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Obsolete Releases => SME Server 7.x => Topic started by: holod on March 16, 2009, 11:15:00 PM

Title: about server-only mode
Post by: holod on March 16, 2009, 11:15:00 PM

Hi all im in need of some help :) im about to rent a server at a host centre they are offering me to install a iso of my choice, i would like to use sme 7.4 as ive been supporting a few servers that ran sme verry smooth and i love it so easy but the thing is at the place where im about to rent the server there is no firewall its something i have to install and the server dont have 2 nics so only thing i can do is run server-only mode and been looking around on forum and google to see if there is a firewall i can use in server-only or there is something els i could do mayby someone els here had the problem ?.

Best Regards Q and manny thanks.

Title: Re: about server-only mode
Post by: JoshuaR on March 17, 2009, 02:44:28 AM

Hi holod,
If this is a physical server you are renting, you may be able to use a workaround.
VMware have a free product, ESXi, which is essentially an OS that lets you host virtualised servers.
I would be inclined to get the host centre to install ESXi (the server must not be a whitebox, here is the compatibilty list: http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/search.php)

What you can do is install ESXi, then create a linux virtual machine (with two virtual NICs) and install SME to the virtual machine. You can then complete the install and use SME as a firewall. I have an SME server running this way.
ESXi is very easy to use--if you have used SME before I'm sure you would have no trouble.

Let me know if you have any questions about this kind of setup.   :smile: