[Freeipa-users] Who uses FreeIPA?

[Petr Spacek]

On 4.5.2016 16:33, Jakub Hrozek wrote:
> On Wed, May 04, 2016 at 04:23:00PM +0200, Martin Kosek wrote:
>> On 05/04/2016 09:23 AM, Jakub Hrozek wrote:
>>> On Tue, May 03, 2016 at 11:31:02PM +0200, Lukas Slebodnik wrote:
>>>> On (03/05/16 15:09), Alexandre de Verteuil wrote:
>>>>> Hello all,
>>>>>
>>>>> I've deployed FreeIPA in my home lab and I'm happy to have single
>>>>> sign-on for all my Archlinux virtual machines and Fedora laptops :)
>>>>>
>>>>> It took me lots of research and conversations before hearing about
>>>>> FreeIPA for the first time while searching for a libre SSO solution. I
>>>>> think FreeIPA needs much more exposure. I am really impressed with it.
>>>>> Tomorrow I am giving a short presentation at my workplace to talk about
>>>>> it and invite other sysadmins to try it.
>>>>>
>>>>> I would like to make a slide showing the current adoption of FreeIPA. I
>>>>> read that Red Hat uses it internally, but do they actually deploy it in
>>>>> their client's infrastructures? Are there any big companies that use it?
>>>>> Even if I only have reports of schools and small businesses would be
>>>>> good enough to say it's production ready and it has traction.
>>>>>
>>>>> Whether you are reporting about your own use or you know where I can
>>>>> find out more would be greatly appreciated! I have not found a "Who uses
>>>>> FreeIPA" page on the Internet.
>>>>>
>>>> The GNOME Infrastructure is now powered by FreeIPA!
>>>> October 7, 2014
>>>>
>>>> https://www.dragonsreach.it/2014/10/07/the-gnome-infrastructure-is-now-powered-by-freeipa/
>>>
>>> Would it make sense to add 'success stories' like this to the
>>> freeipa.org home page? Of course, we can't use Red Hat IDM customers,
>>> but those that use freeipa on Fedora/CentOS and hopefully soon on Ubuntu
>>> could be added there if they would agree..
>>
>> I think it would make sense. We already know at least about GNOME as Lukas
>> mentioned or about eBay's Hadoop clusters:
>>
>> https://hadoopsummit.uservoice.com/forums/344958-governance-and-security/suggestions/11664876-freeipa-for-securing-hadoop-fish
>>
>> I think we should start a new "References" page on the FreeIPA.org wiki and ask
>> for success stories from this list. Any takers? :-)
> 
> I think we should ask those projects for permission first..

Why is that? The information is public in both cases, right?

I really do not see a reason for ask-before-linking approach. (The next step
is "pay-before-linking" as seen in various proposals from European governments.)

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Petr^2 Spacek