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 5 as the operating system. CentOS is an Enterprise-class Linux Distribution derived from Red Hat Enterprise Linux sources. This means that CentOS 5 is binary compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. 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