The following settings can be made here:
• | System name: host name of the Gibraltar firewall |
• | Domain: network domain (e.g. example.com); if you do not have your own public domain, enter "local". |
NOTE: Host name and domain together are the "fully qualified domain name" (FQDN) of Gibraltar. This FQDN should be resolvable via DNS to ensure the correct sending of the administrator email addresses sent by Gibraltar itself. Many mail servers and spam filters use techniques to avoid getting emails from mail servers that do not have a resolvable FQDN. Please create a separate DNS A-Record for your Gibraltar firewall.
• | Local time: The current system time. Press the button "Reset time" to synchronize Gibraltar with time servers in the Internet. Before you can do this Gibraltar must be connected to the Internet correctly. Please finish the configuration of the network settings first. |
• | Local time in UTC: Time in UTC (Universal Time Coordinated). |
• | Time zone: Selection of your time zone. |
• | Email of admin: The email address of the administrator. Gibraltar sends reports and error messages to this email address. Separate more than one email address by commas. |
• | Activate admin mail: Deactivate this check box if you do not want to get any status information from Gibraltar. |
• | Interval admin mail: Interval for the sending of status information mails. |
• | Default language: Set the language that should GibADMIN start with. |
• | Enable automatic update: Activate the automatic update mechanism of the Gibraltar firewall. The Gibraltar developers offer patches and security updates at their web servers. If you activate this option, Gibraltar downloads and installs them automatically. The interval for checking for new updates can be set aside. |
• | Webinterface port: Port to access the GibADMIN. If you do not want to access the web interface at the TCP port 443, you can change this option. |
• | Uptime: Shows how long Gibraltar is running without any disruption. |
Change Port for access to webinterface
The web interface for Gibraltar (GibADMIN) is accessible at port 443 (HTTPS) by default. If you already use this port to run a secure website you can change the port of Gibraltar administration to another port (e.g. 8443).
After changing the access port, the web server of GibADMIN restarts, and you cannot access the GibADMIN at the usual port.
ATTENTION: It can take some time, until the web server is restarted for the web interface. You cannot access the GibADMIN during the restart.
Reboot: Reboots the Gibraltar firewall. You must acknowledge the reboot.
Shutdown: Shuts down the Gibraltar firewall. You must acknowledge the shutdown.
ATTENTION: With restarting or shutting down the system, GibADMIN goes offline. You can continue configuring Gibraltar via GibADMIN after a complete reboot of the system.
Changing the password
1. | Choose System in the main menu. |
2. | Choose the card General settings. |
3. | Change password: Click this button to get redirected to an other form where you have to enter the new password twice. If the password does not match, an error message will be displayed. |
4. | Save: Confirm your changes with clicking the button Save. You have to enter the new password now to login again. |
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