At work I had been tasked with setting up a few Linux servers, these servers are to replace existing Windows boxing running a clustered application. The application will happily run on Linux. My background is Microsoft (heavily Microsoft) so this task was well outside my comfort zone.
I had setup a Windows Active Directory Domain to control my existing infrastructure, and I did not want to add to my workload by having these isolated Linux machines running there own authentication mechanisms. So after a quick Google it seemed that integration between the Linux boxes and the windows domain was possible. Armed with information off I went….
I am using CentOS for a few reasons.
- I have access to an experienced CentOS guy.
- CentOS is derived from Red Hat (so I saw benefit in learning something that would enhance my corporate CV).
- CentOS is free (but enterprise level due to Red Hat background)
I am going to split this article into certain sections as there were some additional requirements for me that are outside of the initial Windows integration. Mainly this was some form of remote desktop (coming from a windows background this again is mainly to do with a comfort factor :o), the command line scares me ;o) ) and to keep the system as secure as I could.
Other parts in this series
- Introduction
- Install CentOS (and initial configuration) for the Windows Sys Admin.
- Part 1 - Basic Install
- Part 2 - Initial Configuration
- Part 3 - Proxy configuration
- Part 4 - SSH (Secure shelling)
- Part 5 - Setting up VNC Server (inc firewall)
- Part 6 - Setup Windows Authentication integration.
- Part 7 - Tips
- Online Documentation (all the good articles I have found on the tinterweb).
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