Opinion on server install

**Allblack** · 06-02-2003

I was wondering what some of you opt for when installing a Linux server.
Do you guys bother to do a custom install so you have a GUI and some other features or do you go for a server install and manage it through a shell. I guess it is a matter of taste. What do most admin go for?

Cheers

**andutt** · 06-02-2003

Yes, use the gui if you installing linux it much easier for newbies and for us to that have done it a couple of times. If you are up to installing many servers, it takes to much time, then i should suggest kickstart installations or som clooning software like mondo.

Regards

**Dolda2000** · 06-02-2003

If it's only a server and nothing else, then I wouldn't bother to install a GUI on it. I wouldn't even connect a monitor to it, but just manage it through ssh.

**Allblack** · 06-02-2003

What ssh tool(client) is recommended for linux? On windows I use Putty.
Does ssh gets installed by default on a server? Which one do you suggest, OpenSSh maybe?

Cheers

**Dolda2000** · 06-02-2003

Yep, I recommend OpenSSH. It installs by default on RedHat and probably with most other distros. It has a client as well.

**andutt** · 06-03-2003

Putty is good and also for free, otherwise i think Vandyke:s products are pretty nice SecureCRT and SecureFX.

Its good thought to at least have classic X installed if you have any program that needs to be graphicly installed on the server...like Oracle!

Regards

**Dolda2000** · 06-03-2003

Does Oracle require X? Are you kidding me?
Anyway, I'd still not install an X server on the server, but only the X libs, and then using SSH's X11 forwarding feature. That way you still don't need physical access to the server.

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