Super easy deployment of integrated GIS office with unlimited number of workstations in a few moments.
GIS.lab provides possibility to create integrated, fully equipped, easy-to-use, pre-configured, centrally managed, portable and unbreakable GIS office platform from one host machine running central server and unlimited number of diskless client machines. All software works out-of-box without any need of configuration or other behind a scene knowledge, allowing users to keep high focus on their GIS tasks.
The platform consists from one Linux server instance running LTSP server inside automatically provisioned Virtualbox machine and unlimited diskless client machines running LTSP Fat client. This setup allows to use all client machine power and it is very friendly to server resources.
Key features:
- super easy fully automatic deployment and maintenance - all operation are encapsulated in easy to use commands
- nearly zero requirements for client machines - no operating system or software needed, no hard disk needed
- no limit of number of client machines
- 100 percent real computer user experience - no thin client glitches
- central management of all client OS images, user accounts and user data
- every user can log in from any client machine to get his working environment
- unbreakable client OS images - after every client reload you always get fresh OS environment
- rich software equipment of client machines for internet browsing, email, chat, images and video, word, spreadsheet and presentation editing and more
- out of box internet sharing from host machine to all client machines
- out of box working file sharing service (NFS)
- out of box database server (PostgreSQL/PostGIS)
- out of box working backup service [TODO]
- Linux system security
- great platform for studying open source technologies beginning from Linux OS, various system services and end user software
- best tuned set of software equipment for data editing, analysis and database storage and management [PARTIALY IMPLEMENTED]
- set of software equipment for scripting and GIS software development [TODO]
- out of box working web GIS publishing solution
- step by step manuals and how-to documents for the most common tasks [TODO]
For detailed information read our Wiki page at https://github.com/imincik/gis-lab/wiki .
- Ivan Mincik, GISTA s.r.o., ivan.mincik@gmail.com