[BlueOnyx:27317] Re: CUPS

[Chris Gebhardt - VIRTBIZ Internet]

Hi Colin

On 11/8/2024 6:13 AM, Colin Jack via Blueonyx wrote:
> Good morning,
>
> We have a customer wanting to use CUPS on a 5210R server.
> Does anybody have any experience on this?

Do you mean CUPS like the print server?   Seems like an interesting 
request.  We once, LONG AGO, did something like this for a customer to 
be able to generate/print files on the fly from their DEC Alpha server 
hosted in our facility so that the output could be viewed at their 
office on the other side of the country. We used a BlueQuartz machine at 
the time to do this which was dedicated to that customer.   All of that 
hardware has been long since retired.

You should be able to add CUPS via yum or dnf. Keep in mind that this is 
going to open up additional services (pronounced "security targets") on 
your server, so if it's shared with other customers that's a potential 
risk to them. If you've got things well secured and are comfortable with 
the risks, maybe it's no problem. If it's a truly custom / one-off 
solution for the customer, you might consider them on a dedicated 
instance. Food for thought.

-- 
Chris Gebhardt
VIRTBIZ Internet Services
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