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News and Announcements / New experimental improvement in logs (testing wanted)
« on: July 05, 2010, 07:52:23 pm »
Hi fellow eBox users,
We are glad to introduce another one of the improvements coming with eBox 2.0: a rewrite of ebox-loggerd with the objective of reduce the load in the server caused by the processing and store of the logs file.
The improvements are in fact two:
- Use of inotify to detect file modifications instead of continuous reading.
- Buffered insertions in PostgreSQL instead of one-by-one insertions.
As this is a new development, your help testing it is really appreciated and will help us to have a rock-solid 2.0 release.
To test it, you only need to upgrade the version of the "ebox" package to 1.5.6, and restart the logs daemon with the following commands:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ebox
sudo /etc/init.d/ebox logs restart
You can also edit the /etc/ebox/90eboxpglogger.conf to adjust the value of the multi_insert_interval variable.
Please, give us the feedback through the Beta Testing forum.
Thanks in advance.
We are glad to introduce another one of the improvements coming with eBox 2.0: a rewrite of ebox-loggerd with the objective of reduce the load in the server caused by the processing and store of the logs file.
The improvements are in fact two:
- Use of inotify to detect file modifications instead of continuous reading.
- Buffered insertions in PostgreSQL instead of one-by-one insertions.
As this is a new development, your help testing it is really appreciated and will help us to have a rock-solid 2.0 release.
To test it, you only need to upgrade the version of the "ebox" package to 1.5.6, and restart the logs daemon with the following commands:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ebox
sudo /etc/init.d/ebox logs restart
You can also edit the /etc/ebox/90eboxpglogger.conf to adjust the value of the multi_insert_interval variable.
Please, give us the feedback through the Beta Testing forum.
Thanks in advance.
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News and Announcements / New feature ready for testing in 1.5: samba antivirus
« on: June 30, 2010, 12:59:48 am »
Hi eBox users,
A couple of days ago we introduced a eBox 1.4 feature that was missing in 1.5 until now: the support for virus scanning in Samba shares.
For testing it you only need to execute the following:
apt-get update
apt-get install samba samba-common-bin ebox-samba samba-vscan
This will install the new samba-vscan package for lucid and also will make sure you upgrade to the last Samba 3.4.8 packages. We have compiled samba 3.4.8 for lucid as the version included in Ubuntu (3.4.7) had also the same bug with full_audit (samba logs) that was in 1.4 until we patched it.
As always, your help testing this new samba version and also the antivirus feature is really appreciated.
You can give us the feedback through our new Beta Testing forum.
A couple of days ago we introduced a eBox 1.4 feature that was missing in 1.5 until now: the support for virus scanning in Samba shares.
For testing it you only need to execute the following:
apt-get update
apt-get install samba samba-common-bin ebox-samba samba-vscan
This will install the new samba-vscan package for lucid and also will make sure you upgrade to the last Samba 3.4.8 packages. We have compiled samba 3.4.8 for lucid as the version included in Ubuntu (3.4.7) had also the same bug with full_audit (samba logs) that was in 1.4 until we patched it.
As always, your help testing this new samba version and also the antivirus feature is really appreciated.
You can give us the feedback through our new Beta Testing forum.
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News and Announcements / New feature available in 1.5 (testing wanted): bridged mode
« on: June 24, 2010, 02:21:34 pm »
Hi fellow eBoxers,
Via our http://planet.ebox-platform.com/ we have exciting news: the first version of eBox including bridged mode is out.
The packages are also available in the 1.5 repository (the change involves a lot of packages so you should upgrade all of them).
As there is no official documentation for 1.5 yet, the post by Carlos has the instructions on how to configure the bridged mode:
http://www.thebigbugtheory.com/2010/06/ebox-bridged-mode/
As usual, your help testing it is really important to help us catch any bug. Suggestions are also welcome
Happy testing! We are waiting for your feedback!
Via our http://planet.ebox-platform.com/ we have exciting news: the first version of eBox including bridged mode is out.
The packages are also available in the 1.5 repository (the change involves a lot of packages so you should upgrade all of them).
As there is no official documentation for 1.5 yet, the post by Carlos has the instructions on how to configure the bridged mode:
http://www.thebigbugtheory.com/2010/06/ebox-bridged-mode/
As usual, your help testing it is really important to help us catch any bug. Suggestions are also welcome
Happy testing! We are waiting for your feedback!
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News and Announcements / ESN-1-1: libebox, ebox, ebox-remoteservices vulnerabilities
« on: June 10, 2010, 06:02:00 pm »
This is our first eBox Security Notice (ESN) regarding a CSRF vulnerability.
You can read the full announcement here:
http://trac.ebox-platform.com/wiki/Document/ESN/ESN-1-1
You can read the full announcement here:
http://trac.ebox-platform.com/wiki/Document/ESN/ESN-1-1
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News and Announcements / First version of the new FTP module released!
« on: June 07, 2010, 12:11:33 pm »
We are glad to announce that the brand new module that eBox 2.0 will include is already packaged for the development version (1.5).
Take into account that this is a new module and may not fulfill your expectations. Your feedback will help us to improve it.
For more information about installing 1.5 packages, please read the following:
http://trac.ebox-platform.com/wiki/Document/Documentation/InstallationGuide#eBoxPlatform1.5packages
Take into account that this is a new module and may not fulfill your expectations. Your feedback will help us to improve it.
For more information about installing 1.5 packages, please read the following:
http://trac.ebox-platform.com/wiki/Document/Documentation/InstallationGuide#eBoxPlatform1.5packages
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News and Announcements / ebox-asterisk 1.5 released!
« on: June 05, 2010, 02:46:34 pm »
We are glad to announce that the ebox-asterisk has been added to our 1.5 repository.
Now l7-protocols is the only package missing to have the full set of packages for Ubuntu 10.04.
Remember that 1.5 is a beta version, don't hesitate to let us know any bug or problem you encounter. Your feedback is really welcome.
For more information about installing packages, please read the following:
http://trac.ebox-platform.com/wiki/Document/Documentation/InstallationGuide#eBoxPlatform1.5packages
If you have trouble making the Meetings feature work, try to execute the following in the console:
This will automatically compile the dahdi kernel module needed for that. On eBox 1.4 we provided precompiled packages but in lucid this has changed and now dahdi uses the dkms system.
Now l7-protocols is the only package missing to have the full set of packages for Ubuntu 10.04.
Remember that 1.5 is a beta version, don't hesitate to let us know any bug or problem you encounter. Your feedback is really welcome.
For more information about installing packages, please read the following:
http://trac.ebox-platform.com/wiki/Document/Documentation/InstallationGuide#eBoxPlatform1.5packages
If you have trouble making the Meetings feature work, try to execute the following in the console:
Code: [Select]
m-a a-i dahdiThis will automatically compile the dahdi kernel module needed for that. On eBox 1.4 we provided precompiled packages but in lucid this has changed and now dahdi uses the dkms system.
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News and Announcements / Mail modules available for eBox 1.5!
« on: June 02, 2010, 04:50:26 pm »
We are glad to announce that the following modules have been added to our 1.5 repository:
- mail
- mailfilter
- webmail
Now 1.5 is almost complete, the only three modules missing are egroupware, asterisk and l7-protocols.
Remember that 1.5 is a beta version, don't hesitate to let us know any bug or problem you encounter. Your feedback is really welcome.
For more information about installing packages, please read the following:
http://trac.ebox-platform.com/wiki/Document/Documentation/InstallationGuide#eBoxPlatform1.5packages
- mailfilter
- webmail
Now 1.5 is almost complete, the only three modules missing are egroupware, asterisk and l7-protocols.
Remember that 1.5 is a beta version, don't hesitate to let us know any bug or problem you encounter. Your feedback is really welcome.
For more information about installing packages, please read the following:
http://trac.ebox-platform.com/wiki/Document/Documentation/InstallationGuide#eBoxPlatform1.5packages
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News and Announcements / Five more eBox 1.5 modules available for Ubuntu 10.04
« on: May 18, 2010, 03:03:24 am »
We are glad to announce that the following modules have been added to our 1.5 repository
- monitor
- trafficshaping
- ids
- software
- webserver
We hope to have the rest of the packages ported to 1.5 by the end of the month.
Remember that 1.5 is a beta version, don't hesitate to let us know any bug or problem you encounter. Your feedback is really welcome.
For more information about installing packages, please read the following:
http://trac.ebox-platform.com/wiki/Document/Documentation/InstallationGuide#eBoxPlatform1.5packages
- monitor
- trafficshaping
- ids
- software
- webserver
We hope to have the rest of the packages ported to 1.5 by the end of the month.
Remember that 1.5 is a beta version, don't hesitate to let us know any bug or problem you encounter. Your feedback is really welcome.
For more information about installing packages, please read the following:
http://trac.ebox-platform.com/wiki/Document/Documentation/InstallationGuide#eBoxPlatform1.5packages
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News and Announcements / New 1.4-2 VM images uploaded!
« on: May 16, 2010, 12:32:28 pm »
Just to let you know that we have uploaded new versions of the Virtual Machine disk images for VirtualBox and VMware with the latest packages included in the 1.4-2 installer (a subset of them as usual).
You can download them and find more info at http://trac.ebox-platform.com/wiki/Download/VMImages
You can download them and find more info at http://trac.ebox-platform.com/wiki/Download/VMImages
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News and Announcements / New eBox 1.4-2 installer released!
« on: May 12, 2010, 11:26:48 am »
Hi fellow eBox users,
I just wanted to let you know that we've done a lot of bugfixing and small improvements since the last 1.4-1 release. Those all enhancements have now been included on a new installer.
You can download it as usual in our Download page.
Here is a summary of the most relevant changes:
- dns: Added support for internal networks allowed to recurse the caching server.
- ebackup: Improvements on frequency and keep options. Added backup and restore of logs. Added restore configuration from backup action. VolSize option can be changed through configuration file.
- egroupware: Now works properly on a master-slave scenario.
- firewall: New firewall table containing rules added by eBox services.
- network: Failover test are more robust now.
- samba: Allow guest shares. New patched samba package that should fix the full_audit bug.
- squid: New bandwidth throttling support with delay pools (to allow traffic shaping when transparent proxy is enabled). Add refresh_pattern options for Microsoft Windows, Debian and Ubuntu updates.
- webserver: Allow non-fqdn and topdomains as vhosts.
More bugfixes and improvements on the following modules: asterisk, ca, monitor, openvpn, remoteservices, software, trafficshaping, usersandgroups and webmail.
You can have a look at the full changelog since 1.4-1 at http://trac.ebox-platform.com/wiki/Document/Changelog/1.4-2
I just wanted to let you know that we've done a lot of bugfixing and small improvements since the last 1.4-1 release. Those all enhancements have now been included on a new installer.
You can download it as usual in our Download page.
Here is a summary of the most relevant changes:
- dns: Added support for internal networks allowed to recurse the caching server.
- ebackup: Improvements on frequency and keep options. Added backup and restore of logs. Added restore configuration from backup action. VolSize option can be changed through configuration file.
- egroupware: Now works properly on a master-slave scenario.
- firewall: New firewall table containing rules added by eBox services.
- network: Failover test are more robust now.
- samba: Allow guest shares. New patched samba package that should fix the full_audit bug.
- squid: New bandwidth throttling support with delay pools (to allow traffic shaping when transparent proxy is enabled). Add refresh_pattern options for Microsoft Windows, Debian and Ubuntu updates.
- webserver: Allow non-fqdn and topdomains as vhosts.
More bugfixes and improvements on the following modules: asterisk, ca, monitor, openvpn, remoteservices, software, trafficshaping, usersandgroups and webmail.
You can have a look at the full changelog since 1.4-1 at http://trac.ebox-platform.com/wiki/Document/Changelog/1.4-2
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News and Announcements / Roadmap for eBox 2.0 available in our development trac
« on: April 07, 2010, 10:50:39 am »
Hi fellow community members,
Just to let you know that the roadmap for eBox 2.0 is already publicly available at http://trac.ebox-platform.com/roadmap. You will be able to keep of track the status of the implementation of each feature there.
I also want to clarify that the main change in this new version is the new base of the distribution. eBox 2.0 will be based on the new Ubuntu 10.04 LTS. It will come with new versions of all the software packages that eBox relies on. Also, this new distribution will greatly decrease the number of problems supporting new hardware.
As this main change is going to take us a lot of time, the amount of new features is lesser than in previous eBox releases. And, in fact, our efforts are also going to be centered in make the existing eBox features more robust.
Just to let you know that the roadmap for eBox 2.0 is already publicly available at http://trac.ebox-platform.com/roadmap. You will be able to keep of track the status of the implementation of each feature there.
I also want to clarify that the main change in this new version is the new base of the distribution. eBox 2.0 will be based on the new Ubuntu 10.04 LTS. It will come with new versions of all the software packages that eBox relies on. Also, this new distribution will greatly decrease the number of problems supporting new hardware.
As this main change is going to take us a lot of time, the amount of new features is lesser than in previous eBox releases. And, in fact, our efforts are also going to be centered in make the existing eBox features more robust.
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News and Announcements / New eBox 1.4-1 installer released!
« on: March 12, 2010, 12:39:39 pm »
Hi fellow eBox users,
I just wanted to let you know that we've done a lot of bugfixing and small improvements since the release of the first 1.4 release. Those all enhancements have now been included on a new installer.
You can download it as usual in our Download page.
The installer itself contains some bugfixes and improvements, this is the ChangeLog:
+ X11 UI tweaks (thanks to Kamilion)
+ Added console-cyrillic package
+ Install l7-protocols if trafficshaping is selected in advanced mode
+ Quote passwords to avoid problems with strange characters
+ Do not allow to enter 'root' or any other existing system user as admin user to avoid conflicts
Note that this installer include also the fixes and improvements from the 1.4-proposed repository.
I just wanted to let you know that we've done a lot of bugfixing and small improvements since the release of the first 1.4 release. Those all enhancements have now been included on a new installer.
You can download it as usual in our Download page.
The installer itself contains some bugfixes and improvements, this is the ChangeLog:
+ X11 UI tweaks (thanks to Kamilion)
+ Added console-cyrillic package
+ Install l7-protocols if trafficshaping is selected in advanced mode
+ Quote passwords to avoid problems with strange characters
+ Do not allow to enter 'root' or any other existing system user as admin user to avoid conflicts
Note that this installer include also the fixes and improvements from the 1.4-proposed repository.
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News and Announcements / eBox Platform Virtual Machine images available!
« on: March 08, 2010, 12:31:47 pm »
Hi fellow eBox users,
The eBox team is glad to announce that a new way of testing eBox is available. We have prepared disk images for VirtualBox and VMware. This way you can create a Virtual Machine and start testing eBox in a few seconds, skipping all the installation process and saving a lot of time.
If you want to download the images or get more information, go to:
http://trac.ebox-platform.com/wiki/Download/VMImages
Please note that the VM images only come with a reduced set of the eBox packages. eBox can offer you much more features and you have them available at the 'Software Management' section.
As usual, any feedback or suggestion about the images is very welcome.
The eBox team is glad to announce that a new way of testing eBox is available. We have prepared disk images for VirtualBox and VMware. This way you can create a Virtual Machine and start testing eBox in a few seconds, skipping all the installation process and saving a lot of time.
If you want to download the images or get more information, go to:
http://trac.ebox-platform.com/wiki/Download/VMImages
Please note that the VM images only come with a reduced set of the eBox packages. eBox can offer you much more features and you have them available at the 'Software Management' section.
As usual, any feedback or suggestion about the images is very welcome.
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News and Announcements / Official documentation for eBox 1.4 ready!
« on: March 02, 2010, 05:55:29 pm »105
Installation and Upgrades / Official documentation for eBox 1.4 ready!
« on: February 17, 2010, 11:21:23 am »
Hi fellow eBox users,
We are glad to announce that our online documentation is now updated and you can find it at http://doc.ebox-platform.com as usual.
The eBox Platform documentation is available in English and Spanish. Additionally the previous 1.2 documentation is still available, you can find all the links and other useful howtos at http://trac.ebox-platform.com/wiki/Document/Index
Your help finding any errors in the text or contributing with any improvements or suggestions is really welcome and appreciated. You can use this thread for that.
We are glad to announce that our online documentation is now updated and you can find it at http://doc.ebox-platform.com as usual.
The eBox Platform documentation is available in English and Spanish. Additionally the previous 1.2 documentation is still available, you can find all the links and other useful howtos at http://trac.ebox-platform.com/wiki/Document/Index
Your help finding any errors in the text or contributing with any improvements or suggestions is really welcome and appreciated. You can use this thread for that.