Server/Use Cases

This is a draft document!
This document is a work-in-progress draft and has not been agreed upon yet.

Discussion

• 'Discussion of Fedora Server use-cases' mailing list thread
• 'Stuff that should be our target going forward ?' mailing list thread

1. Users of Fedora server will be able to install - at their option - a select set of software with graphical interfaces, and they will be able to successfully use these graphical interfaces via trusted X-forwarding (ssh -Y). [1]
   • The set of GUI software that should be installable and usable via trusted X-forwarding on Fedora Server will be defined by the Server working group. [2]
   • Draft list of GUI software to be supported.
2. Provide a platform for acting as a node in an OpenStack rack.
3. Provide a platform and simple setup for certain infrastructure services, e.g.
   • FreeIPA Domain Controller
   • BIND DNS
   • DHCP
   • Database server (both free and commercial).
   • Samba Ad Domain Controller
     • (that is mostly blocked due to upstream work, and I am not sure we can do much here, beyond encouraging upstream.)
4. Provide simple setup of a file-server (on par with Windows).
5. Platform for deploying web applications with high-value frameworks.
   • Ruby on Rails
   • Django
   • Turbogears
   • Node.js
6. Make Fedora the best platform to deploy JBoss applications.
7. Come up with standardized mechanisms for centralized monitoring
8. Come up with standardized mechanisms for centralized configuration and management
9. Simple enrollment into FreeIPA and Active Directory domains
10. Provide the best platform for secure application deployment
11. Isolation of OS from applications
12. Isolation of applications from each other
13. Isolation of application users from each other
14. Management of application resource consumption
15. Simplify management and deployment.[1]
16. Deliver the world's best leading edge DevOps platform.