eBox is presently used as a test environment as currently it does not offer some essential functionality.
All items in each list are shown in no order of priority. The lists are in no way to be interpreted as deriding the effort already input to eBox but are given in the spirit of helping the project. Many of the points have been raised previously in the forum - I will provide links if wanted.
MISSING ESSENTIALS
Guaranteed upgrade compatibility (without re-installation) between:
- Major eBox versions
- Underlying Ubuntu LTS versions
Integrated control/management of Domain Controller and Domain Member Servers and (Win/Lin Domain Workstation Clients including roaming profiles)
Single point authentication and authorization of all users/machines/apps on LAN
A Domain-wide account, reachable from any machine on the LAN. It will confer the highest level of administrative privileges from a single point of authentication, irrespective of whichever machine is the source of the log-in request (workstation or server).
Backup of individual storage units to a destination remote from the local machine. This will include the ability to obtain a secure (encrypted) copy of the backup from the destination machine, for off-site storage/archive.
An integrated ability to manage changes in demand for storage space with minimum impact on users.
HIGH DESIRE
Improved printing functions
Development of eBox-Desktop clients
Disaster recovery and resilience
Resilience against failed/incomplete minor version upgrades
DESIRE
Simplified means of using an external email/webmail provider with clients such as Thunderbird etc.
The ability for users to restore their own individual/multiple files from backups, using the web interface.
Package/Application cache for Ubuntu/Windows machines (e.g. Apt-Cacher-NG, Opsi etc)
A single, unified set of docs/manual - constantly reviewed and updated.
Image server/repository (Clonezilla, FOG etc)