Although I would like to throw my hat in the ring for a nice "hardened"
install (see also minimal server install).  Seriously, I realize they are
in redhat-lsb, but if I go to install a server I don't need bluez, avahi,
or cups installed; or at least they shouldn't be running!  Maybe have
lsb-desktop and lsb-server ??  Although thats a big linux community push.

I've used RH for over a decade, have my RHCE, and despite having played
with ubuntu for my non-rhel servers (because I have some weird issue w/ not
liking centos... strictly an emotional/mental block).  I love RH.  I also
love that Debian/Ubuntu come with NO OPEN PORTS at install.  (their
firewall setup is stupid tho).

-greg

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