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--- doc:success-stories:debian-edu [2013/03/10 10:07]
sunweaver [Deployment Story: Debian Edu / Skolelinux and X2Go (without TJENER)]
+++ doc:success-stories:debian-edu [2017/01/16 16:54] (current)
stefanbaur ↷ Page moved from doc:deployment-stories:debian-edu to doc:success-stories:debian-edu
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 ====== Deployment Story: Debian Edu / Skolelinux and X2Go (without TJENER) ======
-In Debian Edu contexts the main criticism since the release of Debian Edu / Skolelinux squeeze is: the whole Debian Edu system has become far to complex (LDAP, Kerberos, GOsa², Samba, LTSP, ...). The default Skolelinux system has become more complex. If it has become too complex is another discussion.
+//Shared by: Mike Gabriel (with my [[http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu|Debian Edu]] Developer hat on)//
-However, those who feel overwhelmed by its grown complexity, please consider this approach:
+In Debian Edu contexts the main criticism since the release of Debian Edu / Skolelinux squeeze is: the whole Debian Edu system has become far to complex (LDAP, Kerberos, GOsa², Samba, LTSP, ...). The default Skolelinux system has become more complex, that is true indeed. If it has become too complex is another discussion. From the view point of a Debian Edu developer and IT service provider, the system is just as it has to be. From a teacher's perspective, I deeply get the criticism of to much complexity.
+However, those who feel overwhelmed by Debian Edu's grown complexity, please consider the approach described below.
 ===== Your Gateway =====
   * Install ipFire as a Gateway on some minor hardware
-    * Red + Green interface
+    * Red + Green interface (you need two network cards)
     * let the Red interface connect you to the internet
     * Enable DHCP service on the Green interface
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     * two fast hard drives (SSD)
     * 2 network cards
-  * Install a Debian Edu / Skolelinux Standalone system (no TJENER!)
+  * Install a Debian Edu / Skolelinux Standalone system (no TJENER!) on that server hardware
   * Make sure that your Skolelinux system's hostname can internally be resolved via DNS. Use the ipFire system to configure this.
   * Test local login, test DNS, install required (educational) software
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 ===== Basic X2Go Installation =====
-  * Then proceed setting up X2Go Server on the Skolelinux system:
+  * Then proceed with setting up X2Go Server on the Skolelinux system:
     * Add the X2Go archives for Debian to the Skolelinux system
     * Install the packages ''x2goserver-xsession'' and ''x2goserver-fmbindings'' on the Skolelinux machine. Optionally, you may want to install the package ''x2godesktopsharing''.
-    * Test X2Go access to the Skolelinux system from another client machine that gets hooked up on the Green network interface of the ipFire system
+    * Test X2Go access to the Skolelinux system from another client machine that gets hooked up to the Green network interface of the ipFire system
 ===== X2Go Thin Client Environment =====
-  * Then proceeed with setting up the X2Go Thin Client Environment on the Skolelinux system:
+  * Then proceeed with setting up an X2Go Thin Client Environment on the Skolelinux system:
-    * Install the package ''x2gothinclient_management'' on the Skolelinux system
+    * Install the package ''x2gothinclient-management'' on the Skolelinux system
     * Follow the X2Go TCE documentation in this wiki to get the TCE up and running
-    * Make sure you serve the X2Go Thin Clients via the //second// network interface of the Skolelinux system
+    * During the X2Go TCE installation you will be guided to set up a DHCP+PXE server on the Skolelinux system. Make sure that DHCP serves the X2Go Thin Clients via the //second// network interface of the Skolelinux system. No DHCP on the first network card (the one that is connected to the Green ipFire interface)
+    * Connect minimal, power-saving systems (i.e. thin-client-like hardware) two the Skolelinux system's second network card and configure them boot via PXE
 ==== What you have at the end... ====

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