modules.html

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title: Modules
description: Extending the functionality of YaST across a variety of modules.

columns:
- categories:
  - title: "Network services"
    modules:
    - name: yast-auth-server
      url: http://github.com/yast/yast-auth-server
      desc: Configuration of server providing various authentication methods like Kerberos, LDAP or SSSD.
    - name: yast-dhcp-server
      url: http://github.com/yast/yast-dhcp-server
      desc: Configuration of DHCP server, including LDAP-related settings.
    - name: yast-dns-server
      url: http://github.com/yast/yast-dns-server
      desc: Comprehensive configuration of BIND DNS server.
    - name: yast-ftp-server
      url: http://github.com/yast/yast-ftp-server
      desc: Configuration of Pure-FTPd and vsftpd.
    - name: yast-http-server
      url: http://github.com/yast/yast-http-server
      desc: Comprehensive configuration of Apache2.
    - name: yast-instserver
      url: http://github.com/yast/yast-instserver
      desc: Configures installation server (NFS, HTTP or FTP) providing installation repositories.
    - name: yast-mail
      url: http://github.com/yast/yast-mail
      desc: Mail configuration.
    - name: yast-nfs-server
      url: http://github.com/yast/yast-nfs-server
      desc: Exports directories over NFS network protocol.
    - name: yast-nis-server
      url: http://github.com/yast/yast-nis-server
      desc: Server configuration for network information services (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_Information_Service">NIS, YP</a>).
    - name: yast-samba-server
      url: http://github.com/yast/yast-samba-server
      desc: Server side of a file and printing services using <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samba_(software)">Samba</a>.
    - name: yast-slp-server
      url: http://github.com/yast/yast-slp-server
      desc: Configures Service Location Protocol server (<a href="http://www.openslp.org/">OpenSLP</a>).
    - name: yast-squid
      url: http://github.com/yast/yast-squid
      desc: Configures Squid proxy service.
    - name: yast-tftp-server
      url: http://github.com/yast/yast-tftp-server
      desc: Configures TFTP server (used for booting over network).
  - title: "Infrastructure & deployment"
    modules:
    - name: yast-add-on
      url: http://github.com/yast/yast-add-on
      desc: Allows to add/remove add-ons for base system.
    - name: yast-cluster
      url: http://github.com/yast/yast-cluster
      desc: Management of settings for high availability clusters.
    - name: yast-configuration-management
      url: http://github.com/yast/yast-configuration-management
      desc: Integration with Configuration Management Systems like <a href="https://saltstack.com/salt-open-source/">Salt</a> or <a href="https://puppet.com/">Puppet</a>.
    - name: yast-crowbar
      url: http://github.com/yast/yast-crowbar
      desc: Configuration of Crowbar, the orchestration tool used by SUSE Cloud.
    - name: yast-docker
      url: http://github.com/yast/yast-docker
      desc: Management of Docker daemon, images, and containers.
    - name: yast-drbd
      url: http://github.com/yast/yast-drbd
      desc: Configuration of Distributed Replicated Block Devices, a distributed storage system frequently used on high availability (HA) clusters.
    - name: yast-firstboot
      url: http://github.com/yast/yast-firstboot
      desc: Allows system administrators to setup a wizard to execute on the first run of a system. Useful for image-based deployments.
    - name: yast-geo-cluster
      url: http://github.com/yast/yast-geo-cluster
      desc: Management of Geo Clustering for high availability.
    - name: yast-iplb
      url: http://github.com/yast/yast-iplb
      desc: Configures IP load balancing.
    - name: yast-opensuse-mirror
      url: http://github.com/yast/yast-opensuse-mirror
      desc: Configures mirroring of openSUSE repositories locally.
    - name: yast-pos-installation
      url: http://github.com/yast/yast-pos-installation
      desc: Takes care of <a href="https://www.suse.com/products/linuxpointofservice/">SUSE POS</a> installation and upgrade.
    - name: yast-vm
      url: http://github.com/yast/yast-vm
      desc: Installs tools for using XEN or KVM virtualization.
  - title: "Development & diagnosis"
    modules:
    - name: openwsman-yast
      url: http://github.com/yast/yast-openwsman-yast
      desc: Remote access to YaST capabilities via an openwsman plugin, enabling the creation of new interfaces.
    - name: yast-cim
      url: http://github.com/yast/yast-cim
      desc: CIM API for YaST developers.
    - name: yast-dbus-server
      url: http://github.com/yast/yast-dbus-server
      desc: YaST DBus service providing DBus access to YaST components.
    - name: yast-journal
      url: http://github.com/yast/yast-journal
      desc: Displays the systemd journal in a convenient and user-friendly way.
    - name: yast-kdump
      url: http://github.com/yast/yast-kdump
      desc: Configures kdump (kernel dump) tool.
    - name: yast-ldap
      url: http://github.com/yast/yast-ldap
      desc: Allows YaST components to work with LDAP. It enables searching the LDAP tree and managing items on an LDAP server.
    - name: yast-packager
      url: http://github.com/yast/yast-packager
      desc: Libraries and modules for software management.
    - name: yast-support
      url: http://github.com/yast/yast-support
      desc: Allows you to collect system information for installation support in a standardized format.
    - name: yast-transfer
      url: http://github.com/yast/yast-transfer
      desc: A YaST agent for various transfer protocols like FTP, HTTP and TFTP.
    - name: yast-x11
      url: http://github.com/yast/yast-x11
      desc: Contains the programs and files for YaST2 X11 support.
    - name: yast-xml
      url: http://github.com/yast/yast-xml
      desc: The YaST XML agent.
- categories:
  - title: "System configuration"
    modules:
    - name: yast-apparmor
      url: http://github.com/yast/yast-apparmor
      desc: Apparmor profile management.
    - name: yast-auth-client
      url: http://github.com/yast/yast-auth-client
      desc: Configuration of various authentication methods for system like Kerberos, LDAP or SSSD.
    - name: yast-bootloader
      url: http://github.com/yast/yast-bootloader
      desc: Bootloader installation and configuration.
    - name: yast-cio
      url: http://github.com/yast/yast-cio
      desc: Management of blacklisting channels for Input/Output for s390x.
    - name: yast-country
      url: http://github.com/yast/yast-country
      desc: Configuration of localization specific settings like language, keyboard layout, timezone, etc.
    - name: yast-fcoe-client
      url: http://github.com/yast/yast-fcoe-client
      desc: Settings to connect to a Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) network.
    - name: yast-firewall
      url: http://github.com/yast/yast-firewall
      desc: Management of SUSE Firewall.
    - name: yast-fonts
      url: http://github.com/yast/yast-fonts
      desc: Management of fontconfig settings to control font appearance, including font rendering algorithm and font family preference.
    - name: yast-iscsi-client
      url: http://github.com/yast/yast-iscsi-client
      desc: Configures iSCSI client.
    - name: yast-iscsi-lio-server
      url: http://github.com/yast/yast-iscsi-lio-server
      desc: Configures iSCSI LIO target.
    - name: yast-isns
      url: http://github.com/yast/yast-isns
      desc: Configures iSNS.
    - name: yast-multipath
      url: http://github.com/yast/yast-multipath
      desc: Configures multipath devices.
    - name: yast-network
      url: http://github.com/yast/yast-network
      desc: Configures network devices.
    - name: yast-nfs-client
      url: http://github.com/yast/yast-nfs-client
      desc: Configures mounts NFS directories from NFS servers.
    - name: yast-nis-client
      url: http://github.com/yast/yast-nis-client
      desc: Client side of network information services (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_Information_Service">NIS, YP</a>), such as user and group information, and hostnames.
    - name: yast-ntp-client
      url: http://github.com/yast/yast-ntp-client
      desc: Time synchronization over network (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_Time_Protocol">NTP</a>).
    - name: yast-online-update
      url: http://github.com/yast/yast-online-update
      desc: Updates your SUSE with the latest patches from online repositories.
    - name: yast-pam
      url: http://github.com/yast/yast-pam
      desc: User authentication plug-ins configuration (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_PAM">PAM</a>).
    - name: yast-printer
      url: http://github.com/yast/yast-printer
      desc: Local and remote printing configuration.
    - name: yast-proxy
      url: http://github.com/yast/yast-proxy
      desc: Configures your system to use HTTP and FTP proxy.
    - name: yast-rdp
      url: http://github.com/yast/yast-rdp
      desc: Configure your graphical interface to allow remote connection via <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remote_Desktop_Protocol">RDP</a>.
    - name: yast-rear
      url: http://github.com/yast/yast-rear
      desc: Configure backup using Relax and Recover (<a href="http://relax-and-recover.org/">ReaR</a>).
    - name: yast-registration
      url: http://github.com/yast/yast-registration
      desc: Allows registering the system to the <a href="https://scc.suse.com">SUSE Customer Center (SCC)</a> or Subscription Management Tool (SMT) server to receive security updates, extra software and customer support (SUSE Linux Enterprise only).
    - name: yast-reipl
      url: http://github.com/yast/yast-reipl
      desc: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_System_z">IBM zSeries</a> specific configuration (loading IPL (initial program loader) from a running system.
    - name: yast-s390
      url: http://github.com/yast/yast-s390
      desc: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_System_z">IBM zSeries</a> specific configuration (DASD disks, ZFCP disks, IUCV terminal, ...).
    - name: yast-samba-client
      url: http://github.com/yast/yast-samba-client
      desc: Client configuration for using file and printing services over SMB/CIFS networking protocol provided by Windows or <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samba_(software)">Samba server</a>.
    - name: yast-scanner
      url: http://github.com/yast/yast-scanner
      desc: Configures local (SCSI, USB) or network scanners.
    - name: yast-security
      url: http://github.com/yast/yast-security
      desc: Security settings (password and login settings, kernel options...)
    - name: yast-services-manager
      url: http://github.com/yast/yast-services-manager
      desc: Configures system services started at boot (systemd services).
    - name: yast-snapper
      url: http://github.com/yast/yast-snapper
      desc: Configures <a href="http://snapper.io/">snapper</a> (the Btrfs snapshotting tool), can browse snapshots.
    - name: yast-sound
      url: http://github.com/yast/yast-sound
      desc: Configures sound cards (usually needed just in some special cases, autoconfiguration should work out-of-box).
    - name: yast-storage-ng
      url: http://github.com/yast/yast-storage-ng
      desc: Disk and partition management.
    - name: yast-sudo
      url: http://github.com/yast/yast-sudo
      desc: Configures the sudo tool (to execute commands as another user or as root).
    - name: yast-sysconfig
      url: http://github.com/yast/yast-sysconfig
      desc: Editor for /etc/sysconfig files.
    - name: yast-tune
      url: http://github.com/yast/yast-tune
      desc: Hardware detection and expert system tuning.
    - name: yast-users
      url: http://github.com/yast/yast-users
      desc: Tool for managing system users and groups.
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  <div class="col-sm-12">
    <div class="main-article">
      <h2>Available modules</h2>
    </div>
  </div>
</div>

<div class="row">
  {% for column in page.columns %}
    <div class="col-md-6">
      {% for category in column.categories %}
        <div class="panel panel-default">
          <div class="panel-heading">
            <h4 class="panel-title"><strong>{{ category.title }}</strong></h4>
          </div>
          <div class="panel-body">
            <dl>
              {% for module in category.modules %}
                <dt>
                  <h4>
                    <span class="label label-success">
                      <a href="{{ module.url }}">{{ module.name }}</a>
                    </span>
                  </h4>
                </dt>
                <dd>{{ module.desc }}</dd>
              {% endfor %}
            </dl>
          </div>
        </div>
      {% endfor %}
    </div>
  {% endfor %}
</div>