FileCruiser VM Quick Configuration Guide For Trial Version V1.0
Contents How to configure FileCruiser VM... 4 Setup Wizard: Time Zone page... 6 Setup Wizard: Network page... 7 Setup Wizard: Service Server page... 8 Setup Wizard: Create Domain page... 9 Create Organizational Unit (OU)... 10 Create User Accounts... 11 Appendix A: Notice to KVM Users... 12 Appendix B: Network Bridge mode... 15 2
System Requirements FileCruiser server can be installed as a VM (Virtual Machine) of KVM or VMware hypervisor. However, in order to make sure FileCruiser performance will not be affected by either hypervisor above, some hardware and system OS requirements will be enforced as followings. Hardware: CPU: 64-bit x86 CPU (Intel E5 4 cores and above with Intel-VT Enabled) Memory: 8 GB and above Network: 1 NIC Disk Space: 1 TB and above Hypervisor (KVM): System OS: Ubuntu 12.04 Server edition with and above CentOS 6.x Server edition and above 2 cores and above CPU: Memory: 4 GB and above Disk Space: 500 GB and above Note: Installing Virt-Manager software for KVM is highly recommended. When importing the VM image in Virt-Manager, please make sure you select QCOW2 for the storage format. For additional details, please refer Appendix A in below. Hypervisor (VMware): System OS: VMware ESXi 5.x and above CPU: 2 cores and above Memory: 4 GB and above Disk Space: 500 GB and above Note: Installing VMware vsphere software for VMware is highly recommended. For additional details, please refer Appendix B in below. 3
How to configure FileCruiser VM FileCruiser VM is released as a KVM or VMware image file, which is created with 2 virtual CPU cores, 4 GB memory and 500 GB dynamic virtual disk. Depending upon what hypervisor, KVM or VMware, you are using you need to download corresponding FileCruiser VM and import to the hypervisor manager. Once you have imported FileCruiser VM to the hypervisor, you will need to do the following steps to configure the FileCruiser system. 1. Boot up the FileCruiser VM. 2. Use the terminal to login FileCruiser VM. Username: promise Password: filecruiser@pr0mise Note: the 0 in the password is the integer zero. Note that the FileCruiser VM system root user password is LittleYummy. 3. Use command ifconfig to get FileCruiser VM network IP address for eth0 interface. Note: If VMware or KVM server is not DHCP enabled, or the FileCruiser VM default network settings are not suitable for your network, please change FileCruiser VM network interfaces in the /etc/network/interfaces file to meet your network environment after login FileCruiser VM. 4
4. Open the browser and connect to the FileCruiser Administration portal. HTTP://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/admin User Account: administrator Password: password Make sure to leave the Domain Name entry field blank when you use default administrator user account to sign into FileCruiser Administration portal. 5. Follow the steps in the pages that follow to configure the FileCruiser system. 5
Setup Wizard: Time Zone page 1. Time Zone: Specify Region and City. 2. NTP Server: Specify NTP Server location. 3. Click the Save button. 6
Setup Wizard: Network page 1. Select the Action (pencil) icon. Use the pencil icon located to the left of the group in the list to select the Action 2. Click on the Edit option to edit network settings. Note that the default network settings are DHCP. If you want to use DHCP mode, you can click the Cancel button and skip network settings. 3. Edit Network Parameters. For Static IP settings, select the Use static IP address option and enter the Fixed IP address, Subnet Mask and Default Gateway. 4. Click on the Next button and go to the next Service Server setting page if needed. 7
Setup Wizard: Service Server page 1. Type in the URL or IP address for the IP/FQDN to be created in FileCruiser and used for the User Portal. 2. Click on the Save button to save the new configuration. 3. You can click the Test Settings button to see if the settings work. 8
Setup Wizard: Create Domain page 1. Enter the Name used for login to FileCruiser. If you prefer to set this later, click the Cancel button. 2. Enter a Quota, the capacity allowed to use for the entire domain. 3. Please choose the default Local for the Authentication Method. 4. Click Save to apply the settings. If you have completed all the steps, you can continue to setup user accounts or do other configuration through the Administration Portal. Note: The following two steps, Create Organizational Unit and Create User Accounts, are dynamic to fulfill different organizations and company requirements. Do it carefully to meet your teams and files sharing goal. Organizational Units are used for creating quotas and for simplifying management of user accounts. The Domain is made up of OUs, which in turn are made up of User Groups and individual Users. 9
Create Organizational Unit (OU) 1. Go to Domain User List. 2. Right-click on the listed Domain where the OU will be created, and choose Add OU. 3. Enter a Name for the new OU. 4. You can choose a Parent directory for the OU. If none is chosen, the FileCruiser Domain becomes the default directory. You can also choose an existing OU folder as the directory. 5. Set a Quota for the OU. Note that Available Quota (capacity) is listed in the menu. 6. Click on the Submit button to create the OU. The new OU appears listed in the Domain Tree. Listed OUs can be modified, deleted or enabled and disabled for all member users. Right-click on the name of the OU in the list to select the Action (Member to enable/ disable, Delete or Edit) you want to perform after the OU has been created. 10
Create User Accounts The User List is used to create individual user accounts, import a list of user accounts and set user quotas for users. 1. Go to Domain User List. 2. Click on the Add User icon. A new menu appears. 3. Add and Alias Name for the user. 4. Choose the Domain and OU from the pull-down menus. 5. Type a Password and Confirm Password for the user. 6. Enter an Email address for the new account. Note that you might need to scroll down to reveal the rest of the menu. 7. Choose the Status (Enabled/Disabled) for the new user account. 8. Set a Quota for the new user. Note that the Domain Quota is listed in the menu. 9. Specify if this new user account is an administrator (Yes or No). Administrator accounts can access the Administration portal and configure settings for FileCruiser. 10. Click on the Submit button to create the new user account. The new account appears listed in the Users list. Listed user accounts can be modified, have their password changed, be deleted, or perform a Remote Wipe. Use the pencil icon located to the left of the group in the list to select the Action (Password, Edit, Remote Wipe, Transfer Data, or Delete) you want to perform after the group has been created. 11
Appendix A: Notice to KVM Users tar jxvf filecruiser-1.01.0002.20.img.tar.xz Note that the FileCruiserr VM image uses QCOW2 VM format; Virt-Manageimport mechanism for this format. To use with KVM does not have an automatic hypervisor, first decompress the downloaded FileCruiser.tar.xz file into a pre- installed disk image (about 15GB). For example: It is recommended to install Virt-Manager software. Follow these steps to import the FileCruiser VM disk image in Virt-Manager: 1. Enter a Name for the virtual machine name and select the option, Import existing disk image. 12
2. Click Browse to locate the FileCruiser disk image, or type the full path and file name in the entry field. Note that FileCruiser VM is built on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. 3. Select Memory size and number of CPUs for FileCruiser VM. 13
4. Check to select Customize configuration before install so you disk format in the next step. Click Finish to continue. can select the 5. Select Storage format: option QCOW2, and click Apply and to begin the installation. 14
Appendix B: Network Bridge mode For VMware users, use Deploy OVF Template and choose the downloaded FileCruiser.ova file for installation. VMware server requires a minimum of 500GB of storage. If there is not enough available storage capacity for VMware server, use the Thin Provision option during Disk Format selection step. 15