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Setting up a server for a research team. What should be in my checklist? (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 3 days ago by bergetfew@sopuli.xyz to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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I've been asked to set up a server for a research team at my university. I've already had the practice of setting a server at home, so I have a rough idea of how things should be done. Still, I wish to follow best practices when setting up a server for this use case. Plus I would prefer to avoid too much tinkering for the setup since I'm planning to keep the installation as simple as possible.

Following are some rough constraints and considerations for the setup:

Server computer is a Mac Mini (latest model I think?). I've been told they would replace macOS with Linux, still I believe I should ready if they don't (I don't have experience with macOS at all)
Server will be situated in university and provided a static IP address
Team needs remote access to the server, presumably comfortable with using CLI
I am unlikely to be permitted access to server myself after setup, so it should be ready to be managed by the team
Extra hardware and/or paid software could be arranged but to a limited extent and within reason

I don't think they have really any requirement other than having remote access to the server. I think SSH should suffice, however I was wondering if I could also arrange for backups, GUI server panel etc.

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[–] a1studmuffin@aussie.zone 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I guess as a starting point most of us in this thread don't really know what university research teams do.

If they had a laptop or phone, what kinds of things would they want to do that requires a server? Will they need email? Instant messaging? File sharing? Document collaboration? Will there be sensitive information? Do they need specific software? Or put another way, without this server, what can't they do?

If you can give some hints on that kind of stuff, I'm sure people in this thread can help out more with specifics on software/tech recommendations.

Edit: obviously Unreal Tournament is non-negotiable.

[–] bergetfew@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I wasn't able to get a clear response but I can say that they are primarily going to use it for writing and storing code like a Github repo, plus installation of 2-3 programs whose names I couldn't recognise.

They could use Github itself, but I know they know this too so but deliberate chose to work this way. I could probably suggest a software like Gitea or Forgejo for this purpose, but I suppose they aren't in need of that.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 days ago

Github doesn't need a server. It is a cloud service.

Why can't they run the programs locally?

[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

I wasn’t able to get a clear response but I can say that they are primarily going to use it for writing and storing code like a Github repo, plus installation of 2-3 programs whose names I couldn’t recognise.

This makes sense. Sometimes its better to run 'helper' programs in a remote container so configs and such are synced.

If they are trying to setup an inference server for cursor or something, though, you will need to run OSX. Linux does not support Metal acceleration (last I checked).