[asterisk-users] Asterisk server: Console or GUI OS ? Init level 3 or init level 5 ?

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On Sep 12, 2011, at 5:35 PM, Steve Totaro <stotaro at asteriskhelpdesk.com> wrote:

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> On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 5:12 PM, Steve Totaro <stotaro at asteriskhelpdesk.com> wrote:
> See comments inline.
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> On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 2:21 PM, linux guy <linuxguy123 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm about to start building my asterisk server and I can't seem to find anything that discusses the pros and cons of installing the OS (Fedora 15) as console only or GUI, ie install KDE as well.
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> If you want an OS that is going to be supported a year from now, don't use Fedora.
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> Go for CentOS which is essentially Red Hat Enterprise, Fedora is pretty much beta RHEL.  It's EOL is one year from my understanding.
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> You want to install the very minimum as most people would agree, why do you think you need a GUI.
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> Best practice is to only install the bare minimum on a server.
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> So, other than a bit of disk space, is there any reason why I shouldn't install KDE when I set it up ?
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> It has and will cause issues.  I have installed KDE or whatever but booted to init 3 for a couple of machines.  I could go to init 5 if I had to, but I never did had to.  I don't see a single pro, but there are many cons.
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> What benefit do you get from KDE?  Why do you want it.  Is this just going to be an asterisk server or a desktop?
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> Is there any great disadvantage to running the server in init level 5 (ie KDE, xorg, etc) running in the background, but not being logged in, versus init level 3 ? (Or whatever they call these things these days..., ie F15 uses systemd...)
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> FWIW, my server hardware will sit on a server rack in the utility room.  I might drag a display and keyboard down there once in a while to troubleshoot and/or do maintenance, but mostly I'd ssh in and probably use a remote desktop app to work on it.   
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> How does remote desktop help you over an SSH CLI?
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> FWIW, I'm OK doing things via the CLI, but sometimes its really nice to have graphical tools.
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> Ok, I can understand, I used to be like this for a while.  I am a huge fan of Webmin for a GUI.  It allows for almost everything and for me, it is better than KDE or anything else.  It is just a webpage with tools attached.  No big potential problem there.
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> I look forward to your input.
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> Thanks
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> I have been using Vyatta (paid for with phone support.)
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> It makes for the most powerful Asterisk platform you can imagine.  There is a learning curve but I love what I have put together.  There are howtos everywhere and if you buy licenses, you get excellent support and online training courses.
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> It is a very firewall/Router.  It handles everything from OpenVPN, awesome security features, IPS, and even QoS, wireshark.
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> I put webmin and NTOP on these machines as well.  Vyatta has become my new platform for Asterisk.
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> Check it out http://www.vyatta.org/documentation
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> There is very little you cannot do, but don't have to use the features if you don't want to.
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> Vyatta is also a company like Asterisk.  Vyatta is the baby of former bigtime corporate Cisco guys.  Asterisk is the baby of former Adtran execs.
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> Thanks,
> Steve T
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> Thanks,
> Steve T
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