From 25c8e3a946e5221134cac1e3ce566355e5aa7d3f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "kload@kload.fr" Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2014 14:23:35 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Update whatsyunohost.md --- whatsyunohost.md | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+) diff --git a/whatsyunohost.md b/whatsyunohost.md index 9b6f4f12..ef9222d8 100644 --- a/whatsyunohost.md +++ b/whatsyunohost.md @@ -2,12 +2,18 @@ YunoHost is a **server operating system** aiming to make self-hosting accessible to everyone. It is based on Debian GNU/Linux and is fully compatible with it. + + +--- + ### Softwares Basically YunoHost **automatically installs** and configures some services around LDAP, and **provides tools** to administrate them. It can thus be considered as a distribution, including the following softwares: + + * [Nginx](http://nginx.org/): a web server * [Postfix](http://www.postfix.org/): a SMTP e-mail server * [Dovecot](http://www.dovecot.org/): a IMAP and a POP3 e-mail server @@ -18,6 +24,8 @@ It can thus be considered as a distribution, including the following softwares: * [SSOwat](https://github.com/Kloadut/SSOwat): a (SSO) system of web autentification * [Tahoe-LAFS](https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs): a system of backup (not all ready running) +--- + ### App system Additionally, YunoHost comes with an "app" system which is, in other words, **a community repository** of validated helper scripts to install further services or web applications. @@ -26,6 +34,10 @@ The most interesting thing about this system is that **web applications benefits You may be interessed in reading the [packaging documentation](/packaging_apps) and the [SSOwat GitHub page](https://github.com/Kloadut/SSOwat) to go further. + + +--- + ### Origin YunoHost was created in February 2012 after something like this: @@ -37,6 +49,7 @@ All that was needed was an administration interface for Beudbeud's server to mak Noting the growing enthusiasm around YunoHost and around self-hosting in general, the original developers along with new contributors decided to start work on version 2, more extensible, more powerful, more easy-to-use, and one that makes a nice cup of fair-trade coffee for the elves of Lapland. +--- ### Goal @@ -44,12 +57,15 @@ YunoHost's goal is to make installing and administering a server accessible to a Everything is done with the goal of simplifying deployment on as many different kinds of hardware as possible, and in any condition (at home, on a dedicated server or on a VPS). +--- ### Name **YunoHost** comes from the jargon "Y U NO Host". The [Internet meme](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_meme) should illustrate it:
+--- + ### Development YunoHost is developed to be as **simple** and minimally-intrusive as possible, to retain compatibility with Debian. It merely proposes a package of automatic configurations for existing software, and is configurable via simple interfaces. @@ -58,12 +74,16 @@ YunoHost is **entirely** a free software project. The philosophy of self-hosting Do not hesitate to visit the ["contribute" page](/contribute). +--- + ### Security All the efforts have been made to keep YunoHost secure, and **communications encrypted**. You can read more about this subject on the related page : [https://yunohost.org/security](/security) +--- + ### What YunoHost is not ? Even if YunoHost can handle multiple domains and multiple users, it is **not meant to be a mutualized system**.