Ask HN: Looking for a back end service to manage work computers

#1

Post by czernobog » Thu, Jul 14, 2022, 10:09 AM UTC

Hello, I recently joined a new startup and I am new to the IT field. I am tasked to look for a service which has backend access to all the laptops given to our employees. If someone installs anything even remotely suspicious I should know about it. All the laptops are running Ubuntu. I am okay if it's a paid service. Any suggestions?

Re: Ask HN: Looking for a back end service to manage work computers

#2

Post by selfhoster11 » Thu, Jul 14, 2022, 10:15 AM UTC

Landscape [0] might be thing you're looking for.

[0]: https://landscape.canonical.com/

Re: Ask HN: Looking for a back end service to manage work computers

#3

Post by jjgreen » Thu, Jul 14, 2022, 10:22 AM UTC

If anyone tried doing that on my work machine, I'd be out of the door. Are you sure you want to be the guy that does that?

Re: Ask HN: Looking for a back end service to manage work computers

#4

Post by czernobog » Thu, Jul 14, 2022, 10:37 AM UTC

jjgreen wrote: post #3

If anyone tried doing that on my work machine, I'd be out of the door. Are you sure you want to be the guy that does that?

Okay, I don't want to be that guy. Is there something a little less obscure? Just enough to add group policies, security patches, disabling installation and such, to all work laptops over the air?

Re: Ask HN: Looking for a back end service to manage work computers

#5

Post by czernobog » Thu, Jul 14, 2022, 10:38 AM UTC

selfhoster11 wrote: post #2

Landscape [0] might be thing you're looking for. [0]: https://landscape.canonical.com/

Thank you. This is definitely I will consider.

Re: Ask HN: Looking for a back end service to manage work computers

#6

Post by xerox13ster » Thu, Jul 14, 2022, 10:41 AM UTC

I used Spiceworks at a shop back in 2014. I don't recall its support for Ubuntu offhand

Re: Ask HN: Looking for a back end service to manage work computers

#7

Post by czernobog » Thu, Jul 14, 2022, 10:51 AM UTC

xerox13ster wrote: post #6

I used Spiceworks at a shop back in 2014. I don't recall its support for Ubuntu offhand

Thank you. I don't see it either. Maybe I will contact them for linux support

Re: Ask HN: Looking for a back end service to manage work computers

#8

Post by verdverm » Thu, Jul 14, 2022, 1:51 PM UTC

czernobog wrote: post #4

jjgreen wrote: post #3

If anyone tried doing that on my work machine, I'd be out of the door. Are you sure you want to be the guy that does that?

Okay, I don't want to be that guy. Is there something a little less obscure? Just enough to add group policies, security patches, disabling installation and such, to all work laptops over the air?

How do you disable installations on linux with git + gcc?