Server Fault Stack Exchange
Server Fault Stack Exchange

Questions tagged [saas]

Software as a Service

Software as a Service is a cloud principle. It is a software delivery model in which software and its associated data are hosted centrally (typically in the (Internet) cloud) and are typically accessed by users using a thin client, normally using a web browser over the Internet.

MS Sharepoint is an example of SaaS.

Source: wikipedia

62 questions
49
votes
7 answers

If a Windows shop moves "everything" to the cloud, does it still need Active Directory?

Taking a spin off of this question: Do I really need MS Active Directory? in a new direction for 2014. Taking into account a basic Windows infrastructure: domain controllers Exchange 2007/2010/2013 Sharepoint SQL File Servers / Print Servers AD…
TheCleaner
  • 32,352
  • 26
  • 126
  • 188
10
votes
7 answers

The wisdom of exposing a database server on the internet?

The leadership of the small company I work for has gotten very excited about SaaS and is pushing our product into a SaaS deployment - I have a concern about this because part of the functionality of the product is based on the users being able to…
John Clark
  • 103
  • 1
  • 6
5
votes
2 answers

Azure AD SAML2 SSO wrong NameID format

I am trying to integrate a SaaS application with an autonomous (not federated with anything) Azure Active Directory for SSO purposes. The SaaS application (the Service Provider) is SAML2 compliant (SP-initiated), so this should work. However, inside…
Marcanpilami
  • 178
  • 2
  • 7
5
votes
2 answers

Is there a Linux HA software load balancer that serves HTTPS for multiple unrelated domain names but balances to a single web server cluster?

I have a cloud-based (Amazon AWS, Rackspace, whatever) multi-tenant SaaS application, and I need to support HTTPS communications for multiple unrelated tenant domains. As an illustrative example, let's say our SaaS is available at:…
Les Hazlewood
  • 203
  • 1
  • 7
5
votes
5 answers

Free tools for analyzing client-server communication issues

we have some issues with a client-server based application and we would like to better understand client-server communication without going to the software company that sold the application. At least we would like to perform the analysis in…
roberto
5
votes
5 answers

If you're running a SaaS business, does the platform decision Linux or Windows really make a diff money wise?

I was just thinking about how the platform choice effects costs in a SaaS type business. If you were to choose between Linux and Windows, cost really seems to add up. Please tell me if I am looking at things correctly. Licenses wise, if you go with…
Blankman
  • 2,841
  • 10
  • 38
  • 65
4
votes
5 answers

Howto: SaaS / PHP Application / Tenants / Security

Being completely new in the webhostingcorner I have a few questions on how to implement/setup a webserver for a SaaS application. I'm about to rent my own server for a new product (CMS) I'm launching in two months. Developing the system wasn't that…
Ben Fransen
  • 143
  • 1
  • 9
4
votes
0 answers

How do large SaaS providers support A records?

According to RFC 1035 CNAME records cannot be used used in a zone apex because a CNAME record cannot exist alongside records such as SOA. This is frequently a source of frustration for those trying to design SaaS applications in order to support…
thexacre
  • 1,849
  • 12
  • 14
4
votes
4 answers

What cloud backup solution supports a "backup server to cloud" configuration?

What online backup tool allows you to: A) Back up Windows, Linux and optionally Mac desktops and servers to the cloud B) Do so by first backing up to a central server or appliance C) Allow restoring from that appliance when possible and if not go to…
Gepeto
  • 236
  • 1
  • 5
3
votes
2 answers

Custom domain mapping to web application

We are creating a SAAS base application, where every company get its own subdomain. But if the company wants to configure another domain with our application, they can do that. e.g. I am a company registered with the application www.saas.com, i got…
Naveen
  • 35
  • 2
3
votes
4 answers

SaaS infrastructure growing, need to add/change IP addresses

Our application suite includes a procurement platform that transmits purchase orders via FTP to dozens of vendors. Until now, this application has run on one server so these FTP transmissions have originated from one IP address. Over the years…
adam
  • 31
  • 1
  • 4
3
votes
1 answer

Handling domain mapping as a SaaS provider

I have looked at similar questions such as this and this, but the answers seem to focus on how to set up virtual hosting. I'm not an expert on it, but I'm more worried about what to do after I have that working. Here's my example: Let's say I'm a…
Russell Leggett
  • 135
  • 6
3
votes
2 answers

Saas application, is managing seperate mysql db's per client pretty straight forward?

When it comes to managing a database, its obviously easier to manage a single database that has all customer data in it (multi-tenant). If I was to create the application with a single client in mind, meaning that each new client means that will…
Blankman
  • 2,841
  • 10
  • 38
  • 65
2
votes
4 answers

For a SaaS application, how to allow customers to use their own domain names?

Using windows servers, how would a SaaS web application allow for customers to use their own domains? From what I have read, they would enter a CNAME record for example.com/myapp/ to redirect to my server. Is there anything I would have to do on my…
user2659
  • 1,152
  • 4
  • 20
  • 32
2
votes
0 answers

SSL and Certificates for custom domains on SaaS application

We run a large-ish SaaS application hosted on windows 2008R2 / IIS7.5 clusters behind an F5 network appliance cluster. Today, we offer white labeled branding to customers via custom CNames (your-company.our-domain.com). We would like to offer the…
DigitalPigeon
  • 21
  • 1
1
2 3 4 5