The Web Interface
The web interface is a graphical frontend for configuring IPFire. It can be easily accessed with a web browser, and after a successful login it allows access to the most important features of IPFire.
By default the web interface is at the following URL.
https://ipfire.localdomain:444
The interface is also accessible via IPFire's IP.
https://192.168.1.1:444
The 192.168.1.1 is in this example the internal IP address (Green) of your IPFire and 444 is the port. Your configuration may have a different IP, but the port is probably still 444.
Note: Your web browser may display a “Self-Signed Security Certificate” warning when attempting to open the web interface. You must accept this certificate in order to be able to connect!
To keep the configuration as clear as possible, the menu is subdivided into various areas of configuration.
System
IPFire's main settings.
 | Start Page | The Start Page offers an overview of all network connections. |
| | Dial Up | It is only active if a dial up connection is used. |
| | SSH Access | The SSH Access section offers the option to activate a SSH server to configure the system via remote shell. |
| | Backup | The Backup section offers various options to save the configuration of your IPFire installation. There are options to back up the entire system to an IPFire settings file (*.ipf) or create an installable ISO. There are also options to backup the configuration of addons, such as Samba. |
| | User Interface | Inside the User Interface section you can change the look and feel of the web interface. |
| | System information | These sites provide information about the system, such as release and the installed hardware (fire info) to see. |
| | Credits | Finally, the Credits list the contributors to the IPFire project (Developers, Support and Testers). |
Status
In this section graphs and status reports on many parts of the system can be found.
| | System | Cpu load and usage graphs |
| | Memory | Memory and swap usage |
| | Services | Shows current services status and process memory usage. |
| | Media | Temperature, HDD and media status including S.M.A.R.T. |
| | Network (external) | Traffic and configurations for EXTERNAL network |
| | Network (internal) | Traffic and configuration info for INTERNAL network |
| | Network (other) | Gateway and firewall statistics |
| | Hardware Graphs | Onboard and HDD temperature sensor statistics |
| | Connections | IP open connections table. |
| | Net-Traffic | Detailed IP traffic stats |
Network
Here, all settings for the network are located. This section offers options to configure the Advanced Proxy and other tools with an easy to use graphical user interface.
| | Web Proxy Server | The Advanced Proxy Server can be configured here. There are several plugins for the proxy, such as the URL Filter and Update Booster |
| | DHCP Server | can't be missed in a user friendly network. |
| | The Connection Scheduler | is able to disconnect and reconnect the red connection at given times or change the connection profile itself. |
| | Edit Hosts | Assign names to the Clients so you can access them with the hostname as well as their IP address. |
| | Aliases | You can add your public IP addresses of your IPFire here. |
| | DNS Server | Set the DNS server for your red interface, useful if your red0 interface doesn't use DHCP. |
| | Assign MAC Address | Change the MAC address on red0. Useful for cable modems and other equipment that binds to a specific MAC address. |
| | Wake On LAN | Power up computers which are configured for Wake on LAN. |
| | Bridge-Green-Blue | Combine green and blue to form one logical network |
Services
| | IPSec | Developed to make general TCP/IP more secure. |
| | OpenVPN | In here, the configuration of roadwarrior and network-to-network connection are explained, furthermore, there are quite a few enhancements and information on the topic of OpenVPN. |
| | Dynamic DNS | Used to reach a dynamic IP address using a DynDNS name. |
| | The Time Server | Synchronize IPFire to an external time source, then serve time to LAN clients via NTP. |
| | Quality of Service | Grant specified bandwidth for specific services, like VoIP or game traffic. |
| | Intrusion Detection System | Analyze network traffic, looking for potential intrusions. |
| | ExtraHD | Quickly and easily mount additional internal and external hard drives. |
Firewall
| | Port-Forwarding | How to forward traffic from the Internet to an internal server. |
| | Externeral Access | External access to the IPFire system itself. |
| | Access to Blue | The access to the Internet over WLAN can be granted at Access to Blue. |
| | DMZ-Pinholes. | DMZ pinholes allow access from the orange or blue Network to the green network. |
| | Outgoing Firewall | Specify what traffic is permitted to access the Internet. |
| | Firewall (2013) | Details about the new firewall, which is still in development. |
| | Firewall Groups | Create groups of devices by IP or MAC address. Rules can then be applied to the group as a whole. |
| | Firewall-Options | More settings for the firewall configuration can be found in Firewall-Options. |
IPFire
At the beginning of the section “IPFire” you can find the menupoint Pakfire in your sidebar. In the left column, all available Addons can be found. Already installed addons are located in the right column. The addons Samba, Tripwire and Mpfire have an own Webgui to configure and control them in the sidebar.
Logs
Here you can find a graphical or textbased overview of the logfiles:
