Chapter 5. Installing the Management Console (MC)

After successfully installing the server–side components, you have to install the management console on the client. The Management Console (MC) is available for Microsoft Windows and GNU/Linux platforms. The Microsoft Windows version is a single .msi install file and the GNU/Linux version is a generic AppImage (a .AppImage package). Both versions are available on the PNS Installation DVD. Downloads and updates for MC can be downloaded from BalaSys downloads.

The Microsoft Windows and GNU/Linux versions are identical in look-and-feel, they are both built with the GTK Toolkit. Therefore, choosing a platform is only a matter of preference.

There are no license restrictions on the number of MCs you can install or run. Therefore, multiple management locations are possible.

Note

It is important to remember that the MC machine must always connect to the MS host and not the PNS firewall itself. The MS host must be reachable. The MS host, in turn, must be able to communicate with the management agents installed on the PNS firewall host.

The following platforms are supported:

  • Windows 10 LTSB (Long-Term Servicing Branch)

  • Windows Server 2016, 2019

  • Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

MC is distributed as a portable AppImage package on GNU/Linux platforms without needing superuser permissions to install the application.

Note

To run AppImages, your system may need to install FUSE (Filesystem in Userspace) library version 2 (package libfuse2 in Ubuntu 22.04 LTS). This can be accomplished by issuing the sudo apt install libfuse2 command from terminal. Do not install entire fuse package (FUSE version 2), as it would break systems with FUSE version 3 installed!

For further information about Appimage and FUSE, visit https://docs.appimage.org/user-guide/troubleshooting/fuse.html

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