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PC Engines APU2 - Sophos UTM 9 Free Home

This how-to was made using the following items:

  • PCEngines APU2 board.
  • 16GB SSD (64GB would be better).
  • USB Drive (USB2 installation media).
  • USB Keyboard (only for installation).
  • Sophos UTM 9 (asg-9.506-2.1) ISO.
  • Network connected to first interface (next to serial port).

Lessons learned:

  • Install is a bit difficult.
  • Snort takes a lot of CPU (>90% on a single thread), during a speedtest download speed is now around 50mbit instead of 120. Intrusion Prevention active with 1718 of 31918 patterns.

Prepare

  • Log in and download license file.
  • Check MD5 sum.
  • Modify downloaded ISO:
    isohybrid asg-9.506-2.1.iso
  • Copy ISO to USB drive:
    sudo dd if=asg-9.506-2.1.iso of=/dev/sda bs=1M status=progress && sync

Install

  • Boot APU2, press F10 and select USB drive.
  • At the welcome screen (Welcome to Sophos UTM 9!), press F3
  • Enter:
    default console=ttyS0,115200
  • <Start>
  • <Ok>
  • Keyboard settings
  • Timezone
  • Date / Time
  • Network
  • 64 bit kernel
  • All capabilities
  • Press alt-f2 and type the following, in the blind and before partitioning the hard drive:
    beep                         # To confirm you are typing in a shell
    ifconfig eth0 up             # Up the first interface
    ifconfig eth0 1.2.3.4/24     # Use free IP-address in your subnet
                                 # Test ping from other machine.
    passwd root                  # Then enter new root password twice
    /etc/init.d/dropbear start   # Start SSHd 
  • Log in, using SSH, from another machine.
  • Mount USB to /install:
    mount -t iso9660 -o loop /dev/sdb1 /install
  • Press alt-f1 and continue with the installation. It will take around 15 minutes to install.
  • After boot you will hear a few beeps.
  • Open the webgui to continue configuration.
sophos_utm_pcengines_apu2.txt · Last modified: 2021/10/09 15:14 by 127.0.0.1