To get a basic idea of what a JumpBox is, let's take a tour and highlight some of the basic features.

	A Virtual Computer The first thing to understand is that a JumpBox is a virtual computer intended to be run on top of virtualization software. We support all the popular virtualization systems, many of which are free. By leveraging virtualization we're able to ship a fully integrated application stack as a virtual computer that can just drop in and run.
	The Console Once the JumpBox has been booted you'll be greeted with the JumpBox console that gives you an IP address. After this point you don't need to interact directly with the virtual machine. Everything else happens through a web browser.
	For Mac Users - Bonjour Support JumpBoxes work great regardless of whether you're using Windows, Linux or Mac OS X , but for Mac users there are a few additional niceties. Bonjour support is a little known JumpBox feature that allows you to access a JumpBox running on your network without knowing its IP address. In Safari you can just choose the JumpBox from the Bonjour menu. JumpBoxes also support zeroconf naming so they can be accessed using .local names. Of course we didn't leave Windows users out completely, JumpBoxes also support Windows naming so you can just type the hostname for the JumpBox into your browser to access it with no additional configuration.
	Configuring the JumpBox Since JumpBoxes contain an entire application already pre-installed the configuration step is very minimal. It's one screen and one click to have the application ready to run.
	Guiding you to the application Once the brief configuration is complete you're presented with a screen that gives you everything you need to know to access the application. If at all possible we try to keep the default user name 'admin' and the password is always the one you provide during configuration.
	The application is ready This is the heart of what the JumpBox is about. Getting you using your chosen application as fast as possible. In fact it's probably taken you longer to read this tour then it takes to get a JumpBox up and running. In this tour we've been using the JumpBox for vTiger, but every JumpBox we build works the same way and the experience is always simple, quick and familiar. The bundled applications will vary widely in their user experience, but with a JumpBox you take a huge amount of variation out the equation so you can focus on the application.
	The JumpBox Web Based Management Console While getting the application running is the primary goal of a JumpBox, there are always things that need to be managed on the system. The JumpBox Management Console exists to provide you the basic tools you need to manage your JumpBox. Our goal with this tool is to keep it simple, you won't find options here for detailed configuration of the web server or optimization of the database. We're after minimalism and giving you just the tools you need, and nothing you don't.
	Registering a JumpBox Yes JumpBoxes require license keys. They're not free, even though the applications we bundle are Open Source. Of course with the time you'll save and the headaches you'll avoid by using a JumpBox, you'll find they're well worth the price.
	The JumpBox Backup System The JumpBox Backup System plays a critical role in the JumpBox experience. It's only available in licensed JumpBoxes, but is critical for protecting the data stored in the JumpBox. It's also the mechanism used when migrating to updated versions of a JumpBox. The current JumpBox Runtime supports backing up to NFS and Windows file shares and the next revision will add support for some new and very interesting destinations.