New Sysadmin Onboarding
We do not support Microsoft Windows for Sysadmin work. The Lab functions completely on *nix-based operating systems (with a bit of *BSD), and, hence, many assumptions are made about the systems from which Sysadmins administer the Lab, severely limiting the usefulness of Microsoft Windows. For example, we write scripts to target *nix-based operating systems with
bash
support which Windows is not. Even though new versions of Windows supports Windows Subsystem for Linux, this compatibility layer does not provide a full Linux system. Hence, various programs developed for Linux such as sshuttle
, iptables
, and many others do not work on WSL or have serious problems. Although you could maybe get by using Windows for simple tasks, any serious administrative tasks require a Linux box.The recommended operating systems for Sysadmin work are:
Other mainstream Linux distros are also acceptable.
Although it is possible to conduct work as a Sysadmin from macOS, we don't explicitly support it as the Lab runs on Linux. Programs on macOS are often very old and/or ports of Linux programs, all of which may result in problems, incompatibilities, or inconsistencies for Sysadmins using macOS.
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