Technical Overview
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Technical Overview
Qube 2
Presentation
I. Solutions– A Gateway to the World
– A Business Server
– An Internet Server
– An Email ServerII. Concept
– Server Appliance
– The User Interface
III. Setup– Setup Wizard
– Administration Site
IV. The Technical– Welcome to Cobalt Linux
– The Competencies
I. Solutions
• A Gateway to the World
• A Business Server
• An Internet Server
• An Email Server
A Gateway to the World
A Business Server
An Internet Server
An Email Server
II. Concept
• Server Appliance
• The User Interface
Server Appliance
Simple, inexpensive devices designed and optimized to deliver a limited set of network-centric applications exceptionally well.
Designed for users, not technicians.
• Embedded, value-added software• Extraordinary ease of use
• Low TCO
• Embedded, value-added software• Extraordinary ease of use
• Low TCO
The User Interface
• Simple, web browser-based
• Platform independent
• Empowering
III. Delivery
• Setup Wizard
• Administration Site
• To begin, simple plug in the power and the network connector
• Then, set the network IP number using the buttons*
• You’re ready to begin configuration
• Qube 2’s ship with preloaded software
The Setup
* DHCP can assign IP number
Setup Screen 1 – Network
4 Entries:•Host•Domain•Primary DNS•Secondary DNS
After clicking NEXT, you’ll be prompted to decide whether to receive email on this server
Setup Screen 2 - Administrator
Optional: Enter an email address for system notifications.
Set the admin password. Enter it twice.
Setup Screen 3 - Services
Decide what services to run on this server
Setup Screen 4 - Time Setup
Set the time zone and optional NTP server setting.
The NTP server option allows synchronizing with atomic clocks.
Setup Screen 5 - Access Rights
Decide whether uses can add and delete themselves or only the administrator has these privileges.
Setup Screen 6 - Users
Click to add users. More maybe added later.
After clicking ADD USER, the window changes to input the information.
Setup Screen 7 - Groups
Click to add groups. More maybe added later.
After clicking ADD GROUP, the window changes to input the information.
The Public Site
Click here to enter Administrator Site
You must enter “admin” and the password
IV. The Technical
• Welcome to Cobalt Linux
• The Competencies
Welcome to Cobalt Linux
• Stable Operating system– LINUX kernel 2.0.34
• TCP stack changes• Many 2.2.x kernel enhancements
– MIPS platform
• Standard daemons– Sendmail (SMTP)– Apache (html)– Bind (DNS)– Qpopper (POP3 email)– ProFTP (FTP)– Telnetd, imapd– Samba (Windows file sharing)– Netatalk (Appleshare IP for Mac OS filesharing)
Qube 2 Administration
IP forwarding
Network Address Translation
Configure the Secondary Interface here (if used)
Modem Configuration
For Dial-on-Demand
Services List
Control Panel allows control over services, access rights, and the clock. This screen shows the different services
IP Filtering
IP filtering adds to network security (uses ipfwadm)
• You can block by port or protocol: TCP/UDP/ICMP
Email Parameters
• Frequency– sends mail
immediately or queues
• Retrieval– use pop user
name– multi-drop:
auto-handles distribution
SMB Windows File Sharing
• WINS Server allows you to share nethoods over multi-subnetted networks
DNS Parameters
• Improved interface
• RFC2317 compliant R-DNS subnet splitting
• Full A, CNAME, MX, PTR record support
DHCP Parameters
• Support for static or dynamic pools
• You can only serve within your subnet
• hostnames should be defined in DNS (don’t forget to enable DNS)
Access Rights
• Telnet access is off by default
Backup
• Backup by:– Web– FTP– Windows
file share– Legato
Restore
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