Phobos and System Admin

Looking to move to Java and open source platforms and being a system admin, I have been working on setting up a public facing open source server. Although Phobos is a small part of that, it is a task that has to be learned and done if Phobos and Java are going to be the back bone of your web site. I find Linux and Java application servers more secure and easier to tune for specific security tasks, but the software still has to be learned and mastered. Running a Linux internal server is quite a different task than running an external server. Securing a server from the operating system up through the application is a real task with today's Internet. I am currently using a headless Debian server and Sun Application Server. I would love to try Solaris as soon as they have drivers available for a wider variety of hardware.

I am getting close to completion and hope to be running a beta site soon built entirely on Phobos. I like to see new technologies and I am excited about Phobos. My goal is to help build a larger community committed to Phobos with the site. When I see a web technology, I always like to see what the people recommending it are doing with it and if they are actually running it themselves. Sure, you can use many tools that may be more automated and built for you for running a web site or application, but if a foundational technology is going to become popular, ready made pieces must be built using it. Therefore, everything on the site will be built using Phobos and Java.

I will be soliciting for volunteers to help and contribute code for pieces of the site as I can only devote so much time to the project. My goal will be to build a community driven site with many contributors of examples as well as code for the web site.

Watch this blog for the release site which will be coming soon.