DATiX ThinServer Manual
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1. a DATIX ThinServer Manual for DATIX Version 1 7 x www smartflextech com Copyright SmartFLeX Technology Inc 2003 2007 Manual Index i ae as RS ETES 3 DATIX Setup 3 Server HW setup 3 Startup 4 Select Server Type 5 Dedicated File Server in a NT Domain 5 Member in a NIS Domain 5 Authentication Server 5 Replication Server 5 Fileserver Creating a new Share Edit existing shares Delete a Share File Server for UNIX 6 Expose shares via NFS Terminal Server Security Settings Additional Server Services SSH Server NFS Server HTTP Server FTP Server MySQL Server Printer Server 9 Backup 9 Backup erstellen 9 Restore the Backup 9 Updating the ThinServer Software 10 Special Users 10 User archiv 10 User htmladmin 10 User ftpadmin 10 User ttfadmin 11 Access via Windows 11 Printing 11 Demonstration Network 12 Configuration of the ThinServer 13 Configuring the DHCP Server 13 Configuring the user accounts 14 Enable shared data pools Shares 14 Domain THIN 14 Starting the Network 15 Hardware Compatibility OO I S S Ui O O0 O0 O0 00 DATIX Setup ESS DATIX ThinServer User Manual 1 Section describes the setup of the DATIX ThinServer First identify an appropriate location and setup the server HW The server should be at location that guarantees enough cooling and safety so the sever may be operated continuously uninterrupted and unsupervised For the installation of the DATiX OS and initi2. Please select backup from the menu Select Restore files from Backup Insert a Backup Data CD into to CD ROM or CD Writer drawer and select start restore The ThinServer will create a index of all the files on the CD and present it on the screen By clicking on a directory or a file the directory of file will be restored WARNING Existing Directories and files with similar names on the ThinServer will be overwritten without further warning Updating the ThinServer Software The ThinServer software can be updated via CDs provided by your vendor when new versions or bug fixes are released To perform an update click the Update link in the menu Insert the Update CD into the tray of the CD ROM device close the CD ROM tray and click Start Update Special Users T subjects of this section are the special system users on the DATIX ThinServer that are responsible for specific tasks DATiX ThinServer User Manual User archiv Default status inaktive The home directory of this user is a storage area where all zip archives of deleted users and their data Windows are saved This directory is accessible via ftp or nfs services if the user archive has been activated with a valid password To assign a password please use the Usermanagement tool The purpose of this function is to prevent the system home directory space being maxed out by no longer active users and shares The archiv users responsibility is from
3. al basic configuration you will need to connect a keyboard and monitor Server HW setup OO UT A WYN HA Install and secure HW base at selected location Connect the Power Cable Connect the Monitor Connect the Keyboard Connect the Network Cable Plug AC Cable into Power Outlet Startup 1 Turn on the monitor 2 Insert the DATIX CD into the CD ROM drive 3 Power on the server eventually you need to adjust your BIOS settings to allow the server to boot from the CD ROM drive 4 Wait for the server to boot all the way up until the DATiX OS asks you to press the enter key to continue installation The DATIX OS will test the integrity of the CD content and then install the OS to the internal hard drive 5 Once the installation is completed installs in about 30 minutes and unattended the DATiX OS will ask you to reboot the server To do so remove the CD from the CD ROM drive and press the reset button to reboot The server should now reboot off the internal hard drive 6 Wait until the OS is completely up and running and presents the login prompt Type the user name root and press the enter key 7 Type the password smartflex and press the enter key after which a very simple menu will be presented 8 Select Option s by typing the letter s on the keyboard followed by the enter key 9 Enter a valid IP Address for the server This IP address must be reachable from another computer in your network For example ty
4. can create files and new subdirectories within their My data folder 14 DATIX ThinServer User Manual Once the user logs off the Windows PC all data will be automatically written to the ThinServer If a user logs in on another PC he will have access to his or her data pool Connect the Linux Comouters via the Linux distributions standard tools to the NIS Domain Thin NIS Server IP address in this example is 192 168 100 1 and mount the home directories of Serverl 192 168 100 1 home by adding the following line to etc fstab 192 168 100 1 home home nfs defaults 0 0 Restart the Linux PC All above established users can now login on all Linux PCs The docoments they create will be saved to the home directories of each user and are therefore also accessible to the Windows PCs and vise versa Hardware Compatibility DATIX has only three critical components in terms of HW compatibility Network Adapter Disk Subsystem Processor Processors DATIX is designed to work with the following processors Pentium Pentium 4 Celeron 32 Bit AMD VIA C3 and EDEN Disk Subsystem DATIX only supports IDE ATA and SATA based Interfaces SCSI or Firewire Interfaces are not supported To re install the DATIX OS you will need a bootable CD ROM drive IDE ATA or USB For CD ROM based backup you will need an IDE CD Writer installed A SCSI Interface for DAT is supported Memory A minimum of 128 MB RAM is required to install th
5. e DATiX OS Video DATIX does not run a graphical console therefore any VGA type Video Adapter should work Network Adapter DATIX supports most auto detect and all kernel supported network adapters 15
6. e Replication Server Fileserver se section decribes the Fileserver option of a DATiX ThinServer A File Server provides storage space over the network to other computers The storage space is called a share Permission rights can be assigned for each individual share Creating a new Share Select the fileserver option from the menu Select create new share Assign a name to the new share with which it is to be accessed by a user or a group Add a short description reflecting the content of the share If this share is to be made accesible to a group of users select the group form the selection box If the share should be read only for all users select the option Read only and define one user that can access the share with write permission to fill it with data Note The share needs to be owned by the group the user belongs to that will be assigned write permissions If more than one user should have write permissions than all users need DATiX ThinServer User Manual to belong to the same group Next create the share by clicking create share Edit existing shares Select fileserver from the menu You will see a graphical representation of all existing shares on the screen Click the yellow folder of a share to change the setting of a share You can change the permission settings and you can change the description of a share Delete a Share Select fileserver from the menu You will see a graphical repre
7. ecure setting is always to limit permission to the owner but have in mind that this restriction may prevent you from exchanging files with other group members Furthermore you can decide to delete all user directory files that are dangerous to the system Superuser programs for example during a restart or commit procedure If this function is activated the system start will take much longer In addition you can decide to delete the temp directory during a boot sequence Next to the Fingerprint of the security check file entry you will find a combination of numbers and letters which you should make a record off As long as no system upgrade is performed this sequence should never change Any change in the sequence in this number is a clear sign that important system files have been modified or replaced which could be an indication that a non authorized person broke into the system You can check which important system files have been changed by clicking Check important system files As a system administrator it is a good practice to regularly check the system log DATiX ThinServer User Manual files leave messages for other system administrators in system chat and to read messages left by the system for you Additional Server Services his section explains additional services the DATiX ThinServer provides These additional services are accessible via the Services entry from the adminn interface menu SSH Se
8. ke sure to connect a keyboard and monitor for the first start procedure setup Once the DATIX ThinServer is completely booted login as root with password smartflex Select menu option s by typing the letter s on the keybopard followed by the enter key Now enter the IP address 192 168 100 1 and press the enter key 12 DATiX ThinServer User Manual Enter the netmask 255 255 255 0 and conclude with the enter key Now login on one of the PCs or workstations for example on the PC with the IP address 192 168 100 5 and start a Firefox or IE or any other standard browser Point the browser to URL address http 192 168 100 1 8081 A login screen will be presented where you need to login as user root with password smartflex Follow the instructions described in section Startup Select Server1 as the system name and set the server IP address to 192 168 100 1 From now on when we refer to configuration Serverl we are in fact refering to the browser connection to Serverl Configuring the DHCP Server Select the menu option dhcp and enter 192 168 100 50 as the start address and 192 168 100 100 as the end address This setup allows up to 50 client computers to receive their IP addresses from this DHCP server Enter test net as a domain name and use the DNS Server address provided by your ADSL provider as the DNS Server IP address The IP address of your ADSL router is provided as the gateway address To fini
9. located on the hard drive of the DATiX ThinServer In addition there are 3 Linux Workstations The users of these stations need to create and store data on the ThinServer that can be accessed and manipulated by any of the Windows users A Intranet is also needed to provide WEB based information and work rules for the users A connection is made to the internet via an ADSL Line There are three user groups Sales Accounting and Product Design Each group has access to an individual directory in which they save workdocuments that are exchangeable between the group members Furthermore there is a directory that provides templates for documents This directory is read only for all users and can be written to only by the owner 11 DATIX ThinServer User Manual Internet I N Network Structure Windows a a Workstation amp oon DATiXx ThinServer Linux Workstation Groups and Users Sales Design thomas rolf claudia heiko steffi manuela Hardware AI Windows and Linux Computer will be installed as usual or already in use workstations will be used The computers will be connected to a hub or switch via a twisted pair cable The same is true for the DATIX ThinServer and the Gateway to the Internet Configuration of the ThinServer Configure the server HW and install the DATIX OS with the recovery CD After the CD is tested and installed remove the CD and reboot the server Ma
10. nless the server is expanded to become an application server Authentication Server Choose the selection This server is authentication server if this ThinServer is used to manage a NT Domain and a NIS Domain In this case you will need to supply the names of the NT Domain and the name of the NIS Domain where both names can be but do not have to be identical The NIS Server is responsible for the network defined by its own IP Address and netmask For example if the server owns the address 192 168 10 1 and the netmask 255 255 255 0 the server is responsible for the 192 168 10 0 network If this ThinServer Authentication Server is active all user and group management is performed by this server New users setups should be defined on this server which allows each defined user to log into any Windows or Unix type system within the same network Note The user root is the network administrator in a NT Domain Replication Server This ThinServer can also act as a Replication Server In this operation mode a second ThinServer will copy its data to this ThinServer In case the of a defect on the MasterServer the Replication ThinServer SlaveServer will become the MasterServer Provide the IP Address of the MasterServer to the Replication Server This is necessary to make sure that only the assigned MasterServer can copy data to the Replication Server In the Server typ setup page of the MasterServer you will need to provide the IP Address of th
11. ntil the next reboot and must now be made permanent The same is true for the netmask 18 Next define the settings for the DHCP Server or if not needed disable it 19 Now reboot the DATIX ThinServer by clicking the Shutdown entry and then restart from the menu Define the time it takes before the shutdown should beginn in the minutes field Set a value of 0 if the reboot should occur immediately Select Server Type T section describes how the DATIX ThinServer can be integrated into a network and what tasks it can perform From a PC within the network connect to the ThinServer via a browser as described above Login with user name root and your new password and select Server type from the menu You are presented with four 4 selections each one relating to a specific server function Dedicated File Server in a NT Domain elect the Authenticate against a NT Server entry if this ThinServer is to become a member in a NT Domain Provide the names of the NT Domain and the Domain Server NetBIOS Name NOT the IP Adresse With this setting any valid user of an NT Domain can use this ThinServer as a File Server You an create shares that all users for example can access 4 DATiX ThinServer User Manual Member in a NIS Domain Choose the selection Authenticate against a NIS Server if this ThinServer is scheduled to be a member of a NIS Domain This selection does not have any real significance for the DATIX ThinServer u
12. pe 192 168 10 1 if your ThinServer is part of network 192 168 10 0 and the address 192 168 10 1 is still available Press the enter key to conclude the entry 10 Enter a valid netmask 255 255 255 0 for example and finish with the enter key DATiX ThinServer User Manual 11 0n a computer within the network start a browser and enter the following address http lt THINSERVER_IP_ADDRESS gt 8081 an For above example in step 9 enter http 192 168 10 1 8081 12 Enter the user name root the password smartflex to log into the remote administration desktop 13 Follow these quick instructions to continue the server configuration 14 First create a server certificate so you can use an encrypted channel to administer the server The entered certificate data can be displayed with the browser by clicking on the lock sign on the bottom of the browser window Create the certificate after entering all relevant data by clicking the Create button 15 After you have finished the certificate reconnect to the server via the following address https lt THINSERVER_IP_ADRESSE gt 8082 For above example in step 9 enter http 192 168 10 1 8082 16 Next you should change the root password the new password should consist of letters and numbers and it should not be a word in a dictionary 17 First and most important you will need to permanently assign a valid network address to the server The address we set during the first boot is only valid u
13. port very large Thin Client network deployments Select Terminal server from the menu Activate or Deactivate the Terminal Server bei 6 DATIX ThinServer User Manual setting either the Start or the Stop Terminal Server option The option New and unconfigured workstations list of MAC addresses shows the MAC Addresses of all unconfigured workstations The configure option allows to configure each of these workstations individually The option LTSP Workstations Client hardware address Default Default edit delete allows to change the LTSP workstation configuration or entirely delete the workstation We strongly recommend to study the LTSP manual to learn about the many configuration options available to the LTSP workstations Note The ThinServer will automatically become a Fontserver as soon as the Terminal Server will be activated As a precondition to use this ThinServer as a Bootserver Terminal Server the integrated DHCP service needs to be activated There is a list of client hardware addresses on the Terminal Server Administrationpage of all workstations registered by the local DHCP server Security Settings This ThinServer offers some useful security features You can access the security setup page via the administration start page Select Please Check Security Settings One decision to be made is to define if all newly created files should only be read by the owner and its group The most s
14. public data User ttfadmin Default status inactive User ttfadmin allows to install new TrueType Fonts on the DATIX ThinServer via ftp This feature is only needed if the ThinServer is used as a font server TCP port 7100 or if the LTSP server is activated The user ttfadmin is automatically created but deactivated By applying a password to this account Usermanagement the user will become active By means of ftp copy the desired TrueType Fonts to the ThinServer TrueType Fonts have the file extension ttf Commit the changes made to activate the new TrueType Fonts 10 DATIX ThinServer User Manual Access via Windows If this DATIX ThinServer is being used as the Primary Domain Controller you can use the special user accounts directly In this case you can simply login to the ThinServer Domain as ftpadmin htmladmin or archiv Printing This ThinServer can be used as a Print Server For this the ThinServer exposes the IPP Internet Printing Protocol Interface on TCP port 631 which you can use to set up a local printer All printers created as local printer are automatically accessible from within the network and are therefor visible to other IPP clients with the network Demonstration Network The following is an example to demonstrate a possible network with a DATIX ThinServer Scenario There are multiple Windows Workstations Each user can login on any of these workstations to access his or her data
15. rver Activate this server default deactivated to work on the console from a remote workstation or Thin Client The connection is encrypted to provide maximum network security WARNING This access method should only be used with extreme caution even with ssh the connection can be snooped out Only use it if you have total control over the workstation or Thin Client that initiates the ssh connection NFS Server Activate the NFS Server if you like to use the ThinServer s user directories mounted to other computers as their local directory This is most useful if the ThinServer is also a NIS Server and remote Linux or UNIX Workstations need to access its data pool HTTP Server Activate the HTTP Server if this DATIX ThinServer is to become a WEB server for the Intranet This HTTP Server is PHP4 enabled and can access the local MySQL database Please refer to the section Special User for additional information WARNING It is not recommended to use this DATiX ThinServer as a public HTTP Server if it is also used as a file print or terminal server The HTTP Server is only intended to be used as behind the firewall Intranet Server FTP Server Activate the FTP Server function if you and other users of this ThinServer intend to use FTP Services to access the user directories and or a public space of the data area This FTP Server is mandatory for all users described in the section Special User MySQL Server Activa
16. sentation of all existing shares on the screen Click delete underneath a share to delete the share Confirm the delete action All data of the share will be collected into a zip archive and stored into the users archive directory File Server for UNIX This DATiX ThinServer can expose the entire content of its data area all shares and user directories on the hard drive via NFS to all other computers Therefore the NFS service needs to be running Expose shares via NFS Select fileserver from the menu Select Settings for UNIX clients Activate Export user directories Decide to assign full root rights to the NFS directory or not Allow full root access It is safer not to allow root access Assign at least one network or client computer IP address that can access the NFS directory NFS directories are not enabled for users but for computers All established shares can be accessed and mounted by UNIX Clients via home shares SHARENAME on the ThinServer The group owning the share has read write permissions even if the share is read only for Windows Terminal Server The Terminal Server allows special PXE boot clients to use this DATIX ThinServer as a LTSP Boot Server These clients do not require any storage media and are therefore very robust Functionality wise a LTSP solution cannot reach the level of a flash based Thin Client solution such as our NETION SmartClient series It is also not very well suited to sup
17. sh the setup click start dhcp service and save the settings by clicking set dhcp Configuring the user accounts On Serverl select the menu option group management Create three 3 user groups Sales Design Accounting On Server1 select the menu option user management Create the user thomas 1 Select add new user 2 Type the login name thomas 3 Type Thomas Smith as the full name 4 Type thomas as a Password and Password retry the password can be changed later by user thomas 5 AS a group assign Sales Create the new user by clicking the create user menu option Repeat this procedure for th Je following user accounts 13 DATIX ThinServer User Manual claudia group Sales steffi group Sales rolf group Design heiko group Design manuela group Design jutta group Accounting angela group Accounting Enable shared data pools Shares Select menu option fileserver on Serverl Click Create new share Enter the share name Sales and provide a short share description in the field Comment As a group assign Sales as this directory is used also by the users thomas claudia and steffi for data exchange Now create the share Create the shares Design and Accounting the same way by following the above procedure Finally create an additional share with the name Templates Set this share read only but assign write allowed for righ
18. te the MySQL Server if you or the HTTP Server need a database system Please refer to the section Special User for additional information Printer Server Activate this Server if a local printer is to be connected to this ThinServer setup Any configured printer will be exposed and become available for the entire network and can be 8 DATIX ThinServer User Manual used for printing via the IPP protocol print server functionality Backup T purpose of this section to familiarize you with the simple backup system embedded into this server The backup system saves user data to a CD R compressed into zip archives Of course this function is only usable if your server includes a CD Writer Backup erstellen Please click the menu item backup and select Start backup now if you like to create a backup of your user data The drawer of your CD Writer will open to receive a writable CD After inserting a CD close the drawer and the ThinServer will check the CD R The backup will start immediately After the backup is completed the CD Writer drawer will open Retrieve the CD close the drawer label the CD and store it on a safe location If the drawer opens again automatically again insert a new empty CD as the backup process is not yet completed and requires additional CDs to continue This procedure will continue as long and as often as it takes to save the entire user data content to a series of CDs Restore the Backup
19. time to time to access the archive home directory and delete no longer needed archives To access the archive directory the FTP Server or the NFS Server needs to be activated User htmladmin Default status inaktive This ThinServer incorporates an Apache Webserver with PHP4 and a MySQL Database Server Both the Web Server and the SQL Server are started or stopped via the Services menu entry If Apache is being started the user htmladmin if not already established earlier will be created The purpose of this user is to establish a ftp connection to the document tree of the Apache web server To activate this user assign a password to the user htmladmin via the menu entry Usermanagement Now you can use this user account to upload html content to the document tree of the local Apache web server By default the MySQL admintool phpMyAdmin is installed and can be accessed via http SERVERNAME phpMyAdmin index php User ftpadmin Default status inaktive DATIX ThinServer includes a FTP Server that can be activated in the Services section During the first start a user ftpadmin is automatically created but deactivated By applying a password to this account Usermanagement the user will become active This user is the ftp administration account for the public area accessible by anonymous users of the ftp server After applying the password the user ftpadmin can gain access to the DATIX ftp server to transfer
20. ts to user thomas who creates these templates This share should be owned by the group Sales which user thomas belongs to Create the share Domain THIN Select menu option server typ on Serverl Since Serverl is responsible for managing all user accounts select the This server is authentication server option Enter THIN as the name for the NIS Domain and the NT Domain Save the settings with change settings Starting the Network After all above setup steps are completed select the menu option Commit Changes and commit all changes made Select the menu option shutdown and then the option restart Enter 0 in the Shutdown in minute field to force the ThinServer to immediately perform a restart instead waiting for another minute 1 minute is the default setting After the ThinServer is restarted use the manufacturers instructions to add the Windows PCs to the Thin Domain This method requires the intervention of the the root user The root user name and its password is required to perform this task After all Windows PCs have joined the Domain Thin all users can now use these PCs by loging in with their user names and passwords Via network gt Serverl each user will find a directory with his or her name on Serverl1 This directory is the data directory for each individual user The content of the My data folder will be saved on the storage media of the ThinServer User
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