The Web Interface
- System
- Status
- Network
- Services
- Firewall
- IPFire
- Logs

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.

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 configure a Port-Forwarding and what's that, can be found here.
	Externeral Access	An Externeral Access can be opened here.
	Access to Blue	The access to the Internet over WLAN can be granted at Access to Blue.
	DMZ-Pinholes.	To allow access from the orange or blue Network to the green one, you have to create DMZ-Pinholes.
	Outgoing Firewall	To protect the internal Networks from the risks of the internet, the Outgoing Firewall has been developed.
	Firewall Groups	The Firewall Groups are used to address multiple clients by adding a single rule that counts for all of them. If you define a group you don´t need to add a single rule for every one, instead you can add a single rule for all of them.
	Firewall-Options	More settings for the firewall configuration can be found in Firewall-Options.

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:

en/configuration/start.txt · Last modified: 2011/11/26 16:57 by king_cucaracha