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| NetDirector Overview NetDirector is an open and extensible
management framework for managing configurations of common open
source network services. It offers both form driven
and fine-grained control of server configuration files with
many added benefits including rollback and policy-based access. Management Capabilities
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NetDirector Overview
NetDirector is an open and extensible
management framework for managing configurations of common open
source network services. It offers both form driven
and fine-grained control of server configuration files with
many added benefits including rollback and policy-based access.
Management Capabilities
- HTTP (Apache)
- DNS (BIND)
- DHCP
- File and Print Services (Samba, NFS)
- Email (Postfix, Sendmail)
- FTP (VSFTP)
- Users and Groups
- Database (MySQL)*
- Directory Services (LDAP)*
- Firewall (iptables)*
* Features included
in NetDirector Release 3.0
Platform Support
- Linux - Red Hat (RHEL and Fedora), Debian, SuSE, Mandriva, TurboLinux
- BSD
- Solaris
Unique Features of NetDirector
- Multi-server configuration change capability speeds management of large / distributed networks
- Change scheduling capability
- Rollback to any previous state speeds recovery and reduces application downtime
- Role-based permissions provide security and regulatory compliance
- Server configuration cloning aids disaster recovery, migration and adding new servers
NetDirector provides IT
professionals with an intuitive and powerful system for
the administration of local and distributed Linux, Solaris
and BSD servers, while ensuring that IT executives
have an unparalleled level of visibility and control
over these assets.
Use NetDirector to manage your Linux servers.
NetDirector, which is based on a highly
scalable and secure client-server model, has three primary
components: Server Agents that reside on each server
under management and are responsible for receiving and
implementing configuration changes, a Server Manager that maintains
status of each Server Agent and receives and
relays user commands for configuration changes, and a
highly intuitive Graphical User Interface, or GUI, that
allows the grouping of servers according to virtually
any organizational criteria (e.g. geography, service, or workgroup)
and the simultaneous editing of configurations across any
number of servers and/or groups of servers. Communication
between the Agent and Server Manger is secured
by encrypting the conversations with SSL.
NetDirector allows you
to see your network from a simple web
GUI, and see only the servers running the
service you want to manage at a time.
For example, if you need to make changes
to your email system and select Postfix, the
Server Tree will filter to only show you
the servers in your network that are running
Postfix.
Additional Features
- Configure all your servers from a central console - no more need to connect to each box individually
- Schedule changes for off hours, no need for inconvenient maintainence windows.
- You can go straight to the configuration flat files through NetDirector, thus allowing you to configure manually, while still providing the benefits of rollbacks, role-based access control and scheduled changes
- NetDirector's log browser lets you view server and service logs on a per day basis. Just select the server, click the day, and browse the log.
- Use NetDirector to easily manage remote and local servers at the same time
- NetDirector's open API lets you extend the tool to manage additional services
- NetDirector gives you one system for managing all of your Linux, Solaris ad BSD servers
- NetDirector's unique server cloning feature lets you quickly migrate workloads across platforms
- NetDirector gives you true on-the-fly application management, whether you have a Windows or a UNIX background
- Experienced Sys Admins can go straight to the configuration flat files through NetDirector, thus allowing them to configure manually, while still providing the benefits of rollbacks, role-based access control and scheduled changes.
NetDirector Helps Windows Administrators Make the Transition to Linux
With NetDIrector,
you can change your operating system and keep
your IT team by limiting the learning curve
for Windows administrators. NetDirector's GUI helps Administrators that
may be new to Linux to quickly become
productive managing complex Linux-based services.
Benefits
The NetDirector advantage
is in convenience which leads to better productivity
and consequently a more productive staff. Besides the
obvious advantages the auditing system built into NetDirector
can provide an additional layer of security and
tracking in cases where regulatory compliance is a
concern.
Convenience
Manual approaches to configuration can be slow
and scripts are notoriously brittle. NetDirector's intuitive Web
GUI for the configuration management of multiple servers
simultaneously, and the ability to schedule any change
for later, allows Administrators to more efficiently manage
corporate and ISP server networks. Consider the convenience
of scheduling the creation of a new virtual
server across all your corporate Apache servers for
Sunday at midnight, and receiving an Email when
it occurs.
Cost Reduction
When applications go down, money
gets lost. NetDirector dramatically improves the server configuration
process and enables the rapid recovery from misconfigurations
when they do occur. And, when you simplify
the ongoing configuration management of your Linux network,
you can more rapidly embrace Linux and Open
Source for additional services. NetDirector from Emu Software
can help you move yet more applications to
Linux -- Email, Directory Services, Firewalls, Databases --
by taking the concern about managing the new
Linux servers off the table.
Compliance Through Security Policy Enforcement
NetDirector has strict role-based access controls, providing
IT managers with an easy way to "lock-down"
Administrators to only the services and servers for
which they are responsible. And because NetDirector keeps
track of all changes, producing audit reports is
vastly simplified. Always important, these auditing and control
capabilities have taken on greater urgency as IT
departments conform to new regulatory mandates, such as
Sarbanes-Oxley and HIPAA.