Transcript Qube2techoverview_v.7alpha

Technical Overview
Qube 2
Presentation
I. Solutions
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A Gateway to the World
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A Business Server
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An Internet Server
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An Email Server
II. Concept
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Server Appliance
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The User Interface
III. Setup
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Setup Wizard
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Administration Site
IV. The Technical
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Welcome to Cobalt Linux
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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.
• Embedded, value-added software
• Extraordinary ease of use
• Low TCO
Designed for users, not technicians.
The User Interface
• Simple, web browser-based
• Platform independent
• Empowering
III. Delivery
• Setup Wizard
• Administration Site
The Setup
• 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
* DHCP can assign IP number
Setup Screen 1 – Network
4 Entries:
•Host
•Domain
After clicking
•Primary DNS
NEXT, you’ll be
•Secondary
prompted
to DNS
decide whether
to receive email
on this server
Setup Screen 2 - Administrator
Set the admin
password.
Enter it twice.
Optional: Enter
an email
address for
system
notifications.
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
You must enter
“admin” and the
password
Click here to
enter
Administrator
Site
IV. The Technical
• Welcome to Cobalt Linux
• The Competencies
Welcome to Cobalt Linux
• Stable Operating system
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LINUX kernel 2.0.34
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TCP stack changes
Many 2.2.x kernel enhancements
MIPS platform
• Standard daemons
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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
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