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JumpCloud\u00ae<\/sup> is a full-suite cloud directory service for central user authentication and access control, as well as system management. Although it\u2019s designed for departmental and enterprise deployments, creative IT administrators put the platform to use in other ways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

System Engineer Faranoosh Ahmadzadagan, for example, uses JumpCloud to manage his home lab cluster. Faranoosh chronicles his home lab experiences in a personal blog<\/a>, including his experimentation with virtualization.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In one post<\/a>, he writes: \u201cI might be biased but I don\u2019t believe there\u2019s a replacement for the experience of building, maintaining and troubleshooting your own environment and equipment. Whether you\u2019re a hobbyist or considering a career in IT, home lab can provide a local and cost effective learning and training environment.\u201d This now includes JumpCloud\u2019s Directory-as-a-Service\u00ae<\/sup><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Use Free Account to Test & Tinker<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Faranoosh uses JumpCloud\u2019s free offering to tinker with IT management at home. Admins can create an account<\/a> with up to 10 users and 10 systems and take advantage of the platform\u2019s full functionality for free. This includes not only access control and system management but also system telemetry and event logging \u2014 free and premium functionality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Faranoosh worked his way from a helpdesk technician to a system administrator, and he now works as a system engineer for his company\u2019s platform services team. The free account gives him an opportunity to manage his home lab, as well as trial the product for his company. He\u2019s sought out cloud directory services to avoid the limitations and difficulties that come with a traditional Active Directory\u00ae<\/sup> deployment, including the requirement that admins must join machines to the domain to manage them properly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI have a home lab with a lot of functionality similar to an enterprise,\u201d Faranoosh said. \u201cIn an effort to stay away from Microsoft\u00ae<\/sup> proprietary products, as well as hard to set up services such as bare LDAP, I\u2019m trialing JumpCloud.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Faranoosh uses JumpCloud to establish central authentication for the administration of servers, hypervisors and a firewall system, provide remote access to a friend via a VPN and multi-factor authentication (MFA), and provision and manage two Linux servers. He installed the JumpCloud agent on his two Linux servers, and the agent communicates with JumpCloud, enforces GPO-like Policies, and relays custom commands. In particular, Faranoosh likes that he is able to manage his servers, including restriction of SSH to PKI authentication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI find the agent quite useful for Linux servers and the easy management of users and authentication,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He also appreciates that he could avoid the red tape he would\u2019ve expected to get such a trial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe free account gave me a good overview and chance to test freely, as opposed to delays normally caused by approval and\/or vetting in a typical enterprise environment.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Try JumpCloud Free<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

At JumpCloud, we\u2019re here to serve organizations \u2014 and home labs \u2014 no matter what challenges they\u2019re up against. Get started with a free account here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interested in reading more about Directory-as-a-Service in action? Check out our case study with luxury real estate firm Chase International<\/a> and IT Manager Justin Price, who implemented JumpCloud and guided the organization through an urgent transition to remote work earlier this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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