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View Full Version : Ezeelogin introduces Parallel Shell for mass server administration!!


BarackObama
06-30-2009, 04:09 AM
What is Parallel Shell & why do you need it?
This ezeelogin parallel shell or multi server shell allows you to execute commands on multiple servers. Working with multiple server is now as easy as working on a single server. You don't have to know the nuances of shell scripting or bother about the complex escape sequences to execute command on large number of servers. Now compiling kernel or updating security on your fleet of servers has been reduced to a single command line task in the parallel shell. screenshot (http://www.admod.com/screens/shell/mexec_shell.jpg)


Why is the security on your ssh gateway server of paramount importance?
The ssh gateway server would be the hub from which your would be sshing into your fleet of servers. Any lapse in security measures here would mean a compromise of your entire fleet of server and hence a compromise on your business.Ezeelogin has been designed keeping in mind the security measures that is needed so that your fleet of servers are behind a fortress that is impenetrable.

Some of the salient security features are..

* Your system-administrators or support staff would not be presented with a bash shell account on the ssh gateway server for sshing into the server that they administrate, instead they would be provided with an interface that would list the server to which they have access. This totally removes the chances of your ssh gateway server being Trojaned or bugged, hence improved security on your gateway server.screenshot (http://www.admod.com/screens/shell/el_server_lst.jpg)

* Unlike the conventional method that is being followed in the hosting industry it does not store the ssh keys or the root password in a file on the server, instead it stores all critical data encrypted in the database.

* In the highly unlikely event of your gateway being root hacked the hackers would still have to decrypt the information in the database to access your fleet of servers, which is almost next to impossible.

* Additional Security code prompts prevents even the root user from getting access into the ezeelogin interface, thus ensuring that your fleet of servers are still safe even if your gateway server gets rooted.

* Each ezeelogin software is custom build for each customer which means no two copies are identical. This property ensures that your critical data is decrypted only by your custom build ezeelogin and not by any other copy of the same software.

* Key logging and full session logging including the output of each command executed is logged for each ssh sessions so that you can go through the activities of all your sys-admins/support technicians entering via this interface. This would be a very useful feature if you want to monitor the ssh activities to the last key presses of your inhouse/outsourced tech support/admins or that of your customers with shell or root access.

* Each ezeelogin software is custom build for each customer which means no two copies are identical. This property ensures that your critical data is decrypted only by your custom build ezeelogin and not by any other copy of the same software.


Other salient feature to keep your servers organized and thus efficiently managed.

Ezee-access: Simply start typing the name of the server which you want to access on the interface and you would be inside the server with minimal key presses to ssh into server. screenshot (http://admod.com/screens/shell/el_server_lst.jpg)

Ezee-lookup: Easy look up of server root password, server id, server rack id, noc etc.
screenshot (http://www.admod.com/screens/shell/el_srver_detail.jpg)

Ezee-reset: Easily reset the root password of large number of servers in the interface in matter of seconds.

Super-pass : Easily set super strong root password of preset lengths. (NO more prompts saying this is a BAD PASSWORD!!!) and there is no way a hacker could brute-force the root password set from ezeelogin interface. screenshot (http://www.admod.com/screens/shell/long_pass.jpg)


Auto-reset : This feature allows periodic automatic resets of root password on all your servers.


Ssh-logging : Key logging and full session logging of ssh sessions so that you can go through the activities of all users entering via this interface. This would be a very useful feature if you want to monitor the ssh activities to the last key presses of your inhouse/outsourced tech support/admins.

Tier Access : This would allow you to group your staff and your servers into different categories and decide which user/user-groups have access to which server/server-groups.

Sequential shell : This would let you execute different commands on multiple servers without having to ssh into each server one by one. The sequential shell provides you with interactive command prompt of each server in the list and would take you to the next server as soon as you exit the current one.

Command Line guard : This would prevent accidental command execution like rm -rf /. screenshot (http://admod.com/screens/shell/command-guard.jpg)

Sign up today to organize and manage your servers efficiently. Start saving on your expensive sys-admin hours and say good bye to those repetitive and monotonus tasks to be performed on large number of servers.
Moreover, it gives you peace of mind since you know that your ssh gateway server has the best security defenses available in the industry today.