PacketFence Installation Guide
About this Guide
This guide covers PacketFence installation and day-to-day administration. It provides comprehensive instructions for system requirements assessment, initial deployment, network integration, authentication configuration, and ongoing maintenance. The guide covers both standalone and distributed deployments, including certificate management, database configuration, and integration with external authentication systems like Active Directory and LDAP.
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Introduction
PacketFence is a fully supported, trusted, Free and Open Source network access control (NAC) system. It features a captive portal for registration and remediation, centralized wired and wireless management, 802.1X support, layer-2 isolation of problematic devices, and integration with IDS, vulnerability scanners and firewalls. PacketFence effectively secures networks from small to very large heterogeneous environments. Visit https://packetfence.org for more details.
System Requirements
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Installation
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Getting Started
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Enabling the Captive Portal
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Authentication Sources
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Introduction to Role-based Access Control
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Supported Enforcement Modes
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Adding Inline Enforcement to Existing Installation
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Adding VLAN Enforcement to Existing Installation
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Authentication Mechanisms
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Advanced Portal Configuration
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Advanced Access Configuration
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Advanced RADIUS Configuration
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Fingerbank Integration
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Network Devices Anomaly Detection
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Intrusion Detection System Integration
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Firewall SSO Integration
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Performing Compliance Checks
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Integrating Provisioning Agents
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PKI Integration
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MFA Integration
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Best Practices
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Performance Optimizations
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Advanced Network Topics
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Additional Integration
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Advanced Topics
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Export/Import mechanism
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PacketFence Certificates (for v11.2 and later)
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Troubleshooting PacketFence
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Appendix
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