Access remote server

\/4A · 08-02-2012, 09:48 PM

Hello,

I'm setting up a server for a medical facility which will be acting as an records fileserver for their LAN.

The server will be in a different location than myself and will be based on CentOS.

To provide support, I need complete access to this server remotely.

What's the best way to go about. I would consider the likes of Teamviewer, but what if there comes a time when there's a problem at OS level or maybe at boot level.

evo2 · 08-02-2012, 10:13 PM

Hi,

you need to be able to ssh to the box, and you should also look into something like IPMI.

I had to look up what teamviewer is. Are you even planning on running X on the fileserver?

What exactly is your sysadmin experience?

Evo2.

\/4A · 08-03-2012, 04:42 AM

Wouldn't IPMI be more for temperature and the likes? I need remote access more from after the time the machine boots up (after BIOS).

Nope, there's no X.

TenTenths · 08-03-2012, 05:31 AM

ILO or DRAC card (or whatever your server supplier's equivilent is) in your server or KVM over IP is the best way to ensure you have full visibility of a server.