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Server Portal for Network Admins

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First, not sure if this is the best category, but figured it would have the most network admins posting here.

I'm looking for maybe an open-source software portal system that can be used as a centralized server for the network admins at my job to store links to other servers, passwords that are encrypted, maybe network tools, etc.

Does anything like this exist? Few requirements:

1. Needs to be free (this is something I'm doing for fun so there isn't any money backing it)
2. Needs to be secure (passwords encrypted, etc)
3. Modular would be nice
 
I'm a bit confused as to what you're actually needing. First you mentioned a centralized server then you mentioned storing links, passwords, etc in a secure fashion. Not sure what you need a centralized server for this but if you're looking for an encrypted database for storing passwords, links, etc - I use keepass. V2 can be used by multiple people at once and it stores everything in an encrypted database. The file can be saved anywhere.
 
Kevnich2, centralized server as in a web portal that can be used sort of as a start page for us. A one-stop shop if you will for all of our information.

I was steering towards a web-based solution since it doesn't require software to run and can be accessed anywhere.
 
I don't know of any product that's fully web based; a terminal server is the closest I've been able to get.

As for software that creates a management "portal," I use mRemoteNG for my own personal use. Remote Desktop Manager is better suited for team environments, but it's not free (although the price isn't unreasonable).
 
We use Remote Desktop Manager however it isn't free. However the price is really reasonable. It uses a SQL back-end and works great for all or links, network equpment, server sessions etc to be stored.
 
Sharepoint Foundation (free).

Its a bit of a pain to set-up but can be a good learning experience for admins.
 
MediaWiki - http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki

Don't believe it's encrypted on the backend, but secure access to the database and you'll be fine. It's the software that Wikipedia is built on, so easy to put all of your information, guides, and whatever else into a nice central place that's easily searchable by anyone with access. I'm sure there can be granular access control applied so only certain people get access to certain articles.
 
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