eBox for Network Administrators
eBox for Network Administrators is an intermediate course aimed at IT professionals with basic knowledge on computer network management. At completion of this 40-hour course, students should be able to understand the concepts behind computer network management and to be productive in the administration of SMBs' computer networks with eBox Platform. This course is a perfect fit for Windows networks administrators interested in quickly getting effective at Linux based network administration.
Objectives
- Provide the understanding of the eBox Platform architecture.
- Allow to deploy and administer all eBox based network services in a SME environment.
- Teach best practices for effective and safe network maintenance.
eBox Platform: Linux Small Business Server
- Presentation, Installation, Web interface administration
- How does eBox Platform work?
- Location within the network
eBox Core
- Logs configuration
- Monitoring
- Backup
- Backup configuration with eBox
- How to recover on a disaster
- Configuration backups
- Software Updates
- Management of eBox components
- System Updates & Automatic Updates
- Control Center Client
- Subscribing eBox to the Control Center
- Configuration backup to the Control Center
eBox Infrastructure
- Network configuration service (DHCP)
- DHCP server configuration with eBox
- Name resolution service (DNS)
- DNS server & cache 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
- Routing
- Routing tables
- Multirouter rules and load balancing
- WAN Failover
- Traffic shaping
- Quality of Service (QoS)
- QoS configuration in eBox
- RADIUS
- RADIUS server configuration with eBox
- Access Point (AP) configuration
- HTTP Proxy Service
- Access policy configuration
- Client connection to the proxy and transparent mode
- Cache parameters & Web content filter
eBox Office
- Directory service (LDAP)
- File sharing service and remote authentication
- SMB/CIFS & Primary Domain Controller (PDC)
- eBox as a file server & SMB/CIFS clients configuration
- eBox as authentication server & PDC configuration
- Printers sharing service
- Groupware Service
- Groupware service settings with eBox
eBox Unified Communications
- E-Mail Service (SMTP/POP3-IMAP4)
- SMTP/POP3-IMAP4 server configuration with eBox
- SMTP, POP3, IMAP parameters
- ManageSieve client parameters
- Webmail service
- Configuring a webmail in eBox
- Instant Messaging (IM) Service (Jabber/XMPP)
- Configuring a Jabber/XMPP server & client with eBox
- Setting up Jabber MUC (Multi User Chat) rooms
- Voice over IP service
- Protocols, Codecs & Deployment
- Asterisk server configuration with eBox
- Configuring a softphone to work with eBox
- Using eBox VoIP features
eBox Unified Threat Management
- Mail Filter
- Mail filter schema in eBox
- External connection control lists
- Transparent proxy for POP3 mailboxes
- HTTP Proxy advanced configuration
- Group-based filtering (for objects) and filter profiles configuration
- Secure interconnection between local networks
- PKI, CA & VPN configuration with eBox
- Intrusion Detection System (IDS)
- Setting up IDS & alerts with eBox
eBox Internals & Appendices
- Importing configuration data
- Service Advanced Customization
- Environment for new modules development
- Bug management policy
- Patches and security updates
- Community support or commercial support
- Appendix A: Introduction to computer networks
- Appendix B: Ubuntu installation & administration console
- Appendix C: eBox on virtualized environments
- Appendix D: Using eBox as Windows Primary Domain Controller
- Appendix E: Synchronizing eBox with a Windows Active Directory Domain Controller
Duration
5 days.
Who should attend
Windows system administrators interested in Linux based system administration and other IT professionals interested in reinforcing the main concepts of computer network administration and being productive with eBox Platform.
Prerequisites
Having attended the “Network Essentials with eBox” course or some experience with computer network management.
Price
The price is defined by the country in which the course is delivered. Please contact us for a customized offer.
