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Technical Overview. Qube 2. I. Solutions A Gateway to the World A Business Server An Internet Server An Email Server. Presentation. II. Concept Server Appliance The User Interface. III. Setup Setup Wizard Administration Site. IV. The Technical Welcome to Cobalt Linux
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Technical Overview Qube 2
I. Solutions A Gateway to the World A Business Server An Internet Server An Email Server Presentation • II. Concept • Server Appliance • The User Interface • III. Setup • Setup Wizard • Administration Site • IV. The Technical • Welcome to Cobalt Linux • The Competencies
Solutions • 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
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
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 1 – Network
Set the admin password. Enter it twice. Optional: Enter an email address for system notifications. Setup Screen 2 - Administrator
Decide what services to run on this server Setup Screen 3 - Services
Set the time zone and optional NTP server setting. Setup Screen 4 - Time Setup 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.
Click to add users. More maybe added later. After clicking ADD USER, the window changes to input the information. Setup Screen 6 - Users
Click to add groups. More maybe added later. After clicking ADD GROUP, the window changes to input the information. Setup Screen 7 - Groups
You must enter “admin” and the password Click here to enter Administrator Site The Public Site
IV. The Technical • Welcome to Cobalt Linux • The Competencies
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) Welcome to Cobalt Linux
IP forwarding Network Address Translation Configure the Secondary Interface here (if used) Qube 2 Administration
For Dial-on-Demand Modem Configuration
Services List Control Panel allows control over services, access rights, and the clock. This screen shows the different services
IP filtering adds to network security (uses ipfwadm) IP Filtering • You can block by port or protocol: TCP/UDP/ICMP
Frequency sends mail immediately or queues Retrieval use pop user name multi-drop: auto-handles distribution Email Parameters
WINS Server allows you to share nethoods over multi-subnetted networks SMB Windows File Sharing
Improved interface RFC2317 compliant R-DNS subnet splitting Full A, CNAME, MX, PTR record support DNS 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) DHCP Parameters
Telnet access is off by default Access Rights
Backup by: Web FTP Windows file share Legato Backup