Managing the Appliance
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M a n a gi n g t h e A p p l i a n c e
Enabling Command Line Access
You can enable SSH on the appliance to remotely connect to the
operating system command line (Linux) to use standard networking
tools (like Ping) or to transfer files through SSH. You can alternatively
connect to the engine through a serial cable.
If the command line has not been used before, you must first set the
command line password.
To enable command line access to the appliance
1.
Log in to the SSL VPN Web Console remotely through the Access
Point or locally through the management port eth0_0 on the
appliance’s back panel at the address
https://<Web Console
IP Address>:10000
.
•
For detailed instructions for establishing the local connection,
see
Logging in to the SSL VPN Web Console
2.
In the SSL VPN Web Console, expand
System
in the menu on the
left and select
Root Password
.
3.
On the right, type in and confirm the command line password for
the account “root”. The “root” account is always the only account
for command line access.
4.
(
Optional
) To enable SSH on the appliance, first select
Services
in
the menu on the left, and then select the
Enable SSH daemon
option under Access Control on the right.
Connecting to Engine Command Line
Once you have enabled command line access (see
above), you can connect to the engine command line.
To connect to engine command line
1.
Do one of the following:
•
Connect the serial cable supplied with the appliance to the serial
port on the appliance’s front panel and to a computer, and then
open a terminal on the computer using the following settings:
9600 bps, 8 databits, 1 stopbit, no parity.
•
Connect to the appliance’s IP address on any interface using an
SSH client (for example, PuTTY) on the standard port (TCP/22).
2.
Log in with username
root
and the password you set through the
SSL VPN Web Console.
