On Tue, 2011-08-02 at 02:31 +0000, Steven Jones wrote: > Hi, > > It has come a long way in 2 years, IMHO. It maybe a little fresh still for production in some ways, hence we will look at it and kick it tyres in a POC (proof of concept), but I have huge pressures to put something in. There are several aspects to consider, from our perspective our admin users are very...uh...diverse in their skill set so ease of use is a biggee as is phone support from someone like RH. Some swings and roundabouts will be evident but that's the same for all products. > > For instance comparing products, so far I've tried > > Sun's IdM, the gui wouldnt work, Sun's reply we dont know why, install it on solaris and come back....uh no thanks.... > Oracle's IdM and in 6 weeks couldn't get it installed, Oracle wanted 30k for training, $300 and hour for support and $150k to install and set it up.....crazy money. > I tried 389, complex early documentation (7.1 I think it was), no support though. > RDS, not available in NZ. > win2k3R2 AD, 4 days no workie, gave up. > win2k8R2 AD, worked straight off, doesnt look like its got much management capability though. > FreeIPA up and running in a few days.....lots of management. > > So, so far IPA is looking better than most of what I've looked at, say the top 3. > > regards > > Steven Jones > > Technical Specialist - Linux RHCE > > Victoria University, Wellington, NZ > > 0064 4 463 6272 > > 8><------. > > > <snip> > I last looked at FreeIPA about two years ago. It looked great but was > still very, very immature. Is it ready for production yet? <snip> Very helpful. Thanks - John -- 389 users mailing list 389-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/389-users
