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Purpose

You may find the German version here.

Peter Schönbucher and Niklaus Giger want to offer using www.elexis.ch and free (as in freedom) software a cost efficient computing infrastructure for (Swiss) general practitioners.

Typical setup is:

• OC (Elexis-OperationCenter) is responsible for infrastructure & setup
• Firewall is either managed by the practitioner or the OC (pcengine.ch/ipfire)
• Server (GNU/Debian-Linux) based managed by th OC. Somewhere in the medical cabinet
  • HW: Any x86 server should do the jobs, may be virtualized, e.g. Archivista.ch
  • Optional: HW redundancy, may be hot sync for PostgreSQL
  • SW: Database-Server PostgreSQL
  • Optional: x2goserver based on KDE/Gnome
  • Optional: Gollum-Wiki (using textile markup as in Elexis) or whatever the practitioner is wishing and willing to pay. Should include some structure structure to lead a beginner. Using gollum allows us to use different syntaxes (mediawiki, textile, creole, but not pmwiki) and gives us via git an automatic backup/history.
  • Optional: USB-FAXmodem
  • Optional: USB-Modem Telefon automatic answering (e.g. vbox.pl)
• Backup: eSata/NAS (at least 2 pieces regulary swapped in a safe place, e.g. a safe in a Swiss bank
• Optional: Linux/MacOSX/Win?? PC with full elexis installation, or somehwere in the cloud, e.g. using amanda
• Optional: ThinClient (inside cabinet or via internet) using x2go

Tools used are (among a lot of others):

• simple-cdd (Custom Debian Distribution)
• puppet
• gollum