I created many VMs in my Proxmox cluster.
Services include:
- Windows 2000 Advanced Server Active Directory
- Windows 2000 Advanced Server Exchange
- Windows 2000 Advanced Server File Server
- Windows 2000 Advanced Server IIS
- Windows 2000 Advanced Server SQL Server 2000
- Windows 2000 Advanced Server WSUS
- Windows 2000 Professional
- Windows XP Home Edition
- Windows 98
- Windows 3.11
- Linux Web Server (Nginx)
- Linux Dial-up Server
I was able to get all these services up and running in a single day. If I had to do that with more modern operating systems and server systems today, I would not be able to. This is a tribute to how groundbreaking these technologies really were.
In a single day, I managed to set up and configure Active Directory, adding all the other servers to the domain. I also installed and configured MS Exchange 2005, ensuring all hosts now have email capabilities. To aid in WSUS configuration, I created a simple file server with a 50GB drive.
I installed IIS, though it is not completely configured yet as I am waiting on the Geocities archive and future posts. I plan to use Nginx and write a small Python/Django script to mimic the 90s Hotmail server sign-in and sign-up. This script will utilize Active Directory and have the same CSS as the 90s version of Hotmail.
While I currently have no immediate need for SQL Server 2000, I installed it for potential future use. Configuring WSUS was a significant effort, and more details on this will follow. I also joined my existing Windows XP VM to the domain.
The Windows 98 setup is currently in poor shape, while the Windows 3.11 setup is basic but functional. For the Linux web server, I set it up as an Nginx server that will act as a proxy for the Geocities archive and other hosts scraped from the Internet Archive.
Finally, I configured a dial-up server on Ubuntu, connected to a mgetty/USB 56k modem and a Linksys PAP2T. This setup provides a dial-up connection to the other servers, with more details on this configuration to come.
I also have another page here that includes a more comprehensive list of my server tech stack.
