[Freeipa-users] freeipa harware appliance

[Martin Basti]

On 20.11.2015 18:37, Karl Forner wrote:
> Thanks Martin.
> My expected numbers: users ~ 50 max, concurrent clients/sessions < 20, 
> hosts < 20.
> I was thinking about a server with an old intel cpu, 4Gb RAM and smal 
> HDD or USB key-based storage + an ethernet port.
> I have no idea if it is a common use in IT to run such (critical) 
> application on its own dedicated appliance.
This configuration should be enough.

Virtualization is everywhere, many users use IPA in virtualized 
environment :-)
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> On Fri, Nov 20, 2015 at 6:29 PM, Martin Basti <mbasti at redhat.com 
> <mailto:mbasti at redhat.com>> wrote:
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>     On 20.11.2015 16:47, Karl Forner wrote:
>>     Hello,
>>
>>     Could you recommend me a mini appliance/server to use as a
>>     freeIPA server ?
>>     I guess the main points are an ethernet port, minimal
>>     consumption, robustness.
>>
>>     Thanks,
>>     Karl Forner
>>
>>
>     Hello,
>
>     I would say that minimal amount of RAM is 2GB with IPA 4.2, of
>     course amount of resources depends on many things.
>     https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7/html/Linux_Domain_Identity_Authentication_and_Policy_Guide/Preparing_for_an_IPA_Installation-Hardware_Requirements.html
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>     Disk space at least 500MB for basic installation + baseOS + stored
>     data
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>     I do not know if IPA is limited by a CPU in somehow, but with very
>     slow CPU you may need to increase timeouts (I saw the posts on
>     this lists that it is possible to run IPA on raspberry pi with
>     increased timeouts)
>
>     Maybe would be better if you write what do you need this minimal
>     configuration for and how many clients, users and connections
>     should IPA handle.
>
>     Martin
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