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Contents

  1. Ubuntu in the Enterprise (sketch)
    1. Authentication against a central server
      1. VAS/QAS/DAS
      2. SSSD
      3. Samba 4.0
      4. Likewise Open
      5. Beyondtrust
      6. Centrify
      7. NSS-LDAP / Kerberos
    2. Configuration management tools
      1. CFEngine 3
      2. cfengine 2
      3. Puppet
      4. Chef
      5. Manual scripts
    3. Package management
      1. Automatic upgrades
      2. Landscape
    4. Services pre-configuration
      1. Firewall
      2. Printers
    5. System inventory tools
      1. Landscape
    6. Automated installation / Deploying
      1. Preseeding
      2. FAI
      3. Kickseed
    7. Office applications
      1. LibreOffice
      2. Google Apps
      3. MS Office with Crossover
      4. MS Office with Wine
    8. Email
      1. Exchange
      2. IBM Lotus Notes
      3. Zimbra
      4. Generic IMAP+SMTP
      5. Custom calendaring?
    9. VPN
      1. Cisco VPN
      2. Juniper VPN
      3. OpenVPN
      4. Other?
    10. Other tools
      1. Sun/Oracle Java 6
      2. Microsoft TrueType fonts
      3. Adobe Reader
      4. Adobe Flash Player
    11. Profile settings
      1. Autoconfiguration of Thunderbird
      2. Autoconfiguration of Firefox
      3. Autoconfiguration of other apps
    12. Remote applications/desktops
      1. Citrix XenDesktop/XenApp
      2. VMware View
      3. RedHat VDI
      4. Remote Desktop with RDP and VNC
      5. Providing Ubuntu apps to Windows users

Ubuntu in the Enterprise (sketch)

Entry - introduction notes on the whole thing.

Authentication against a central server

VAS/QAS/DAS

SSSD

Samba 4.0

Likewise Open

Beyondtrust

Centrify

NSS-LDAP / Kerberos

Configuration management tools

Description of tools used for system management aligning those to the policy. As the tools are pretty large and complex, we may want to separate those to other wikis.

CFEngine 3

cfengine 2

Puppet

Chef

Manual scripts

Package management

Automatic upgrades

Landscape

Services pre-configuration

Firewall

Printers

System inventory tools

Landscape

Automated installation / Deploying

http://davidmburke.com/2012/04/26/ubuntu-12-04-deployment-with-active-directory/

Preseeding

FAI

Kickseed

Office applications

LibreOffice

Google Apps

MS Office with Crossover

MS Office with Wine

Email

Exchange

IBM Lotus Notes

Zimbra

Generic IMAP+SMTP

Custom calendaring?

VPN

Cisco VPN

Juniper VPN

OpenVPN

Other?

Other tools

Sun/Oracle Java 6

Microsoft TrueType fonts

Adobe Reader

Adobe Flash Player

Profile settings

GNOME Sysadmin → http://library.gnome.org/admin/system-admin-guide/stable/

Autoconfiguration of Thunderbird

Autoconfiguration of Firefox

Autoconfiguration of other apps

Remote applications/desktops

Citrix XenDesktop/XenApp

Citrix virtualization solutions are popular on the market. Being backed by open-source Xen solution they may be considered as a viable option to use for applications you cannot use directly on your desktop.

The Citrix Receiver is missing some features and has a number of bugs (November 2012). Here is a guide to deploy the Receiver to Ubuntu machines:

Deploying Citrix Receiver

Ubuntu Help contains an article on Citrix Receiver as well:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CitrixICAClientHowTo

VMware View

RedHat VDI

Remote Desktop with RDP and VNC

Providing Ubuntu apps to Windows users

I think the above would mostly be used for accessing Windows applications. However, some use cases suggest going the other way round or using Linux apps remotely from Linux. Provisioning of Linux apps comes here Smile :)

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