NethServer 6.9 released with CentOS 6.9 base

The NethServer project has announced public availability of NethServer 6.9, latest stable update of CentOS based, highly customizable and modular GNU/Linux distribution for small and medium scale enterprise web servers. This release of NethServer is based on CentOS 6.9, a community driven enterprise operating system based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

In addition to all updates and bug fixes from community enterprise base, NethServer 6.9 also brings some countable improvements and features in web module, the area in which it is specialized.

Being an incremental release in NethServer 6.x series, existing users can update their system using regular means of system update. The easiest way is to use software center page in web interface. After update, it is recommended to reboot the system in order to reflect all the changes in new release.

Some of the notable improvements in NethServer 6.9 can be listed as follows:

• Based on CentOS 6.9
• Included option to add traffic shaping and port forwarding for red VLANs, which was not possible in previous releases.
• Backported some of the enhancement from 7.x series. The restore from old backups on 6.9 is added and NethServer 6.9 permits access to CGP graphs and lightsquid reports through the usual server-manager port (980).
• Enabled NTLMv2 authentication within samba. Enabling NTLMv2 authentication allows Samba to work with Windows networks where NTLMv2 is the only enabled authentication protocol.
• Avoid certificate generation on Let’s Encrypt renewal
• Avoid certificate generation in certificate-update event
• NethServer joined to AD fail Kerberos ticket renewal
• Update to shorewall 5
• Collectd 5: avoid rrd write problems on overloaded machines
• Webtop: import contacts from Outlook 2016
• ipsec tunnel: properly reject unencrypted traffic

For original release announcement on NethServer 6.9, see projects website.

NethServer 7 beta 2 released with NextCloud 10

The NethServer community has announced release of NethServer 7 beta 2, latest development release for upcoming, stable CentOS based GNU/Linux operating system targeting small and medium enterprises. The NethServer 7, which is associated with the code name Bruschetta, is under active development for last few months and the team had requested help from community members to make this release a big foot step in the history of project.

NethServer 7 beta 2, current development release includes numerous updated packages and good features such as NextCloud 10, advanced static routes, new bandidthd and pop3 connector module. Also, NethServer can now work from USB like a charm. This will be a good news for people who uses computer without any CD-ROM. This release also enables SC(Software Collection) repository of CentOS be default, which will enable users to install newer versions of packages like PHP, Python, Ruby ..etc.

Source : NethRunner blog

The major feature changes and other highlights in NethServer 7 beta 2 can be summarized as follows:

• NethServer has switched to Nextcloud from version 7 and developers have built the software packages for the community to easy install and update the app.
• now it’s possible to implement routes with specific selection of device and metric to force a default gateway. This improvement make your firewall more versatile especially in a VPS environment
• BandwidthD - A simple tool to track bandwidth usage. It is solid tool that has a proven trackrecord, widely adopted and better integrated in NethServer WebUI.
• replaced Fetchmail with the much more promising Getmail application.
• We have improved the Installation of NethServer from USB, now it works like a charm and it will become a mandatory feature for servers without cdrom reader.
• Software Collections, also known as SCLs, allow you to run the default software version of major applications (like php, python, etc..)
• and more..

To understand a complete list of new features in this release of NethServer, see official release announcement.

Download NethServer 7 Beta 2 (784 MB)

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NethServer 7 alpha 3 comes centralized account management

The NethServer team has released NethServer 7 alpha 3, latest development release of CentOS based enterprise operating system designed for small and medium enterprises.

NethServer 7 alpha 3 brings two exciting features which are active directory integration and centralized account management(aka multi-site account management).

NethServer is now designed to leverage existing Active Directory infrastructure and simplify administrative and user control. Administrators can quickly and securely roll out policy decisions using their existing Active Directory. Users authenticate against a single directory, removing the need for multiple accounts, syncing passwords or duplicating information.

Account management module is included in the ISO, so after the installation the following scenarios are supported out of the box:

• connecting a remote NethServer running OpenLDAP,
• connecting a remote Active Directory Domain Controller (Samba or Windows).

For more information, see release announcement published by NethServer team.