Hey Guys, In an effort to spread the word about the QmailToaster out, I have submitted the release of the Virtual Appliance to Digg. Feel free to digg it, or add comments if you would like.
Thanks, Erik http://digg.com/linux_unix/Test_the_QmailToaster_VMware_Virtual_Appliance On 3/21/06, Erik Espinoza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Greetings, > > The QmailToaster VMware Virtual Appliance is now available. Since this > is a pretty big release, I have made it available by BitTorrent only. > Please seed if you can. > > The torrent is available at my usual page: > http://www.kabewm.com/pages/projects/qmailtoaster.php > > RELEASE NOTES > > BASICS > In order to be compliant with the djb license, this ships without the > QmailToaster installed. I have included a script that will configure > the system for a static IP and download/compile/install QmailToaster. > > This is a basic CentOS 4.3 x86 install. The installation only has what > is required for the QmailToaster distribution. No frills, no X, etc. > This system has been preconfigured in just about every respect. > > The VMware Image is configured without disks or cdroms. In addition it > has a virtual hard disk that can grow to 40 gigs. The default setting > is 256 mb of ram. > > SECURITY > It is recommended that you do the following, at the very minimum, for > security: > > 1) Change the root password, currently it is set to 'password' > 2) In '/etc/ssh/sshd_config' set "PermitRootLogin no" > 3) Set a mysql root password, currently there is none. > > You may also want to change the password to vpopmail database, which > uses the default qmailtoaster password of 'SsEeCcRrEeTt'. > > NETWORKING > Have the following information ready upon first boot: > > Hostname, Domain Name, IP Address, Subnet, Gateway, and DNS Server > > By default this is set to 'bridged' networking. This means that your > VMware Appliance will be on the same network as the machine it is > running on. Upon booting you will have to enter the information above > through prompts. If you make a mistake use the backspace and/or leave > a prompt blank and reboot. This script will not execute once it is run > from beginning to end. > > *NOTE: Because the networking is set to bridged the VMware Appliance > will put forth a virtual mac address. This means that if you are > testing this as a demo over wireless, you MUST add the virtual mac > address to the allowed list. > > UP AND RUNNING > Please refer to the > http://www.qmailtoaster.com/info/EZ-QmailToaster-Install.txt starting > with section 9 after the system has rebooted with the QmailToaster > installed. By default this VMware Appliance will run yum nightly, so > it is recommended that you run it as soon as the install is complete. > > Thanks, > Erik A. Espinoza > --------------------------------------------------------------------- QmailToaster hosted by: VR Hosted <http://www.vr.org> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
