Server setup, DHCP and other questions

[Fredh]

I would like to set up a erp server (openerp or openbravo still evaluating)

Both install nicely.

Now I would live to be able access the erp from an outside machine, for the sake of agument my laptop using mobile broadband.

My internet provider uses DHPC and the server will be turned off maybe once a year for updating.

How do I set up the server so that I can access it from my laptop (Firefox)?

Any ideas are greatly appreciated

[jankushka]

Re: Server setup, DHCP and other questions

i'm off on holidays tomorrow, so i won't be able to follow this thread.

but...

i assume you want graphical access.
then i guess vnc (or similar) could be an option.

i have recently set up an 8.04.3 headless server with
- openssh-server
- xserver-xorg
- xfonts-base
- kdm
- kde-core
- xinetd
- vnc4server (i.e. xvnc)

kde will be 3.5.x (which is good, in this case).
you'll need to reconfigure kdm and add a config file for starting xvnc via xinetd.

i had access on port 22 via ssh.
so i'd tunnell vnc inside ssh, the usual way, to get to port 5901 (i.e. vnc standard port).
i used krdc as a client on my laptop.

i have also tried with a 9.04 server and kdm 4, but were unable to get things to work.
with 8.04.3 and kdm 3 it was a piece of cake.

for firefox, you should be able to use the java vnc viewer.
never tried it, though.
don't know much about it.

hth

[lmilano]

Re: Server setup, DHCP and other questions

Good idea. Even better (IMO), no machine nx, I posted a thread here in Kubuntu forums. It works like a charm.

Add something like http://www.dyndns.org or http://www.no-ip.com for a static address, and you are done