skip to main content
op5 Appliance System
  
op5 Appliance system
Introduction
This document is intended for the System administrator that has the operational responsibility for the op5 system. You are expected to have good knowledge and understanding of computers but you don’t have to have any prior UNIX or Linux knowledge.
This document will try to give you a brief overview of the underlying system that is the base for the op5 appliance and it will cover most basic things that are needed to manage the day to day operation.
Fundamentals
op5 System
op5 utilizes CentOS 6 as the operating system. CentOS is an Enterprise-class Linux Distribution derived from Red Hat Enterprise Linux sources. This means that CentOS 6 is binary compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. The op5 System contain a basic but minimal CentOS server installation as a base. On top of that we add common tools and applications needed by op5 products. The op5 System also contain a number of custom, op5 made tools and applications.
All applications are distributed as RPM packages, and made available for customers on our support web www.op5.com/support and in our yum repositories.
System access
There are three ways to access an op5 System.
1 Direct access to console by connecting a monitor and a keyboard
2 By using SSH (Secure SHell)
3 By HTTPS using a standard web browser
The portal page
The third way, HTTPS access, is used to access the web interfaces for op5 products and the op5 System portal page. You can use the portal page to configure your system, gather information about installed software and retrieve information regarding new patches from op5 Support web. You find the portal by directing your web browser to the op5 System, https://<server-address>. The portal page also contains links to any installed op5 products.
The product logos on the portal page links to the respective products web page.
Console and SSH access
You can also administer the system by SSH. SSH is much like telnet but it is encrypted so that nobody can see or interfere with what you are typing. To use SSH you must install a SSH client software at your computer. Most Linux distributions comes with a SSH client included and there are several SSH clients available free of charge for Microsoft Windows.
We recommend putty that can be found on http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/
 
An other capable SSH client for Microsoft Windows can be found at http://www.ssh.com/. It is only free for non-commercial use though. This client also includes an interface to transfer files in a secure manner from and to the op5 server.
You need to access the system via the console or by SSH to install upgrades and patches.
System accounts
To change the configuration of a op5 System you need to log on. The root account is the superuser of the system and equal to the Administrator account in Windows.
The default password for user root is monitor.
Note: You should Change root password as soon as possible after installation to block unauthorized access.
Be aware that when you are logged on the system as root you have the power to literally wipe the system out, so be careful and if unsure take a backup before performing any changes (read more on backups below Backing up the System).
Installation
Installing a new system
To install a new op5 System you need the op5 Installation / Recovery CD. If you have not received the cd with the system you can download it as an .iso file from www.op5.com/support/downloads/ and create a installation cd using your favorite cd-creation program.
Assure that you have console access by connecting a monitor and keyboard to the op5 System.
Insert the op5 Installation / Recovery CD and reboot the system (read more in the Shutdown or restart section). If the system already is powered off, simply power it on and insert the cd before the system bootup sequence has started.
Follow the instructions the on-screen instructions.
System configuration
Using the web gui portal page
The easiest way to configure your op5 system is to use the web interface at https://<your ip>/ and click Configure System.
Note: This is only valid if you have enabled DHCP on the net where your op5 System is placed. If not you have to setup your network from the console.
To start configuring you need to log on using the password for the root account. Initial login information is:
password: monitor
Settings
Configuring step by step
The settings can be configure step by step in a similar way as the old wizard. On every object, except for the last one (Network), you can click on either Apply & continue or Skip & continue to either save the new settings or leave them with the old value and continue.
To save the new value and stay in the same settings part click Apply.
Time Settings
Here you configure NTP (Network Time Protocol) and clock settings.
To add a new time server
Type in the new server name in the NTP server textfield and click on Add. Remember to click Apply to save the new settings.
Email
Here you configure settings for the email server on you op5 system.
Note: If you dont configure any relay host or fallback relay, then op5 system will act as a regular MTA and send the mails to whatever mail server that is responsible for the receiving mail domain.
Beside adding a relay host, fallback relay host you can also send a test message.
To send a test message type in the recieving email address in the Email Address field and click Send test message.
SMS
Here you configure settings for the sms modem.
1 Select Add new device
This will add a new SMS gateway to your setup.
2 Click on edit to configure the SMS gateway
3 Edit the settings for the SMS gateway.
a Enter a PIN code, if any
b Select the correct modem type

op5 have two types of modems select your modem from the dropdown menu. If you are using another modem use the other option.
c Click on save
To add another SMS gateway click on Add new device and go through step 1-3 again.
Network Settings
Here you can set up static address on your interfaces or turn on DHCP instead. You can also add a bonding interface here and decide wich interfaces to bond.
As default the op5 Appliance system uses DHCP on all network interfaces, this is also the case for the DNS settings.
To change the host name
1 Click Static on the DNS settings.
2 Change the host name in the Host name text field.
3 Click Apply and then Apply at the bottom of the page.
Editing DNS settings
You can chose between static DNS settings or use DHCP to set the DNS settings.
To change the DNS settings
1 Click Static or DHCP, in this case we use Static.
2 Typ in the ip address of you primary, secondary and tertriary ( the last two are optional) and click Apply.
Setting up static address
To setup a static address on an interface
1 Click on Static on the interface you like to configure.
2 Fill in IP Address, Netmask, Gateway and click Apply.
3 Click Apply on the bottom of the page.
To setup DHCP on an interface
1 Click DHCP on the interface you like to use DHCP.
2 Click Apply.
3 Click Apply on the bottom of the page.
Setting up a bonding interface
Setting up a bonding interface is devided into two steps:
Adding the new interface
Assign physical interfaces to the newly created bonding interface.
To setup a bonding interface
1 Click Create a new bond interface.
2 Click either Static or DHCP, in this case we use Static.
3 Fill in IP Address, Netmask, Gateway and click Apply.
To assign physical interfaces to a bonding interface.
1 Click on Bond on the interfaces you like to assign to this bonding interface.
2 Chose bonding interface and click Apply repeat this for every interface you like to add.
3 Click Apply at the bottom of the page.
 
 
IPv6 is not yet supported by op5 APS
Backup
Here you configure automatic backup of your op5 system. A local storage path can also be set to a mount point for a mounted external file system, i.e. a shared folder at a remote server.
There are three types of storage to chose between:
local
ftp
sftp
Note: op5 backup will not backup logs of op5-logserver, so you better have remote archive setuped for this, or backup them manually.
Enter a storage path. If storage type is Local enter a local path, if your are using ftp or sftp enter the path on the remote server.
Change root password
Here you can change the password of the root user. Note that this is the root user of the system so its important to keep it safe.
SSL Certificate
Here you can upload new certificates for apache web server.
To upload new certificates click on chooce file and select the corrisponding certificat file.