Blog entries

New ClearOS Development Tools and Documentation Available

Peter Baldwin — Fri, 17 May 2013 17:43:25 +0100

We have updated the ClearOS development tools and documentation. If you are interested in building apps, you may want to check out the new Hello World Tutorial. The tutorial - which includes video demonstrations - can guide you through the process of getting an app up and running in no time!

ClearOS Community 6.4.0 ISOs Updated

Peter Baldwin — Fri, 17 May 2013 14:44:14 +0100

The ClearOS Community 6.4.0 ISOs were updated. The default partitioning scheme was not configured to use all available disk space -- not a great default of course. Only the ISOs were updated, the virtual machine and Amazon EC2 images were not changed.

SME Cloud - ClearOS Available on Amazon EC2 (beta)

Peter Baldwin — Wed, 01 May 2013 13:31:08 +0100

For a few months now, ClearFoundation has been using Amazon EC2 for bits of infrastructure and we really like it. We eat our own dog food when we can, and Amazon EC2 is a great place to implement a master node in a master/slave architecture.

For ClearFoundation, all the users and groups are managed on the ClearOS master node running in EC2. Across the Internet, two ClearOS slave nodes are used for hosting source code (SVN running on good old hardware) and hosting the beta tRead More...

Storage Manager Technical Guide Available

Peter Baldwin — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 16:22:02 +0100

The Storage Manager is currently available in the (beta) Amazon EC2 ClearOS Professional builds, but the app can be installed and implemented on any ClearOS system. If you want to start using the Storage Manager on an existing ClearOS system, the following technical guide walks through the details:

Storage Manager Technical Guide

If you have any questions or run into any problems, please feel free to post a message in the forums or contact technical support if you have a ClearCeRead More...

Access Netflix, Hulu, and Pandora with the New ibVPN App

Darryl Sokoloski — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 20:17:32 +0100

If you are outside the United States, you know the frustration of getting locked out from content providers like Hulu, Netflix, Pandora and others. With ClearOS and the new ibVPN app, you can now invisibly and securely access these services.

Using the ClearOS Marketplace, install the ibVPN app on your ClearOS gateway and start routing devices on your local network via your favorite country: US, Canada, UK, and many more. For example, an Apple TV system can be routed through the URead More...

Download ClearOS via BitTorrent

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 14:34:23 +0100

The folks over at terasaur (by ibiblio) have provided a nice spot for grabbing ClearOS Community 6.4.0 via BitTorrent. We are adding a couple of seed nodes right now, so feel free to torrent away!

ClearOS Community 6.4.0 Released!

Peter Baldwin — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 16:20:57 +0100

ClearOS Community 6.4.0 is now available! Along with the usual round of bug fixes and enhancements, this release introduces a new reports engine, a storage manager, an antimalware file scanner, RADIUS, a basic POP/IMAP server, and mail retrieval.

- Release Notes
- Downloads

What's next? After a bumpy start with ClearOS 6, we are now happy with the stability and maturity of the version. Version 6 required a major overhaul under the hood, but it provided ClearOS with a modeRead More...

ClearOS Community 6.4.0 Beta 2 Released!

Peter Baldwin — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 14:28:53 +0100

ClearOS Community 6.4.0 Beta 2 has arrived! Along with the usual round of bug fixes and enhancements, this release introduces a new reports engine, a storage manager, an antimalware file scanner, RADIUS, a basic POP/IMAP server, mail retrieval (fetchmail) as well as upstream proxy support.

Over the last few weeks, there was a lot of focus on squashing bugs and improving little usability issues. From the modernized installer to the easy to use Marketplace, ClearOS 6 has matured to be oRead More...

6.4 Core done. To be included in next beta.

Fri, 22 Feb 2013 22:03:16 +0100

The build of ClearOS Core 6.4 packages from upstream sources is completed and rolling out to the mirrors. All in all it took about 32 hours from the time the packages showed up to having them fully built. We are busy adding Core to the current ClearOS Community and Professional trees and should have some great new features and hardware support. 6.4 Core is useful for techies and hobbyists but we shall all be able to set our sights on the future release of ClearOS 6.4 Community and ClearOS 6.4Read More...

New App Available: Static IPsec VPN - Free and Paid

Peter Baldwin — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 15:50:15 +0100

We are happy to announce the availability of the Static IPsec VPN app from Tim Burgess! This app makes it possible to create IPsec VPN connections between your ClearOS system and third party systems including Cisco, Sonicwall, Linksys, pfSense, Watchguard and others. Static IPsec VPN also supports road warriors, dynamic tunnel management, dead peer detection, advanced settings for IKE, ESP, etc, and more. The app is available in ClearOS Marketplace for a one-time price Read More...

QoS App Ready for Hackers - First Results

Peter Baldwin — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 21:33:45 +0100

For the hackers out there, the new ClearOS QoS engine is ready for testing!

A few years ago, the old Bandwidth Manager was introduced as a way to manage Internet bandwidth usage for a local network. The tool allowed administrators to reserve enough bandwidth for high priority traffic, and shuffle low priority traffic into a small slice of the pipe. It works, but it only solves half the problem and arguably the less important half. The other half is QoS (quality of service) &ndashRead More...

New App Available: Transmission BitTorrent

Peter Baldwin — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 22:35:47 +0100

Here comes another app from Tim -- Transmission BitTorrent for ClearOS! With the Transmission app, you get a web-based BitTorrent client with powerful features: encryption, peer exchange, magnet links, and more. It's open source, free, easy to use and lean. You can install the app through Marketplace (see screenshot).

When you couple Transmission with a mobile client, you have a great way to manage your torrents while out and about town.

New Zealand the Field of Dreams for the Software Industry

Ray Mihaere — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 05:00:00 +0100

Remember the baseball movie “Field of Dreams” where Kevin Costner hears a voice in his head that tells him “if you build it, they will come”? He then ploughs up a productive cornfield to build a professional baseball field complete with bleachers in the middle of nowhere. Everyone thinks he has lost his marbles and his dream team ofRead More...

Hey Ho, Samba 4 Has Arrived! ClearOS Preview Coming Shortly

Peter Baldwin — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 14:59:32 +0100

Congratulations to the Samba Team on shipping Samba 4!

For those of you who don't know, Samba 4 not only includes the high quality file server solution that we have come to depend on for many years, but also an Active Directory** logon environment. Yes, you will be able to start replacing those Windows Active Directory servers with a Samba 4 implementation. For all the gory details, you can find the Samba 4 feature list here and in the release notes.

ClearCenter Nominated a Finalist in the Best Hybrid Cloud Solution for the 2012 UP-START Cloud ...

Michael Proper — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 00:55:30 +0100

Orem, Utah. December 2012 Recently ClearCenter, was notified by Susan Allen, UP-START 2012 that ClearCenter had qualified as a finalist in the “Best Hybrid Cloud Solution” category for the 2012 UP-Start Cloud Awards. The UP-START Cloud Awards recognize extraordinary achievements. These prestigious awards are the result of a huge vote from people at the heart of the cloud. The very best of the best for 2012 will be announced during the conference in San Francisco.

ClearCenteRead More...

ClearOS Community 6.4.0 Alpha 1 Released

Peter Baldwin — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 05:00:00 +0100

We're getting an early jump on ClearOS Community 6.4.0 by releasing Alpha 1. Along with the usual round of bug fixes and enhancements, this release introduces a new reports engine, a storage manager, an antimalware file scanner, a basic POP/IMAP server as well as upstream proxy support. Here are the app details:

- Filter and Proxy Report
- Resource Report
- Network Report
- Storage Manager
- Basic IMAP/POP Server
- Upstream Proxy Support

Reports, Reports, Reports

Peter Baldwin — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 18:28:52 +0100

The release of version 6 brought a new mindset to ClearOS: apps can no longer be "just good enough", apps need to be well put together. Almost every single report in ClearOS 5.x was in the former category. So today, we are happy to announce the beta release of the new ClearOS Reports engine! 3 new reports are available:

- Network Report
- Resource Report
- Filter and Proxy Report

The new report engine will continue to evolve throughout 2013, but tRead More...

Dropbox for Users

Ben Chambers — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 15:28:05 +0100

A new app from the ClearFoundation development team has been added to the Marketplace this week. The app integrates a Dropbox client onto your ClearOS server, providing users with the ability add a Dropbox folder to their home directory on the server and have the ability to access that folder from any device (smartphone, tablet, laptop etc.) with a Dropbox sync to the same account.

The app is available free of charge. It's pretty simple in it's configuration aRead More...