[Server-devel] [XSCE] Can I name my server something other than http://BOX.LAN ?

[Adam Holt]

"What technical documentation exists?" is a critically important #18 within
http://schoolserver.org/FAQ

How best to revise XSCE 6.0 and other infra explanations/backgrounders
showing their age here:
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XS_Community_Edition/FAQ#What_technical_documentation_exists.3F

(Thursday's 10:30AM EST call can hopefully help capture for us & all, those
technical docs/links/insights most essential to elevate & circulate in 2017
!)


On Feb 15, 2017 10:11 AM, "Adam Holt" <holt at laptop.org> wrote:

> On Feb 15, 2017 8:54 AM, "Tim Moody" <tim at timmoody.com> wrote:
>
> Are we now at the point of changing the default hostname to box?
>
>
> Prob the right move yes, retaining legacy support for http://schoolserver
> and http://schoolserver.lan of course.  All 3 aliases should work
> {box.lan, schoolserver.lan, hogwarts.lan} when tinkerers change their
> training to http://hogwarts.lan
>
> My #1 goal is to dramatically simplify training materials (http://box and
> http://box/usb etc) so legit global adoption can now move forward more
> organically, purposefully & increasingly.
>
> Even better if a reasonably good set of Captive Portal compromises emerges
> in 2017 as well (so less-literate-but-just-as-bright learners don't have
> to type in URL's at all, upon connecting to Wi-Fi, even if many keyboard
> elites don't grasp this need ;)
>
> > What I name the server and the alias I give for the browser to find it
> are not the same thing.
> >
> > The host name should be set with either in the admin console or via
> local vars as the FAQ says, but the rest deals with aliases.
>
> Yes.  My approach was to address Teachers/Hospital volunteers #1, as they
> are in dire need of 1 single concise URL-as-name they can communicate to
> their peers and depend on, e.g. http://box.lan or ideally http://box
> suffices on the vast majority if their site's client devices.
>
> So I'm trying to push the FAQ to "teacher-centric" Survival Needs first
> and foremost.  Then further below these user-centric lead ideas &
> on-ramping essentials, linking to tech details where nec.
>
> With background/implementer material linking to https://github.com/XSCE/
> xsce/wiki and other illustrative architecture vitals I'm surely missing
> for those diving in to Tweak and Customize (if not trick out) their
> Internet-in-a-Box system — *as a model for their entire community.*
>
> This teacher/implementer balancing act must be readjusted constantly en
> route whenever we find a better way (teachers are lost without implementers
> hearing out their real needs, and then iterating).
>
> I intentionally avoided talking about aliases (equiv to Host Name)
> entirely to avoid sewing confusion.  But perhaps there is a better way.
>
> Thanks all for beating on *(and fixing) *http://schoolserver.org/FAQ so
>  innocent newbie misunderstandings Keep Clearing Up!
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 14, 2017 at 10:35 PM, Adam Holt <holt at laptop.org> wrote:
>
>> As our documentation is coming together, this is only a Draft!  As I'm
>> sure Jerry Vonau and other networking wizards like can improve on this
>> response :)
>>
>> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XS_Community_Edition/FAQ#Can_I_nam
>> e_my_server_something_other_than_http:.2F.2FBOX.LAN_.3F
>>
>> PS this is #11 within the 21 Frequently Asked Questions at
>> http://schoolserver.org/FAQ
>>
>
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