Installation Guide

eBox Installer

The preferred way to install eBox 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: 

https://<eBox-IP-address>

eBox Platform 1.1.30 (Beta 1) Packages for Ubuntu 8.04

APT Sources

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

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

Update your apt Cache: 

sudo apt-get update

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: samba, Printers, EGroupware, Backup, Antivirus, Software Management, Monitoring
  • eBox-communication: Network, Firewall, Mail, Mailfilter, ebackup, Antivirus, Jabber, Asterisk, Software Management, Monitoring
  • eBox-security: Firewall, Backup, Mailfilter, Proxy and Content Filter, openVPN, IDS, Antivirus, Software Management, Monitoring
  • eBox-gateway: Network, Backup, Traffic Shaping, Firewall, Proxy and Content Filter, Software Management, Monitoring
  • eBox-infrastructure: Network, Backup, DHCP, DNS, OpenVPN, Webserver, NTP, Software Management, Monitoring

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 1.0 packages for Ubuntu 8.04

Ubuntu 8.0.4 (Hardy)

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

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

eBox Live CD

You can test eBox by downloading this Live CD on a PC, without installations of any kind. Please note that Live CD performance is much worse than real installation and should only be used for testing purposes.

Using this CD you can test the latest features of eBox Platform by just booting your PC from your CD-ROM drive. This will not change anything on the system. Note that you need to configure you network using eBox to have Internet access. The password for the administration interface is an empty string (no password). We have developed this Live CD thanks to Remastersys project.