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Dome Firewall Central Manager Admin Guide

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Introduction To Dome Firewall Central Manager > Setup Dome Firewall Central Manager
  • Introduction To Dome Firewall Central Manager
    • Sign-up For Firewall Central Manager
    • Setup Dome Firewall Central Manager
    • Integrate Central Manager With Comodo One / Comodo Dragon / ITarian
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Setup Dome Firewall Central Manager

 

There are two ways to set up Comodo Dome Firewall Central Manager:

  • Virtual Appliance
  • Cloud Mode

Virtual Appliance

  • The virtual appliance setup file is available in two formats:

    • .OVA File
    • .ISO File

    Installation from OVA File

      • Download the .ova file for Comodo Dome Firewall Central Manager from https://download.comodo.com/dome-repo/dome-fw-image/domefirewallcm.ova or from the final instructions dialog while adding CM to your C1 / Comodo Dragon / ITarian account.
        • Import the virtual appliance into VMs such as Virtualbox and Vmware.
        • Assign a public IP address to the virtual appliance
        • Once installed, you can access the Dome Firewall Central Manager console at the URL https://[IP address of the virtual appliance]
        • UN = 'admin', password = 'comodo' (both without quotes). You should change these credentials after first login.
        • You will be asked to enter a license key after first login:


        • Enter your license key and click 'Submit'.

        Tip: Comodo One / Comodo Dragon / ITarian customers can integrate the central manager appliance with their portal accounts. See click here if you want help with this now.



        Installation from ISO File


        Central manager is available as an .iso which can be copied to usb and installed on bare-metal appliances.

        • Download the .iso file from https://download.comodo.com/dome-repo/dome-fw-image/domefirewallcm.iso.
        • Create a Ubuntu virtual machine and start installation of the virtual appliance from the .iso file
        • Follow the installation wizard, select your installation language, country and keyboard layout



        • Enter the root password as 'comodo' (without quotes) when asked and continue.
        • Choose 'Guided - use entire disk and setup LVM' in the partition step




        • Select the disk to be partitioned



        • Select 'Yes' to 'Write the changes to disks and configure LVM'



        • Select the disk partition size



        • Select 'Yes' for 'Write the changes to disks?':



        • Continue the setup
        • Enter the IP address of your proxy server if you are using one on your network. If not, leave the field blank and choose 'Continue':



        The installation will begin. Once complete, please choose how you wish to handle updates:



        • Select your preferred option and continue onto the package selection screen:



        • Select 'OpenSSH Server' then continue. Use the Space bar to select the option.
        • The appliance will restart when installation is complete..
        • Assign a public IP address to the virtual appliance
        • Once installed, you can access the Dome Firewall Central Manager console at the URL https://[IP address of the virtual appliance]
        • UN = 'admin', password = 'comodo' (both without quotes). You should change these credentials after first login.
        • You will be asked to enter the license key on your first login:


        • Enter your license key and click 'Submit'.

        Tip: Comodo One / Comodo Dragon / ITarian customers can integrate the central manager appliance with their portal accounts.  See click here if you want help with this now.

        Cloud Version

        • Contact Comodo at provisiondome@comodo.com with your license key to setup the service.
        • After setup, we will inform you of the IP address or domain on which the service is hosted
        • The way you login to the console depends on how you purchased your license:
        • Stand-alone Customers - You can access your central manager instance at the address provided to you. For example, https://[given IP address]
        • UN = 'admin', password = 'comodo' (both without quotes). You should change these credentials after first login.
        • Comodo One, Comodo Dragon and ITarian MSP/Enterprise Customers - you can integrate your central manager appliance to your portal account. You can access the central manager administrative console directly from your portal. See Integrate Central Manager with Comodo One / Comodo Dragon / ITarian for more details.

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