This problem (ie. time-consuming and error-prone installations) is
FAR broader than SOGo... and existing "solutions" used in the industry
aren't optimal and/or have serious tradeoffs eg. bundling a product in a
specialist distro or custom VM etc...
I'm working on a project which, amongst other things, allows easy
sharing of automated configurations (ie. package lists, scripted
configuration and even remote OS installation if required) between
sites... but is MUCH broader than just this mission. It's a web admin
GUI that can be extended with plugins to achieve many tasks ie.
administration of Samba, SOGo, Postfix, Dovecot, Cyrus, Kerberos,
Asterisk, rSyslog, Freeradius, Kolab, Nagios, Openstack, and many more
services... all controlled via LDAP + RPC.
The automatic configuration aspect allows complete remote
installation and/or configuration of clients, and works with both
Windows (via OPSI) and Linux (via FAI). Unfortunately the Linux
autoconfig part has been a bit neglected and needs work, but is
receiving developer attention at the moment. If you're interested in
helping and/or giving the project a spin join us in #fusiondirectory on
FreeNode (IRC network). The best time is between 9000(GMT) and
1600(GMT). I should also mention that FusionDirectory is the name of
the project... it's a fork of the stalled GOsa project. If you're
expecting things to be easy we certainly aren't there yet... which is
why we need testers and help... HEEELP!!! ;)
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Mark Pavlichuk
Strategic IT
ph. (07)47242890
m. 0409 124577
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