Install NxCloud
You can install and run NxCloud in the same way as NxFilter.
Installing and running
NxCloud is basically a modified NxFilter. You can install and run NxCloud in the same way as NxFilter.
However, unlike NxFilter, after you install it, you can't use it as your DNS server right away. This is
because NxCloud is a multi-tenancy program for commercial service. You are not supposed to use it for your
internal network. Your customers use it for their network. So, you need to create an account for
your customer first.
We have ZIP, EXE, DEB, RPM packages for NxCloud. To find out more, read the part for NxFilter installation.
On NxCloud, there are 3 kinds of users.
Admin > Operator > User
'Admin' is you and an operator is your customer and a user is the user in your customer's network.
An admin manages operator accounts and an operator manages the end users and policies. So, you need
to create an operator first. To create an operator, login to NxCloud GUI as admin and then go to
'Operator' menu. You can create an operator there.
After you created an operator, there will be a default user and default policy for the operator
with the same name as the operator. And the default password for the operator is also the name
of the operator. Once you created an operator, you can login to an operator GUI using the operator
account to set up a user for testing.
You can associate your IP address to the default user of your first operator to test it.
Differences from running NxFilter
1. Authentication is enabled always
You don't want to make your service available to everybody for free. You want to service it to your
customers only. So, the authentication is enabled by default.
2. Login redirection is disabled at default
You still can use password based login with NxCloud. However, if you use it on a public network you
can be a target of DNS attack. When you disable it,
NxCloud silently drops a DNS request from an unknown source IP address.
3. Magic password for accessing operator GUI
As an administrator of NxCloud, sometimes you need to access an operator GUI. For that, NxCloud has one
more password for admin which is called Magic Password.
With this password, you can access any operator's GUI. The default magic password is 'magic1023' and
you can change it on 'System > Admin'.