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NethServer 6.8 Installation, Configuration and Review on VMware

This tutorial shows how to install, configure NethServer 6.8 and review on VMware Workstation/Player step by step. We also install VMware Tools on NethServer 6.8 for better VM performance and usability. This guide is also helpful to installing NethServer 6.8 on physical hardware, computer or bare-metal server.

NethServer 6.8 Installation Steps:

1. Download NethServer 6.8 ISO
2. Create VM on VMware Workstation/Player
3. Start Installation
4. Install VMware Tools in NethServer
5. Configure NethServer
6. NethServer 6.8 Review

Installing and Configuring NethServer 6.8 on VMware

What is NethServer?

NethServer is a CentOS-based Linux distribution for servers. NethServer offers number of built-in modules that can be used to turn any systems into a mail, Web, Proxy, DNS, FTP, Cloud, IDS, Samba, or VPN servers instantly within few minutes. It also includes a comprehensive web-based user interface that simplifies common administration tasks and enables single-click installation of several pre-configured modules. NethServer is designed primarily for small offices and medium-size enterprises.
NethServer Website: https://www.nethserver.org/

NethServer 6.8 New Features and Improvements

There are tons of major changes to NethServer and it's impossible to cover them all in detail here, so here are some of favorite highlights: based on the recently-released CentOS 6.8 operating system; SELinux policy changed from permissive to disabled; package collectd upgraded from version 4 to 5; new interface module for managing policy routing rules; new configuration for the multi-WAN monitoring along with a new interface; better spam filtering by using the DNS-based Blackhole List (DNSBL); support for CIDR and IP ranges as source and destination for proxy bypass; it's now possible to create a bond with specific mode from the Network page.

NethServer 6.8 Minimum System Requirements

1. 64 bit CPU (x86_64).
2. 1 GB of RAM.
3. 8 GB of disk space.
4. At least 2 disks is recommended to setup a RAID 1. The RAID software will ensure data integrity in case of a disk failure.

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