SWKLS FOSS

Free Open Source Software (FOSS) & derivative software used by SWKLS.

Name	Category	Description	Usage
(Linux)	Operating System	A family of Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel developed by Linus Torvalds
CentOS Linux	Operating System	A Unix-like operating system that is binary compatible with RedHat linux	Used for various in-house server workloads
AMI Linux	Operating System	AWS (Amazon) operating system that is binary compatible with RedHat / CentOS	Webserver workloads in AWS (member websites, form tools, etc.)
(BSD)	Operating System	Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) was an OS based on Research Unix, developed and distributed by CSRG at UC Berkeley.
FreeNAS	Operating System	NAS operating system based around two other open source projects: FreeBSD and OpenZFS.	Used for archive servers.
OpenZFS	File & Disk Management System	“Zettabyte File System” developed at Sun Microsystems and published under the CDDL Open Source license in 2005	Archive Servers
Apache	Web Server	A web server software	Web servers / front-ends
MariaDB / MySQL	Database	A database software	Websites (like Wordpress), forms, etc
PHP	Programming Language	Hypertext Pre-Processor, a general programming language. Used in conjunction with HTML, CSS, etc	Websites (Wordpress), Formtools, PC Inventory, etc.
NginX	Web Server	A web server software	FreeNAS servers
Python	Programming Language	A general purpose programming language	Websites, general scripting, etc
jQuery	Programming Library	A javascript library	Websites
Wordpress	Content Management System	Content management system (CMS) based on PHP and MySQL / MariaDB (LAMP stack)	Member library websites, SWKLS primary website
LetsEncrypt	Service	A free, automated, and open certificate authority for website SSL/TLS	Member websites, SWKLS websites
CertBot	Utility	software tool for automatically using Let’s Encrypt certificates on manually-administrated websites to enable HTTPS.	Member websites, SWKLS websites
MediaWiki	Software Package	A platform to create documentation/wiki content built with PHP & MySQL	SWKLS Membership & I.T. documentation
GrayLog	Software Package	Log management software. Uses ElasticSearch, MongoDB, OpenJDK	Collect, monitor, and alerts for server / network devices
ElasticSearch	Search Engine	Search engine based on the Lucene library
MongoDB	Database	Cross-platform document-oriented database program. Classified as a NoSQL
OpenJDK	Programming Lanaguage / Platform	Open Java Development Kit is a free and open-source implementation of the Java Platform (Oracle)
RunDeck	Software Package	Server, network device administration. Automate ad-hoc & routine procedures. Uses OpenJDK & MySQL	Automation of tasks for servers, routers
Eclipse Jetty	Web Server +	Web server and javax.servlet container, plus support for HTTP/2, WebSocket, OSGi, JMX, JNDI, JAAS and many other integrations
nTop	Software Package	software for monitoring traffic on a computer network.	SWKLS office network monitoring
BASH	Shell / Command Language	default login shell for most Linux distributions	CentOS, Linux AMI servers
PHPipam	Software Package	Network IP address management / tracking (LAMP stack)	SWKLS office networks
FormTools	Software Package	Web-based forms with DB back-end (LAMP stack)	SWKLS online forms, PC inventory, device status
Porteus Kiosk	Operating System	lightweight Linux operating system which has been restricted to allow only use of the web browser.	Member library dedicated card catalog PCs, kids PCs
GIT	Utility	Distributed version-control system for tracking changes in source code during software development	SWKLS coding projects on GitHub
OctoPrint	Software Package	3D print controller application
PowerShell v6	Scripting Language	Task automation and configuration management framework from Microsoft	Desktop and server management (Windows)(We currently use v5)
OpenSSH	Utility + Library	A suite of utilities for SSH, a cryptographic network protocol	Secure server management (CLI)
OpenSSL	Utility + Library	a software library that contains open-source implementations of the SSL and TLS protocols	Secure communications (client-server)
Ghostscript	Utility + Library	software suite based on an interpreter for adobe postscript and PDF page description languages	handle PDFs in the process of converting to jpg with the help of Imagemagick
KeyPass	Program	password manager	SWKLS I.T. & staff password management
PuTTY	Program	Terminal emulator, serial console and network file transfer application	Server & network management
WinSCP	Program	SFTP, FTP, WebDAV, Amazon S3 and SCP client	Server & network management, file transfer
Notepad++	Program	Source code editor and Notepad replacement that supports several languages
VLC Media Player	Program	Cross-platform multimedia player and framework that plays most multimedia files, and various streaming protocols	Installed on all compters for video / streaming playback
WireShark	Program	Packet analyzer. It is used for network troubleshooting, analysis, software and communications protocol development	Troubleshooting network issues
Audacity	Program	Cross-platform audio software	Interviews, podcasts, etc.
Imagemagick	Utility + Library	software suite for displaying, converting, and editing rastor/vector image files
VS Code	Program	code editor developed by Microsoft for Windows, Linux and macOS	editing scripts and syntax help
rsync	Utility	transferring and synchronizing files between Linux / BSD servers	Archive server copy & sync operations
Ansible	Software Package	software provisioning, configuration management, and application-deployment tool	Server & network administration
Nmap	Program	used to discover hosts and services on a computer network by sending packets and analyzing the responses	network troubleshooting