8. Computer management

Chapter contents:

• 8.1. Management of computer accounts via Univention Management Console module
  • 8.1.1. Computer management module - General tab
  • 8.1.2. Computer management module - Account tab
  • 8.1.3. Computer management module - Unix account tab
  • 8.1.4. Computer management module - Services tab
  • 8.1.5. Computer management module - Deployment tab
  • 8.1.6. Computer management module - DNS alias tab
  • 8.1.7. Computer management module - Alerts tab
  • 8.1.8. Computer management module - Groups tab
  • 8.1.9. Computer management module - Options alias tab
  • 8.1.10. Integration of Ubuntu clients
• 8.2. Configuration of hardware and drivers
  • 8.2.1. Available kernel variants
  • 8.2.2. Hardware drivers / kernel modules
  • 8.2.3. GRUB boot manager
  • 8.2.4. Network configuration
    • 8.2.4.1. Configuration of IPv4 addresses
    • 8.2.4.2. Configuration of IPv6 addresses
    • 8.2.4.3. Configuring the name servers
    • 8.2.4.4. Bridges, bonding, VLANs
    • 8.2.4.5. Configure bridging
    • 8.2.4.6. Configure bonding
    • 8.2.4.7. Configure VLAN
  • 8.2.5. Proxy access configuration
  • 8.2.6. Mounting NFS shares
  • 8.2.7. Collection of list of supported hardware
• 8.3. Administration of local system configuration with Univention Configuration Registry
  • 8.3.1. Using the Univention Management Console module
  • 8.3.2. Using the command line frontend
    • 8.3.2.1. Querying a UCR variable
    • 8.3.2.2. Setting UCR variables
    • 8.3.2.3. Searching for variables and set values
    • 8.3.2.4. Deleting UCR variables
    • 8.3.2.5. Regeneration of configuration files from their template
    • 8.3.2.6. Sourcing variables in shell scripts
  • 8.3.3. Policy-based configuration of UCR variables
  • 8.3.4. Modifying UCR templates
    • 8.3.4.1. Referencing of UCR variables in templates
    • 8.3.4.2. Integration of inline Python code in templates
• 8.4. Basic system services
  • 8.4.1. Administrative access with the root account
  • 8.4.2. Configuration of language and keyboard settings
  • 8.4.3. Starting/stopping system services / configuration of automatic startup
  • 8.4.4. Authentication / PAM
    • 8.4.4.1. Limiting authentication to selected users
  • 8.4.5. Configuration of the LDAP server in use
  • 8.4.6. Configuration of the print server in use
  • 8.4.7. Logging/retrieval of system messages and system status
    • 8.4.7.1. Log files
    • 8.4.7.2. Logging the system status
    • 8.4.7.3. Process overview via Univention Management Console module
    • 8.4.7.4. System diagnostic via Univention Management Console module
  • 8.4.8. Executing recurring actions with Cron
    • 8.4.8.1. Hourly/daily/weekly/monthly execution of scripts
    • 8.4.8.2. Defining local cron jobs in /etc/cron.d/
    • 8.4.8.3. Defining cron jobs in Univention Configuration Registry
  • 8.4.9. Name service cache daemon
  • 8.4.10. SSH login to systems
  • 8.4.11. Configuring the time zone / time synchronization