Zentyal firewall basic configuration
When you access the web interface for the first time, a configuration wizard will start. To start with, you can choose the functionality for your system. To simplify this selection, in the upper part of the interface you will find the pre-designed server profiles.
Zentyal profiles
Zentyal will act as a gateway of the local network, offering secure and controlled access to Internet.
Zentyal manages the infrastructure of the local network with basic services such as DHCP, DNS, NTP, and so on.
Zentyal can act as server for shared resources of the local network: files, printers, calendars, contacts, user profiles and groups.
Zentyal can act as a communications center for the company, handling e-mail, instant messaging and VoIP.
You can select any number of profiles to assign multiple roles to your Zentyal Server.
We can also install a manual set of services just clicking on their icons, without having to comply with any specific profile. Another possibility is to install a profile and then manually add the required extra packages.
We are going to develop the Infrastructure profile in this example. The wizards you will see during the installation depend on the packages you have selected to install in this step.
Once you have finished the selection, only the necessary additional packages will be installed. This selection is not definitive and later you can install and uninstall any of the Zentyal modules via the software management tools.
Extra dependencies
The system will begin the installation process of required modules and you will be shown a progress bar, as well as some slides offering a brief introduction to core Zentyal functions and the commercial packages.
Installation and additional information
Once the installation process has been completed, the configuration wizard will configure the new modules and then you are asked some questions.
First of all, you are asked for information regarding your network configuration. Then you need to define each network interface as internal or external, in other words; whether it will be used to connect to an external network such as Internet, or to a local network. Strict firewall policies will be applied to all the traffic coming in through external network interfaces.
Initial configuration of network interfaces
Next, you have to choose the local domain associated with our server, if you have configured the external interface(s) using DHCP it may be filled automatically. As said before, our hostname will be automatically added as a host of this domain. The authentication domain for the users will also take this name. You can configure additional domains but this is the only one that will come pre-configured to provide all the information that our LAN clients need for the network authentication protocol (Kerberos).
Local domain for the server
The last wizard will allow you to register your server. In case you already have registered, you just need to enter your credentials. If you still don’t have registered the server, you can do it now using this form.
Both ways, the form will request a name for your server. This is the name that will identify your Zentyal server in the Zentyal Remote interface.
Register your server
Once you have answered these questions, you will continue to configure all the installed modules.
Saving changes
The installer will inform you when the installation is finished.
Initial configuration is finished
Just click the button and access the Dashboard: your Zentyal server is now ready!
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