Administrator's Guide - Kerio Software Archive

Chapter 17
Administrative settings
17.1 System configuration (Software Appliance / VMware Virtual Appliance)
In the Software Appliance / VMware Virtual Appliance edition, the Kerio Control administration
console allows setting of a few basic parameters of the firewall’s operating system. These
settings are necessary for correct functionality of the firewall and they can be found in Configuration
/ Advanced options, on the System Configuration tab.
Figure 17.1
System configuration — host name, date, time and time zone
Server name
Name is important both for some Kerio Control services (e.g. secured web interface) and
for the firewall’s operating system’s services.
The DNS module in Kerio Control sets IP addresses of all the firewall’s interfaces for the
name automatically. If another DNS server is used in the local network, it is necessary to
set corresponding DNS records on it.
Date, time and time zone
Many Kerio Control features (user authentication, logs, statistics, etc.) require correct
setting of date, time and time zone on the firewall.
Date and time can be set automatically but it is more useful to use an NTP server which
provides information about the current time and allows automatic management of the
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