samba - Apr 2016 - Best Pratice for installing samba package in production environment

Hello Helmut,

thank you for your feedback.

I think that i am not making my self  clear enough.

Independant of the distribution, is it recommended to install Samba4 tar
ball version in a production environment, or sernet package ?

I know that with sernet you can have  benefit of support, so it may be an
advantage.

But what about if i choose to install code source version downloaded from
samba.org ?

Would it be recommended ?

Thank you for your help

On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 12:57 PM, Helmut Hullen <Hullen at t-online.de>
wrote:
> Hallo, Jules,
>
> Du meintest am 19.04.16:
>
> >>> Is it recommended to install the tarball or archive version of
> >>> samba4 in production ?
> >>
> >>> Or what will be please the best practices?
>
> >> "That depends!" ...
> >>
> >> Which distribution do you use?
> >>
> >> Do you talk about a first installation or about an update?
> >>
> >> Changing from 3.x to 4.2 or newer: seems to be no problem.
>
> > The distribution is Debian linux 7.9.
>
> > I am talking of a  fresh installation, and of course of it's
update
> > after.
>
> Oh - that's really old.
>
> Maybe the system makes a nearly complete upgrade to an actual Debian
> version if you try only to update Samba - no good idea.
>
> Viele Gruesse!
> Helmut
>
>
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On 19/04/16 16:21, Jules Houantonon wrote:
> Hello Helmut,
>
> thank you for your feedback.
>
> I think that i am not making my self  clear enough.
>
> Independant of the distribution, is it recommended to install Samba4 tar
> ball version in a production environment, or sernet package ?
>
> I know that with sernet you can have  benefit of support, so it may be an
> advantage.
>
> But what about if i choose to install code source version downloaded from
> samba.org ?
>
> Would it be recommended ?
>
> Thank you for your help
>
>
What version of Samba is used and where you get it from, is down to the 
sysadmin. You can use your distros packages, Sernet packages or compile 
Samba yourself. If you go with your distros packages, this usually means 
that they older versions, Sernet supply 4.2.x versions free of charge, 
but can also supply 4.3.x and soon 4.4.2 packages, but these are only 
available with a subscription.
If you decide to download a tarball from Samba and compile it yourself, 
you must also realise that there is no readily available support, you 
can do what you already have done, ask questions here, or find local 
support if this is a must.
One of the benefits of compiling Samba yourself is you can use the 
latest version and as you will be setting up a new domain,  you can just 
use all the configure defaults, this means in future, it will be as easy 
to update as a distro package.

So, to put it in a nutshell, the best practise is whatever is the best 
for you.

Rowland

Dear Rowland,

thank you for your mail and the details provided.

In that case, i suppose that it will be possible for someone that initially
install the sernet 4.2.X version, to receive  the earlier updates  of
samba4 after subcription.

I mean that passing to the earlier version of samba sernet package without
migrating active directory to another server.

Thank you again one more time.

Regards







On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 4:51 PM, Rowland penny <rpenny at samba.org>
wrote:
> On 19/04/16 16:21, Jules Houantonon wrote:
>
>> Hello Helmut,
>>
>> thank you for your feedback.
>>
>> I think that i am not making my self  clear enough.
>>
>> Independant of the distribution, is it recommended to install Samba4
tar
>> ball version in a production environment, or sernet package ?
>>
>> I know that with sernet you can have  benefit of support, so it may be
an
>> advantage.
>>
>> But what about if i choose to install code source version downloaded
from
>> samba.org ?
>>
>> Would it be recommended ?
>>
>> Thank you for your help
>>
>>
>>
> What version of Samba is used and where you get it from, is down to the
> sysadmin. You can use your distros packages, Sernet packages or compile
> Samba yourself. If you go with your distros packages, this usually means
> that they older versions, Sernet supply 4.2.x versions free of charge, but
> can also supply 4.3.x and soon 4.4.2 packages, but these are only available
> with a subscription.
> If you decide to download a tarball from Samba and compile it yourself,
> you must also realise that there is no readily available support, you can
> do what you already have done, ask questions here, or find local support if
> this is a must.
> One of the benefits of compiling Samba yourself is you can use the latest
> version and as you will be setting up a new domain,  you can just use all
> the configure defaults, this means in future, it will be as easy to update
> as a distro package.
>
> So, to put it in a nutshell, the best practise is whatever is the best for
> you.
>
> Rowland
>
>
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