Comments on: Startup Infrastructure: Where Linux Fails http://floatingsun.net/2011/01/09/startup-infrastructure-where-linux-fails/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=startup-infrastructure-where-linux-fails Sat, 11 May 2013 19:51:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Diwaker Gupta http://floatingsun.net/2011/01/09/startup-infrastructure-where-linux-fails/#comment-211830 Diwaker Gupta Sun, 16 Jan 2011 19:07:38 +0000 http://floatingsun.net/?p=1699#comment-211830 There is certainly some amount of frustration on my part. As to the distro choice, you may argue that had I chosen Fedora up front, I’d have gone through less trouble. But then there are several things that are easier in Ubuntu than in Fedora. Ultimately I think the point is just that setting up Linux based centralized authentication still takes a lot of work.

]]> By: Reader http://floatingsun.net/2011/01/09/startup-infrastructure-where-linux-fails/#comment-211793 Reader Sun, 16 Jan 2011 05:35:17 +0000 http://floatingsun.net/?p=1699#comment-211793 Interesting post.. but I guess you are just frustrated but to me looks like expressing anger about wrong things.

1) For some reason you already chose Ubuntu 10.04 and tried to setup something which you did not like.

Then things worked very well on Fedora …so was is just the choice of Distro the problem ? Or was the user who chose the distro before application ?

I am not going towards fedora Vs Ubuntu .. just trying to find out what was so wrong.

While I would accept that I have not completely understood how distro guys can make money but this is where business aspect comes in .. all the polishing ..if it’s business just makes more likely to be better integration ( still with open source plz) .

2) This is also one of the major complaint that I have always had about linu open source projects .. we just do not need many projects (again no user choices debate please ) We need to improve existing projects, add features than have something on fedora another on ubuntu etc..
I know its very hard problem but it is for sure the reason for many of such issues with Linux. Issues like what you see on ldap,you would not find for apache ? Why ? its quite de facto standard for open source web server. But that does not mean ubuntu and fedora do not get to differentiate themselves when using apache.

Just my 2 cents.

]]> By: Diwaker Gupta http://floatingsun.net/2011/01/09/startup-infrastructure-where-linux-fails/#comment-211737 Diwaker Gupta Sat, 15 Jan 2011 05:32:21 +0000 http://floatingsun.net/?p=1699#comment-211737 Welcome Matt! Unless I’m mistaken, I believe I’ve heard your name around the office :)

]]> By: Diwaker Gupta http://floatingsun.net/2011/01/09/startup-infrastructure-where-linux-fails/#comment-211735 Diwaker Gupta Sat, 15 Jan 2011 05:23:23 +0000 http://floatingsun.net/?p=1699#comment-211735 What does being a startup have to do with being able to work remotely?

]]> By: rdark http://floatingsun.net/2011/01/09/startup-infrastructure-where-linux-fails/#comment-211661 rdark Fri, 14 Jan 2011 09:40:19 +0000 http://floatingsun.net/?p=1699#comment-211661 I run OpenLDAP at home, where my environment is homogeneously Linux, and AD at work – where the environment is anything but homogeneous, and not everyone is a Linux admin.
openLDAP lacks GUI-based administration tools, but as a server I’ve always found it to be rock-solid.
As it’s a reference implementation of LDAP, you can use any LDAP administration tool to look after it – one of the best ones I’ve found is Apache Directory Studio – http://directory.apache.org/studio/

]]> By: rdark http://floatingsun.net/2011/01/09/startup-infrastructure-where-linux-fails/#comment-211660 rdark Fri, 14 Jan 2011 09:37:36 +0000 http://floatingsun.net/?p=1699#comment-211660 I run OpenLDAP at home, where my environment is homogeneously Linux, and AD at work – where the environment is anything but homogeneous (far too many windows servers for my liking..)
openLDAP lacks GUI-based administration tools, but as a server I’ve always found it to be rock-solid.
As it’s a reference implementation of LDAP, you can use any LDAP administration tool to look after it – one of the best ones I’ve found is Apache Directory Studio – http://directory.apache.org/studio/

]]> By: Matt http://floatingsun.net/2011/01/09/startup-infrastructure-where-linux-fails/#comment-211501 Matt Wed, 12 Jan 2011 00:58:07 +0000 http://floatingsun.net/?p=1699#comment-211501 I’m a FOSS evangelist to.

I have to agree with both the points in this post.

At the place I currently work, as a developer I brought in LDAP, specifically OpenLDAP for SSO. I had some previous experience with it so getting it up and running wasn’t too hard. From there I was able to hand it over to the full time sys admins.

But it turned out to be fragile and a complete hassle. Replication would often fail, and the whole setup would fall in a heap.

We also use CISCO gear for the VPN. Unfortunately the proprietary CISCO client is a binary GUI blob, and the open source client VPNC (which I believe is behind Network Manager) is crash prone. It likes to sporadically emit some errors and then spin using 100% CPU, and not pass any packets until killed. Difficult to reliably reproduce so I haven’t been able to track down and fix.

It all could be a lot easier.

]]> By: Piyush Ranjan http://floatingsun.net/2011/01/09/startup-infrastructure-where-linux-fails/#comment-211337 Piyush Ranjan Mon, 10 Jan 2011 04:08:12 +0000 http://floatingsun.net/?p=1699#comment-211337 umm…why do you need a vpn and CAS when you are a start up ?

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