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ShaoLin Aptus 2.0 Installation and Operations Guide
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Chapter 5. Quick setup with Aptus Configurator

Table of Contents
5.1. Notes to CogoFS users
5.2. Connecting to Webmin interface
5.3. License file checking and registration
5.4. Basic system setup
5.4.1. Starting required services
5.4.2. NIS server
5.5. Binding network adapter to Aptus
5.6. Create your first Aptus Group
5.6.1. Choose a group name
5.6.2. Use NIS
5.6.2.1. NIS Domain
5.6.2.2. Find NIS server
5.6.3. Network Time Server
5.6.4. Allow root login
5.6.5. Finishing up
5.7. Connecting a client to the server
5.7.1. Hook up the client to network
5.7.2. Booting up the client
5.7.2.1. PXE clients
5.7.2.2. The Aptus client Etherboot boot disk
5.7.3. Server side authorization
5.7.3.1. Setup(1) with autodetect enabled
5.7.3.2. Setup(2) manual
5.7.4. Create host information
5.7.4.1. Enter the host name
5.7.4.2. Network Addresses
5.7.4.3. Number of CPUs
5.7.4.4. Select the boot kernel
5.7.4.5. Click save
5.8. Client startup
5.8.1. Booting with Etherboot and PXE
5.8.2. First time configuration
5.8.3. Other configurations

The Aptus Configurator Webmin module is a powerful configuration tool allow you to create groups of Aptus Clients and manage their bootup and network configurations through a web browser remotely. Here is a simple explanation how you can create and setup tons of Aptus clients within a short time, the Aptus server work this way. First of all, you have to create a group where this group will future contains a lots of Aptus clients sharing most of the group configurations. You will have to create an configure 1 client manually, then this client will be your default host. Next you can duplicate this host and make lots of copy of this host

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