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+# FreeIPA Server
+
+FreeIPA allows Linux administrators to centrally manage identity,
+authentication and access control aspects of Linux and UNIX systems
+by providing simple to install and use command line and web based
+managment tools.
+
+FreeIPA is built on top of well known Open Source components and standard
+protocols with a very strong focus on ease of management and automation
+of installation and configuration tasks.
+
+FreeIPA can seamlessly integrate into an Active Directory environment via
+cross-realm Kerberos trust or user synchronization.
+
+## Benefits
+
+FreeIPA:
+
+* Allows all your users to access all the machines with the same credentials
+  and security settings
+* Allows users to access personal files transparently from any machine in
+  an authenticated and secure way
+* Uses an advanced grouping mechanism to restrict network access to services
+  and files only to specific users
+* Allows central management of security mechanisms like passwords,
+  SSH Public Keys, SUDO rules, Keytabs, Access Control Rules
+* Enables delegation of selected administrative tasks to other power users
+* Integrates into Active Directory environments
+
+## Components
+
+The FreeIPA project provides unified installation and management
+tools for the following components:
+
+* LDAP Server - based on the [389 project](http://www.port389.org/)
+* KDC - based on [MIT Kerberos](http://k5wiki.kerberos.org/wiki/Main_Page)
+  implementation
+* PKI based on [Dogtag project](http://pki.fedoraproject.org/wiki/PKI_Main_Page)
+* [Samba](http://www.samba.org/) libraries for Active Directory integration
+* DNS Server based on [BIND](https://www.isc.org/software/bind) and the
+  [Bind-DynDB-LDAP plugin](https://pagure.io/bind-dyndb-ldap)
+
+## Project Website
+
+Releases, announcements and other information can be found on the IPA
+server project page at http://www.freeipa.org/ .
+
+## Documentation
+
+The most up-to-date documentation can be found at
+http://freeipa.org/page/Documentation .
+
+## Quick Start
+
+To get started quickly, start here:
+http://www.freeipa.org/page/Quick_Start_Guide
+
+## Licensing
+
+Please see the file called COPYING.
+
+## Contacts
+
+* If you want to be informed about new code releases, bug fixes,
+  security fixes, general news and information about the IPA server
+  subscribe to the freeipa-announce mailing list at
+  https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/freeipa-interest/ .
+* If you have a bug report please submit it at:
+  https://pagure.io/freeipa/issues
+* If you want to participate in actively developing IPA please
+  subscribe to the freeipa-devel mailing list at
+  https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/freeipa-devel/ or join
+  us in IRC at <irc://irc.freenode.net/freeipa>