Zentyal Development Team is glad to announce that it is now possible to install Zentyal Server quickly on top of an existing Ubuntu 20.04 Server or Desktop Edition using a script. Above all, the goal is to guarantee that everybody interested in testing Zentyal, has an easy way of doing this. In short, it offers […]
When securing any system, the basic advice is to use “strong passwords” and change them periodically. This also applies to system and domain users. In this post we will briefly go through what can be considered a good password and what Linux tools can help system administrators to improve system security related with users and […]
Zentyal Linux Server provides an alternative to Windows Server®. Thanks to the integration of the Samba and Kerberos technologies, Zentyal allows you to join Windows® clients natively to the domain and manage them as you are used to with Windows Server. The Windows operative systems supported by Zentyal include Windows XP/Vista/7/8/10. The process of joining […]
In the past few weeks, many of us are working remotely due to the coronavirus pandemic. In this post we want to remind you of some useful Zentyal Server monitoring and maintenance tasks. These tips help you to continue guaranteeing the security and correct operation of your server at all times. Track successful / failed […]
Due to restrictions imposed on free movement during the coronavirus pandemic, the use of the OpenVPN module is increasing to facilitate remote working. That is why we would like to point out some aspects about its use for Zentyal Server administrators. Analyse the situation and the needs The first step would be to analyse the […]
In the midst of the coronavirus outbreak many businesses are going remote. Suddenly having to support an entirely remote staff and remotely manage all the systems, is putting a lots of pressure on system administrators and IT departments. If you are in charge of managing your organization’s server, we would recommend you to take into […]
Wisdom Pond has published an easy to follow video tutorial on how to add Zentyal Linux Server to EVE-NG. EVE-NG is a clientless network emulation software, similar to GNS3. It is managed via graphical user interface on a browser and it allows to emulate complex network scenarios: Easy way to add a DC, DHCP, Proxy, […]
Want to test Zentyal on Mac? Or would you like your fellow Mac sysadmin to take a look at Zentyal? Lately the Zentyal Team is seeing a growing interest in deploying Zentyal in Mac environments. As you need to keep in mind few tricks when creating Zentyal VM for macOS, we have prepared this step-by-step […]
Jeremy Leik has published a short video tutorial on how he carried out a basic Zentyal Server (v. 6.0) installation on VirtualBox for a testing environment. Check out the tutorial here: Zentyal 6.0 Linux based Small Business Server Install & base Config Thanks Jeremy!
A common Zentyal use case is to deploy Zentyal as an additional domain controller of an existing Windows® Server. This can be a long-term decision or a necessary step before fully migrating an existing Windows Server deployment to Zentyal. Want to have a quick look on how this is done? Zentyal Team has published a […]
