eBox 1.2 for Network Administrators

• eBox Platform: unified server for SMEs
  • Presentation
  • Installation
  • Administration web interface
  • How does eBox Platform work?
  • Location within the network

eBox Infrastructure

• Network configuration service (DHCP)
  • DHCP server configuration with eBox
• Name resolution service (DNS)
  • DNS cache server configuration with eBox
  • DNS server configuration with eBox
• Web data publication service (HTTP)
  • Hyper Text Transfer Protocol
  • The Apache Web server
  • Virtual domains
  • HTTP server configuration with eBox
• Time synchronization service (NTP)
  • NTP server configuration with eBox

eBox Gateway

• High-level eBox network abstractions
  • Network objects
  • Network services
• Firewall
  • The firewall in GNU/Linux: Netfilter
  • eBox security model
  • Firewall configuration with eBox
• Routing
  • Routing tables
  • Multirouter rules and load balancing
• Traffic shaping
  • Quality of Service (QoS)
• HTTP Proxy Service
  • Access policy configuration
  • Client connection to the proxy and transparent mode
  • Cache parameters
  • Web content filter

eBox Office

• Directory service (LDAP)
  • Users and groups
• File sharing service and remote authentication
  • File sharing
  • SMB/CIFS and its Linux Samba implementation
  • Primary Domain Controller (PDC)
  • eBox as file server
  • SMB/CIFS clients configuration
  • eBox as authentication server
  • PDC Client Configuration
• Printers sharing service
• Groupware Service
  • Groupware service settings with eBox

eBox Unified Communications

• Electronic Mail Service (SMTP/POP3-IMAP4)
  • How electronic mail works through the Internet
  • SMTP/POP3-IMAP4 server configuration with eBox
• Instant Messaging (IM) Service (Jabber/XMPP)
  • Configuring a Jabber/XMPP server with eBox
  • Setting up a Jabber client
  • Setting up Jabber MUC (Multi User Chat) rooms
  • Practical example
• Voice over IP service
  • Protocols
  • Codecs
  • Deployment
  • Asterisk server configuration with eBox
  • Configuring a softphone to work with eBox
  • Ekiga (Gnome)

eBox Unified Threat Manager

• Mail Filter
  • Mail filter schema in eBox
  • External connection control lists
  • Transparent proxy for POP3 mailboxes
• HTTP Proxy advanced configuration
  • Group based filtering
  • Group-based filtering for objects
  • Filter profiles configuration
• Secure interconnection between local networks
  • Virtual Private Network (VPN)
  • Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) with a Certification Authority (CA)
  • CA configuration with eBox Platform
  • Configuring a VPN with eBox
• Intrusion Detection System (IDS)
  • Setting up an IDS with eBox
  • IDS Alerts

eBox Core

• Logs
  • Logs configuration
• Monitoring
  • Metrics
  • Alerts
• Events and alerts
  • Practical Example
• Backup
  • The backup system design
  • Backup configuration with eBox
  • How to recover on a disaster
  • Configuration backups
  • Command line tools for configuration backups
• Software Updates
  • Management of eBox components
  • System Updates
  • Automatic Updates