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List:       freeradius-users
Subject:    Re: Latest server deployment instructions
From:       Alan DeKok <aland () deployingradius ! com>
Date:       2023-09-18 20:19:08
Message-ID: 6B0C642D-6986-453C-88E1-EFEB78BF3A18 () deployingradius ! com
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On Sep 18, 2023, at 3:05 PM, Simo Tappola <simo.tappola@gmail.com> wrote:
> To authenticate clients/supplicants,

  That is what a RADIUS server does...

> basically to get it up and running in
> the way FreeRADIUS HowTos describes, with minimal changes to the
> configuration.

  Have you tried following the documentation?

> I suppose my actual question is/was are those instructions
> still valid, even though they are/seem to be more than ten years old?

  The documentation has been *around* for ten years or more.  It hasn't been \
*unmodified* for ten years.

  Plus, I said that the server comes with documentation.  That documentation is \
clearly up to date, as it's shipped with the latest version of the server.  Why not \
do what it says?

  Why not read the comments in the configuration files and follow those instructions \
to get things working?

> Or
> put in another way, what would be your recommendation for a definite, go-to
> set of instructions to start with?

  So start doing... what?

  I must point out the inherent confusion in asking "How do I do stuff", and when \
asked for clarification, replying with "I really want to do stuff".

  Computers don't work on wishes and vague descriptions.  Computers work on details.

> Would it be that Deploying RADIUS site,
> README, Wiki or something else? Ultimately, it is of course all of them,
> but what about the very first steps?

  To do what?

  Perhaps instead of waiting for some kind of blessing to go ahead, you could just \
try to follow the documentation.  Then if it doesn't work, ask detailed questions, \
and give detailed information.

  What isn't helpful is asking the same question repeatedly, while not actually \
making progress.  Just get things done.  You can't destroy anything by misconfiguring \
the server.  It's all just bits on a hard drive.  You can always fix things by \
updating the configuration files.

  Alan DeKok.

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