11.2 in a Server Capacity

[davbrant]

I have been waiting for the better part of a year for this release. I am curious if anyone has tested 11.2 in a server capacity? How well does the new web YaST work? I had some issues getting some things set up in the past, though part of this was due to not having MAC Address turned on in the BIOS, but even after that, I found the text based YaST to be less than adequate for a beginner. When I read that Novell was intending to implement a web YaST for remote configuration, I was intrigued and have long anticipated this release.

Has anyone used it? Are there any screenshots of the web YaST? Does it look and feel like YaST in OpenSUSE?

Thanks in advance,
David

davbrant wrote:

> I have been waiting for the better part of a year for this release. I am
> curious if anyone has tested 11.2 in a server capacity? How well does
> the new web YaST work? I had some issues getting some things set up in
> the past, though part of this was due to not having MAC Address turned
> on in the BIOS, but even after that, I found the text based YaST to be
> less than adequate for a beginner. When I read that Novell was intending
> to implement a web YaST for remote configuration, I was intrigued and
> have long anticipated this release.
>
> Has anyone used it? Are there any screenshots of the web YaST? Does it
> look and feel like YaST in OpenSUSE?

WebYaST in openSUSE 11.2 is in alpha or beta state. Not usable for
production at all, just a minimal basic setup for testing is included.

It is under very active development, though, but only the framework is
included within the new OS release.

That said, the powerfull of YaST (that can be used in "ncurses") makes
openSUSE a beast to use it on any server installation by means of SSH.

Greetings,

--
Camaleón