Linux
- Option 1: CentOS Linux 7
- Option 2: Ubuntu Server LTS 18.04
- Option 3: Ubuntu Server LTS 20.04
- Option 4: Ubuntu Server LTS 22.04
- You need to know how to create and edit text files in Linux. For example, you can use
vimeditor. Here you can find a quick start guide on how to use the Vim editor.
CentOS
$ sudo yum update -y
Ubuntu
$ sudo apt update
$ sudo apt upgrade -y
Reboot system
$ sudo reboot
$ sudo sed -i 's/SELINUX=enforcing/SELINUX=disabled/' /etc/selinux/config
$ sudo reboot
To verify that SELinux is disabled, you can type:
$ sudo sestatus
SELinux status: disabled
Note: on production servers, usually after installation and verification, you need to re-enable SELinux and configure it accordingly.
To access the server from the network, ports 80 and 443 and port 22 (default port for connection via ssh) should be opened:
CentOS:
$ sudo firewall-cmd --zone=public --permanent --add-port=22/tcp
$ sudo firewall-cmd --zone=public --permanent --add-port=80/tcp
$ sudo firewall-cmd --zone=public --permanent --add-port=443/tcp
$ sudo firewall-cmd --reload
Ubuntu:
$ sudo ufw allow 22
$ sudo ufw allow 80
$ sudo ufw allow 443
$ sudo ufw enable
Centos 7 :
$ sudo yum install epel-release wget git libgdiplus libicu jq gssntlmssp -y
Ubuntu 18.04:
$ sudo apt install git libgdiplus libicu60 jq gss-ntlmssp-dev -y
Ubuntu 20.04:
sudo apt install libgdiplus libicu66 jq gss-ntlmssp-dev -y
Ubuntu 22.04:
sudo apt install libgdiplus libicu70 jq gss-ntlmssp-dev -y
$ cd ~
$ curl -O https://update.hideez.com/hes/linux_x64_latest.tar.gz
$ tar -xvf linux_x64_latest.tar.gz
$ sudo mv HES /opt/
Navigate to the '/opt/HES/' directory and run the HES.Wizard application
$ cd /opt/HES/
$ sudo ./HES.Wizard
next, follow the setup tips and configure the server
We already prepared the configuration file to start and manage the HES server in the
/opt/HES/Deploy directory. You need to copy the file HES.service to the /lib/systemd/system/:$ sudo cp /opt/HES/Deploy/HES.service /lib/systemd/system/HES.service
Enabling autostart:
$ sudo systemctl enable HES.service
$ sudo systemctl restart HES.service
You can verify that HES server is running with the command:
$ sudo systemctl status HES
The output of the command should be something like this:
● HES.service - Hideez Enterprise Server
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/HES.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
Active: active (running) since Wed 2022-12-21 14:15:03 UTC; 8s ago
Main PID: 929817 (HES.Web)
Tasks: 18 (limit: 4405)
Memory: 103.1M
CPU: 4.817s
CGroup: /system.slice/HES.service
└─929817 /opt/HES/HES.Web
To access your server from the local network as well as from the Internet, you have to configure a reverse proxy. We will use the Nginx server for this.
CentOS 7:
$ sudo yum install nginx -y
$ sudo systemctl enable nginx
Ubuntu:
$ sudo apt install nginx -y
Note 1:
In the production environment, you should take care of acquiring a certificate from a certificate authority. For a self-signed certificate, the browser will alert you that site has security issues.
Note 2:
When generating a certificate, answer a few simple questions, of which Common Name (CN) will be important - here be the name of your site, in our example it is
hideez.example.com $ sudo mkdir /etc/nginx/certs
$ sudo openssl req -x509 -nodes -days 365 -newkey rsa:2048 -keyout /etc/nginx/certs/hes.key -out /etc/nginx/certs/hes.crt
Country Name (2 letter code) [AU]:.
State or Province Name (full name) [Some-State]:.
Locality Name (eg, city) []:.
Organization Name (eg, company) [Internet Widgits Pty Ltd]:.
Organizational Unit Name (eg, section) []:.
Common Name (e.g. server FQDN or YOUR name) []:hideez.example.com
Email Address []:.
We prepared some Nginx configurations for different versions of Linux and placed them in the
/opt/HES/Deploy directory. You may just copy the corresponding file or you can review and edit it for your needs.CentOS 7:
$ sudo cp /opt/HES/Deploy/CentOS7/nginx.conf /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
Ubuntu 18:
$ sudo cp /opt/HES/Deploy/Ubuntu18/nginx.conf /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
- remove default nginx site:
sudo rm /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default
Ubuntu 20:
$ sudo cp /opt/HES/Deploy/Ubuntu20/nginx.conf /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
- remove default nginx site:
sudo rm /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default
Ubuntu 22:
sudo cp /opt/HES/Deploy/Ubuntu22/nginx.conf /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
- remove default nginx site:
sudo rm /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default
After copying the file, it is recommended to verify nginx settings:
$ sudo nginx -t
The output should be something like this:
nginx: the configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf syntax is ok
nginx: configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf test is successful
Otherwise, you should carefully review the settings and correct the errors.
$ sudo systemctl restart nginx
$ sudo systemctl status nginx
The output would be something like this:
* nginx.service - The nginx HTTP and reverse proxy server
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/nginx.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
Active: active (running) since Sat 2020-01-25 08:22:56 UTC; 8min ago
Process: 1702 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/nginx (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Process: 1700 ExecStartPre=/usr/sbin/nginx -t (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Process: 1699 ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/rm -f /run/nginx.pid (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Main PID: 1704 (nginx)
CGroup: /system.slice/nginx.service
+-1704 nginx: master process /usr/sbin/nginx
+-1705 nginx: worker process
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