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* We suggest you use a virtual machine, like Virtualbox - [https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads]. The advantage is that you can save snapshots at important stages of testing and revert to them quickly. Some tips for virtualbox: The default settings for a Redhat virtual machine are fine, but you will want to change the Network settings to add a second network interface and be bridged adapters if you want to test Server-Gateway mode. The 1st adapter is local, the 2nd adapter is external.
* We suggest you use a virtual machine, like Virtualbox - [https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads]. The advantage is that you can save snapshots at important stages of testing and revert to them quickly. Some tips for virtualbox: The default settings for a Redhat virtual machine are fine, but you will want to change the Network settings to add a second network interface and be bridged adapters if you want to test Server-Gateway mode. The 1st adapter is local, the 2nd adapter is external.
{{note box| keep in mind you need to activate the PAE option of your virtualisation environment for playing with SME Server 9}}
{{note box| keep in mind you need to activate the PAE option of your virtualisation environment for playing with SME Server 9}}
* Download the SME9 Alpha ISO from [http://mirror.contribs.org/smeserver/releases/testing/9/iso/]. Use the x86_64 version if your hardware supports it. If possible use something like zsync which will transfer just the chages to the ISO and not the whole file itself :
* Download the SME9 Alpha ISO from [http://mirror.contribs.org/smeserver/releases/testing/9/iso/]. Use the x86_64 version if your hardware supports it. If possible use something like [[SME9Alpha#Zsync|ZSync]] which will transfer just the chages to the ISO and not the whole file itself :
* Start the machine and choose the ISO image to boot from and install SME Server following the instructions.
* Start the machine and choose the ISO image to boot from and install SME Server following the instructions.
== Tips ==
== Tips ==
==== Re-enable ssh access ====
* Re-enable ssh access (the lazy not-so-secure way, but I am assuming for this testing/dev scenario that your external IP is really a local address behind a router)
* Re-enable ssh access (the lazy not-so-secure way, but I am assuming for this testing/dev scenario that your external IP is really a local address behind a router)
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/sbin/e-smith/signal-event remoteaccess-update
/sbin/e-smith/signal-event remoteaccess-update
</syntaxhighlight>
</syntaxhighlight>
==== easier access to the server manager ====
* Enable easier access to the server manager if you prefer (modify as needed for your network)
* Enable easier access to the server manager if you prefer (modify as needed for your network)
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* [http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora_Draft_Documentation/0.1/html/RPM_Guide/index.html From the Fedora project]
* [http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora_Draft_Documentation/0.1/html/RPM_Guide/index.html From the Fedora project]
=== Zsync ===
==== Zsync ====
*You can get it for Debian/Ubuntu with
*You can get it for Debian/Ubuntu with