NS8 - Question of understanding

[schulzstefan (Stefan M. Schulz)]

@giacomo

@schulzstefan

Could you give an example for an external rsync process with correct rights? For i.e. a share in Neth8? Source would be i.e. Neth7…

You can find an example inside the migration, this is for the shares: nethserver-ns8-migration/root/usr/share/nethesis/nethserver-ns8-migration/apps/account-provider/ad/migrate at master · NethServer/nethserver-ns8-migration · GitHub

For the receiver part, take a look to the import-module: ns8-core/core/imageroot/usr/local/agent/actions/import-module at main · NethServer/ns8-core · GitHub

So it’s complicated to move data.

@schulzstefan

Question: what will any kind of ransomeware doing sailing in in/with email?

I don’t get the question. Can you please explain it a bit?

AFAIK ransomeware is encrypting all samba shares. How to restore from an earlier backup all shares? In 2018 we isolated Wannacry. Out of curiousity I wanted to see how this virus works. I built a VM and let it in a sandbox linux SME server go. It took only minutes and all shares were encrypted. The restore of all email and all shares from a safe point, took roughly two hours. How will NS8 in this case be affected? Only samba (docker) shares? What else could be affected? Where would be the difference to a plain linux server with samba and email? Where are the advantages?

@schulzstefan

At this point the argument of beeing free to choose an underlaying OS, is not counting anymore.

Why not? NS8 is automating the container configuration: there is not lock-in. If you want to leave NS8, you could even get the images and volumes and move them under docker running on MacOS.

I highly doubt this to be easy. This would be the very first time to migrate IT with a finger-snip.

@schulzstefan

Another important question for our companies is how to install the firebird database and connect to users and workstations.

You should explain better the requirements. What are you trying to achieve? Nowadays almost everybody ship a container. If there is an OCI image, NS8 can run it.
Take a look also at docker hub: Docker

This is a bit of a jump. There’s no official firebase docker. I mean an ERP software is absolutely essential for a company. No need to explain more.

Well, everyone has different riquirements, of course. For SME I’d like to point to SME server. The mother of all SME server was the e-smith server. I’d like to say, this is still valid to me.

@schulzstefan

A linux standard server seems much easier to me.

It is. I also still prefer a plain Linux server. But times have been changed and containers are here to stay for a long while. Most advanced software are only available on containers and, sometimes, they even need complex architecture like Kubernetes to run smoothly.

Of course it is. And times are always changing. As I stated before - containers may be good for devs and commercial proposes/intentions. And maybe, this architecture is developing and staying. Right now for me this technique is a huge challenge.

Finally: taken from the homepage of Nethserver:

Small Business Linux Server Made easy.
… designed for small offices and medium enterprises.
… simple
… solid

With NS8 I don’t see this clearly right now. Anyway, I will do more testing with our needs. No decision is made right now.