Hi, I'm evaluating eBox for a large scale deployment at a local university campus. I've suggested eBox since I'm convinced that it's the best tool for managing our server infrastructure. Not only because of its ease of use and outstanding feature set, but also because of the team behind it and the professional services offered by the company. Meanwhile, other colleagues are evaluating competing products, and before the end of this year we have to report to the IT manager and make a decision.
I'd really want eBox to be the chosen tool, and I'm trying to do my best towards that goal. However, there's a catch. We have a policy that states that
all our production servers must run Debian stable and nothing else (btw, that's a policy with which I totally agree, but even if I didn't, I'm not in a position to change it).
So, how could I deploy eBox (and services managed through it) without having to install Ubuntu (which I'm not even allowed to do on virtual instances)? Having that restriction, I thought about trying to make it work from an Ubuntu Hardy chroot environment (hosted on a Lenny server).
Unfortunately, so far I've been unsuccessful, mainly because of "A really nasty bug" (you can see all the technical details of this isue on my
previous post).
So, before trying to pursue an unattainable goal, I'd like to know if what I'm trying to do is possible or not. What do you think? Would this approach work? Are there any other methods to set up eBox on Debian stable (which don't involve running virtual instances of Ubuntu)?
I'd really appreciate any tips that you can share on this matter.
Thanks in advance,
Alex