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After starting up the appliance for the first time, you should be presented with a panagenda iDNA Applications welcome screen. If your network has a public DHCP server available, the system might already have acquired an IP address and will display the URL. Use the shown IP address (interface URL) in your web browser to connect to the panagenda iDNA Applications web interface. If DHCP is not available within your network or the panagenda iDNA Applications appliance did not acquire any IP address, you have to configure the panagenda iDNA Applications appliance network settings (see further below).
Appliance Login
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- Local
In order to start the GUI locally, enter the command "startx"
To start the GUI automatically when iDNA Applications is booted, please enter the following command: "systemctl set-default graphical.target" Remote Access via VNC
Note Please note that remote VNC access is only possible at this point if the iDNA Applications appliance already received an IP address via DHCP.
Please refer to Remote Appliance Access (VNC) for more details.
GUI Basics
The Actions and Applications menu provides menus provide access to all required applications:
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To check an established internet connection, a web browser (Mozilla Firefox) is available on the panagenda iDNA Applications appliance.
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To change the IP address and DNS configuration please click on the Network icon. Select the Ethernet connection and click on Edit:
on the network symbol on the top right menu bar, expand the "Wired ..." section and click Wired Settings.
Alternatively, you can open the settings menu (Right-click on the desktop or Applications/Activity menu) and go to the "Network" section.
In the "Wired" section, click the cogwheel to edit network parameters:
Go to the IPv4 Settings tab and select Manual from the Method drop down menu to configure the network settings as required:
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TIP: If you configure "DNS Search domains", not full qualified names will also be resolvedConfiguring DNS search domains will help with resolving server names that may not be fully qualified. e.g. being able to find a Domino server by its common name only can be very beneficial Search domains can be configured in the /etc/resolv.conf. See this guide for further information. |
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The virtual appliance MUST be able to resolve its own host name. Please verify that by opening a terminal window (click "Terminal" on the desktop) and using the ping command. It is recommended that both host/common name as well full qualified domain name are pingable. See System Requirements for incoming and outgoing network access requirements. |
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Important: The host name must not MUST NOT be simply "idna", as that may lead to connectivity issues. |
Editing via "Host Information"In this Settings → About"
First open the settings menu (Right-click on the desktop or Applications/Activity menu) and go to the About section on the very bottom.
In the device name field, only the server's common name is entered. E.g. if the full server name is "server1.acme.com", only "server1" would be entered here.
Editing "/etc/hostname" manually
When editing the hosts file (e.g. with nano, gedit or vim), both the common name and the fully qualified name should be entered as additional alias for 127.0.0.1. The existing aliases "localhost" and "localhost.localdomain" must remain as aliases.
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Please note that the iDNA Applications notification feature uses this host name in emails to identify from which server the email has been sent. For further details refer to Setup Notifications (Mailprofile). |
Time Zone Settings:
Please check Open the time zone settings of the appliance, use the Time and Date application to adjust.settings menu (Right-click on the desktop or Applications/Activity menu) and go to the "Date and Time" section.
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It is very important to adjust the appliance's time zone! Please reboot the appliance after changing the host name or date/time settings as the web server and database system require a clean start with the new configuration. |
Keyboard Settings:
Open the settings menu (Right-click on the desktop or Applications/Activity menu) and go to the "Keyboard" section.
Add your desired keyboard layout and drag it to the top of the "Input Sources" list.
