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daloRADIUS is an advanced RADIUS web management application for managing hotspots and general-purpose ISP deployments. It features user management, graphical reporting, accounting, a billing engine, and integrates with OpenStreetMap for geolocation. The system is based on FreeRADIUS with which it shares access to the backend database.
http://www.daloradius.com
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daloRADIUS in Cloud... #130

Closed siliconhippy closed 9 months ago

siliconhippy commented 5 years ago

Hi Lirantal !

Sorry about wrong thread ! Can you kindly provide some details? 😝 Shippy

Can daloRadius be installed in a cloud server ( AWS, Google, Azure) so it can manage remote devices in different locations , i.e., not in the same LAN? @siliconhippy yes, you can install daloRADIUS in the cloud. perhaps open this question in a new issue to not hijack this one and allow others to easily find it.

siliconhippy commented 5 years ago

By remote devices, I mean small Linux devices with Entware repo ( not full Debian) and openVPN client available.

Here is the repo package list, $opkg install, with a Search Window at top:

http://bin.entware.net/aarch64-k3.10/Packages.html I am assuming a vpn like openvpn configuration might be needed?

Can daloRadius be installed on top of a Ubuntu or Windows VM instance?

lirantal commented 5 years ago

I don't a tutorial link to give you but since this is all basically based on Linux packages, if you can run linux on it and it has the required networking connectivity then you can definitely get it to work. Moreover, you don't have to tie together the whole thing into one. FreeRADIUS can be installed on one device and MySQL+PHP (daloRADIUS) on another. The edge devices themselves don't need either of course and they are just used as the RADIUS clients.

siliconhippy commented 5 years ago

Thanks.

I don't have a problem downloading your PDF but just want to know if this could work!

Also is there any support plan with daloRadius available?

  1. Which client need I use on Entware? Search doesn't give me a custom link to paste here, but typing PAM and RADIUS bring up many entries that I can't tell about.

I am not a good tech, just an enthusiast with a tech degree.

  1. Is openvpn and/or SSH required or desirable for the devices to server connectivity?

  2. I want to start with a couple dozen devices, then scale to hundreds or more if it works out.

Basic idea: All these devices are home clients with a Linux JeOS distro for Kodi, eg discourse.coreelec.org and have one Linux image burnt on all devices, including scripts and common config with SSH root/pwd same on all devices.

So any additional configuration/ updates need to occur at first boot time, or later. Home users only need to type in a userID/password for first time authentication. Then communication will be automated.

Admin will setup database on server with each device entry that has userID, other user profile fields, and a Points Quota.

The main function, Points Quota, will determine whether WiFi and a couple of device apps ( eg Kodi, VLC) are enabled or disabled over a given time period (weekly, monthly etc.)

MAC address is read automatically by server database upon first time user authentication. Of course admin can update database with changes anytime, requiring new user authentication.

  1. So can I get some help here, assuming this all can be done with daloRadius setup?

    My preference is that the AWS or other cloud instance run all needed packages ( LAMP, daloRadius, freeRADIUS if needed, others.) Distributed mode can be done later with scale. Or Windows server is fine with php- MySQL if that is easier.

I found this guide:

https://computingforgeeks.com/how-to-install-freeradius-and-daloradius-on-ubuntu/?amp

And an older one 2012-14 with CoovaChilli:

https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2070298

Which makes more for my use case?

FYI, I was originally looking at Zeroshell OS but the cloud setup is shaky ( requires nested virtualization) and there isn't much forum support !

So any help here I would really appreciate ...🙄😏

lirantal commented 5 years ago

@siliconhippy apologies for the brief response but I haven't been maintaining daloradius for years due to my move out of this industry.

let's see if others can jump into this issue to help you out.

p.s. can you ping me on my email?

pgupta408 commented 4 years ago

I have daloradius up and running on Google Cloud.

However, in status page, I do NOT see network interface attached to it.

Is this a bug or a feature or something missing?

Since network interface is virtual, Is this a problem?

HTTP is working fine.

However, I have problem in connecting NAS clients to it.