DeployIT

DeployIT is a set of tools to deploy a standard, general-purpose IT
infrastructure, according to best practices.  The infrastructure
should support Windows, Unix, and Mac OS clients and servers.
Wherever it is supported, single-sign-on will be provided.

New businesses, setting up their network for the first time, are
the target audience for the project.  DeployIT should make it simple
to deploy a robust infrastructure with minimal fuss.  By providing
the need-to-haves as well as the nice-to-haves from the beginning,
businesses can worry less about the infrastructure that they'd set
up if they had the time.

DeployIT is not intended to be highly flexible, or to provide for
every configuration possibility.  Instead, it provides one working
configuration which fits general use scenarios.  Once deployed, the
infrastructure can be tailored to meet specific needs.

DeployIT will provide these services:
 * Windows, Unix, and Mac OS user logins
 * DHCP
 * DNS
 * NTP
 * LDAP
 * Kerberos
 * Email
 * Jabber Instant Messaging
 * backups
 * service monitoring and alerts

Future plans:

Add a web UI to the initial deployment process, such that a system
preloaded with the DeployIT software could be distributed to new
networks, where it could be set up entirely without command-line
interaction.

In the future, one of the emerging configuration management systems,
(probably puppet or bcfg2) will be used to deploy the services
provided.  Kickstart will be provided to automatically provision new
systems in the network.  A web interface will be provided to migrate
or replicate services among nodes in the network. This combination of
services will allow an admin to add a "bare metal" server to the
network, deploy the software required, and migrate services entirely
from a web UI, with a minimum of input.

An SSL CA will be added to the directory management application to
provide pervasive secure connections to services, and also to provide
S/MIME certificates to users for secure communications.