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Introduction

This guide covers installation and configuration of eBox (currently renamed to Zentyal). Zentyal is a web framework used to manage server application configuration. The modular design of Zentyal allows you to pick and choose which services you want to configure using Zentyal.

The official Zentyal website provides directions for installing directly from their PPA. (sudo add-apt-repository ppa:zentyal/2.0) eBox version 1.5 is the development branch for use with Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx). On September 2010 it was renamed as Zentyal with the release of the 2.0 version.

Older Versions

IconsPage/warning.png WARNING: the eBox package released with Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) is broken and cannot be installed. See bug #255368 for information and unsupported workarounds.

IconsPage/warning.png WARNING: the eBox version released with Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) has several bugs that severely limit its usefulness. The eBox version released for Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) is much more functional.

Installation

The ebox package can be installed from the Universe repository. See InstallingSoftware for detailed instructions using package managers. The different eBox modules are split into different packages, allowing you to only install those necessary. One way to view the available packages is, from a terminal enter:

apt-cache rdepends ebox | uniq

You can install all eBox packages by running:

sudo apt-get install “^ebox-.*” 

During the installation you will be asked to supply a password for the ebox user. After installing eBox the web interface can be accessed from: https://yourserver/ebox.

Using the latest version

To install a newer version of eBox or Zentyal than is included in Ubuntu's repositories add to the file /etc/apt/sources.list this line if you are using Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron):

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ebox/1.4/ubuntu hardy main 

Or this one if you are using Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx):

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/zentyal/2.0/ubuntu lucid main 

Be sure to run

sudo apt-get update

before installing it.

eBox Configuration

An important thing to remember when using eBox is that when configuring most modules there is a Change button that implements the new configuration. After clicking the change button most, but not all, modules will then need to be Saved. To save the new configuration click on the Save changes link in the top right hand corner. Once you make a change that requires a save the link will change from green to red.

eBox Modules

By default all eBox Modules are not enabled, and when a new module is installed it will not be automatically enabled.

To enable a disabled module click on the Module status link in the left had menu. Then check which modules you would like to enable and click the Save link.

Default Modules

This section provides a quick summary of the default eBox modules.

Expansion Modules

Connecting Services to ebox

Resources


eBox (last edited 2011-04-04 16:59:50 by cpe-76-94-215-209)