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Explicity saying the access to eBox is usually done from another host

Installation Guide

eBox Platform Installer

The preferred way to install eBox Platform on a new machine from scratch is using our tailored CD installer. This CD contains eBox and all its dependencies. It's based on Ubuntu Server 8.04. It also preconfigures some packages in order to save time.

Once the installation process is done, you can access the web interface using a web browser (usually from another machine in the same network): 

https://<ebox-ip-address>/

eBox Platform 1.2 packages

For Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy)

Add to your /etc/apt/sources.list: 

    deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ebox/1.2/ubuntu hardy main

In order to authenticate the packages in the PPA you can import its public key with the following command: 

sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 342D17AC

Installing packages

eBox Platform has a modular design that allows you to install or remove modules depending on your needs. The number of eBox modules is about 30. In order to ease the process of installation you can install one or more eBox profiles. A profile contains a set of packages that are commonly used in a task. This is a the list of the current profiles:

  • ebox-office: ebox-samba, ebox-printers, ebox-egroupware, ebox-antivirus, ebox-ebackup, ebox-software, ebox-monitor
  • ebox-communication: ebox-mail, ebox-jabber, ebox-asterisk, ebox-mailfilter, ebox-antivirus, ebox-ebackup, ebox-software, ebox-monitor
  • ebox-security: ebox-firewall, ebox-ids, ebox-squid, ebox-openvpn, ebox-mailfilter, ebox-antivirus, ebox-ebackup, ebox-software, ebox-monitor
  • ebox-gateway: ebox-network, ebox-squid, ebox-firewall, ebox-trafficshaping, ebox-l7-protocols, ebox-ebackup, ebox-software, ebox-monitor
  • ebox-infrastructure: ebox-network, ebox-dhcp, ebox-dns, ebox-openvpn, ebox-webserver, ebox-ntp, ebox-ebackup, ebox-software, ebox-monitor

You can install one or more profiles, you just need to run: 

sudo apt-get install <profile-name>

Example: 

sudo apt-get install ebox-office

You can also install all the eBox packages: 

sudo apt-get install ebox-all

In case you need just a few modules you can also install any of the following list by running apt-get install <modulename>:

  • ebox-antivirus
  • ebox-asterisk
  • ebox-ca
  • ebox-dhcp
  • ebox-dns
  • ebox-ebackup
  • ebox-egroupware
  • ebox-firewall
  • ebox-ids
  • ebox-jabber
  • ebox-l7-protocols
  • ebox-mail
  • ebox-mailfilter
  • ebox-monitor
  • ebox-network
  • ebox-ntp
  • ebox-objects
  • ebox-openvpn
  • ebox-printers
  • ebox-remoteservices
  • ebox-samba
  • ebox-services
  • ebox-software
  • ebox-squid
  • ebox-trafficshaping
  • ebox-usersandgroups
  • ebox-webserver

eBox Platform 1.3 packages

This is a development version and it's not conisdered stable. You can read more about it here.

For Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy)

Add to your /etc/apt/sources.list: 

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ebox/1.3/ubuntu hardy main