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===Chapter 1. Welcome to SME Server 7.0===

===Welcome to SME Server 7===

Congratulations on choosing the SME Server as your network and communications server!

Congratulations on choosing the SME Server as your network and communications server!

* Download the ISO from [http://www.smeserver.org]

* Download the ISO from [http://www.smeserver.org]

The heart of SME Server 7.0 is based on the GPL'd sources of the unsupported developer release of SME 7.0 alpha from [http://www.mitel.com/|Mitel], who is the copyright holder for much of what makes SME Server what it is.  Mitel's commercial offering is known as the [http://www.mitel.com/DocController?documentId=9787&c=9509&sc=-1|Mitel Managed Application Server], and in the past was known as e-Smith.  Mitel has been very generous to fund development of the alpha and beta versions and to keep to the spirit of the GPL by sharing their source code freely.

The heart of SME Server 7 is based on the GPL'd sources of the unsupported developer release of SME 7.0 alpha from [http://www.mitel.com/|Mitel], who is the copyright holder for much of what makes SME Server what it is.  Mitel's commercial offering is known as the [http://www.mitel.com/DocController?documentId=9787&c=9509&sc=-1|Mitel Managed Application Server], and in the past was known as e-Smith.  Mitel has been very generous to fund development of the alpha and beta versions and to keep to the spirit of the GPL by sharing their source code freely.

SME Server 7.0 uses many packages from [http://centos.org|CentOS] and [http://rpmforge.net|RPMForge].  CentOS 4 is built from publically available open source [http://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/4/en/os/i386/SRPMS|Red Hat Enterprise Linux SRPMS] and aims to be binary compatible.  RPMForge is a collaborative effort of several RPM packagers that build RPMs not included with CentOS.  Almost all of the packages that SME Server includes from these upstream vendors are included unmodified.  The purpose of doing so is to take advantage of the stability that comes from the huge user base that uses these packages, for security, and to allow automatic updates as soon as an update is available from the upstream vendor.  Security updates from Redhat/Centos should be available until 2012 for Centos 4.

SME Server 7 uses many packages from [http://centos.org|CentOS] and [http://rpmforge.net|RPMForge].  CentOS 4 is built from publically available open source [http://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/4/en/os/i386/SRPMS|Red Hat Enterprise Linux SRPMS] and aims to be binary compatible.  RPMForge is a collaborative effort of several RPM packagers that build RPMs not included with CentOS.  Almost all of the packages that SME Server includes from these upstream vendors are included unmodified.  The purpose of doing so is to take advantage of the stability that comes from the huge user base that uses these packages, for security, and to allow automatic updates as soon as an update is available from the upstream vendor.  Security updates from Redhat/Centos should be available until 2012 for Centos 4.

====1.1. About This Manual====

====About This Manual====

This manual walks you step-by-step through the straightforward process of installing and configuring your SME Server. [[SME_Server:Documentation:Administration_Manual:Appendix|The Appendices]] provide background information on subjects related to networking and the Internet and are intended to supplement chapters in the main section of this document.

This manual walks you step-by-step through the straightforward process of installing and configuring your SME Server. [[SME_Server:Documentation:Administration_Manual:Appendix|The Appendices]] provide background information on subjects related to networking and the Internet and are intended to supplement chapters in the main section of this document.

=====1.1.1. Production=====

=====Production=====

This document was revised on the wiki at smeserver.sourceforge.net.  When complete, the final version will likely be created in ~DocBook XML/SGML to simplify creating a PDF copy.* -FIXME Test printing to a pdf file directly from [[SME_Server:Documentation:OnePageManual]]--

This document was revised on the wiki at smeserver.sourceforge.net.  When complete, the final version will likely be created in ~DocBook XML/SGML to simplify creating a PDF copy.* -FIXME Test printing to a pdf file directly from [[SME_Server:Documentation:OnePageManual]]--

=====1.1.2. History=====

=====History=====

* October 2005 - Revisions for SME Server 7.0 started at http://smeserver.sourceforge.netSME_Server:Documentation0/Manual

* October 2005 - Revisions for SME Server 7.0 started at http://smeserver.sourceforge.netSME_Server:Documentation0/Manual

(Previous versions were published by e-smith, Mitel and contribs.org, and are the basis for this manual)

(Previous versions were published by e-smith, Mitel and contribs.org, and are the basis for this manual)

=====1.1.3. Endorsements=====

=====Endorsements=====

This is the official documentation for SME Server and is endorsed by the developers at smeserver.sourceforge.net.

This is the official documentation for SME Server and is endorsed by the developers at smeserver.sourceforge.net.

=====1.1.4. Acknowledgements=====

=====Acknowledgements=====

Thank you to the developers that create and maintain the SME Server distribution.  And thank you to the companies and people that support the developers.

Thank you to the developers that create and maintain the SME Server distribution.  And thank you to the companies and people that support the developers.

====1.2. Software Licensing Terms and Conditions====

====Software Licensing Terms and Conditions====

The SME Server is licensed under the General Public License (GPL). This means that you are free to use, and alter the software. If you do alter any of the packages, you must make the source code (with patches please) freely available.  The agreement is found on the ISO.  Acceptance of this agreement is required during the software installation.

The SME Server is licensed under the General Public License (GPL). This means that you are free to use, and alter the software. If you do alter any of the packages, you must make the source code (with patches please) freely available.  The agreement is found on the ISO.  Acceptance of this agreement is required during the software installation.

SME Server users may copy and redistribute this software. The text of the GPL license may be found at http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/gpl.html.  Some packages may have an alternate open source licence.  The applicable license for each software module is specifically identified and can be seen by running the rpm -qiv packagename command, from the command line.  Details on other open source licences can be obtained here: http://www.opensource.org/licenses/.

SME Server users may copy and redistribute this software. The text of the GPL license may be found at http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/gpl.html.  Some packages may have an alternate open source licence.  The applicable license for each software module is specifically identified and can be seen by running the rpm -qiv packagename command, from the command line.  Details on other open source licences can be obtained here: http://www.opensource.org/licenses/.

====1.3. About Our Example Company: The Pagan Vegan====

====About Our Example Company: The Pagan Vegan====

In this manual, we use examples of a catering and event-planning company, The Pagan Vegan or TPV, that configures, administers and makes use of their server. As far as we know, no company of this name exists.

In this manual, we use examples of a catering and event-planning company, The Pagan Vegan or TPV, that configures, administers and makes use of their server. As far as we know, no company of this name exists.

====1.4. What's New====

====What's New====

For the most complete list of information about changes that have been made in SME Server, see the release notes that accompany your download.

For the most complete list of information about changes that have been made in SME Server, see the release notes that accompany your download.

====1.5. Server Features====

====Server Features====

The SME Server server and gateway installs automatically on a PC, converting it to an industrial-strength communications server that (optionally) allows all of the computers on your network to share a single Internet connection.

The SME Server server and gateway installs automatically on a PC, converting it to an industrial-strength communications server that (optionally) allows all of the computers on your network to share a single Internet connection.