Chapter 10. Administration
Under Administration, you
apply your configuration
define administrator users and change their passwords
save the preliminary configuration to file
load a saved configuration
view the configuration
reboot your Ingate Firewall
restart the SIP module on your Ingate Firewall
upgrade your Ingate Firewall
set table formats
set date, time, and time zone (manually or via NTP)
select a language for the administration web pages
Save/Load Configuration
Here, you work with the preliminary and permanent configurations, save them and load new configurations from previously saved configurations.
Activate configuration
When Apply configuration is pressed, the firewall will test the configuration before you make it permanent. During test, the firewall waits for you to press one of the three buttons displayed. If you never see the three buttons, something in your preliminary configuration (now tested) is wrong, which makes it impossible for you to access the configuration web interface.
Duration of limited test mode
Here, you enter the time limit for the testing. If you do not press any button within this time, the firewall will assume that some part of your preliminary configuration makes connecting impossible. When the timeout is reached, the firewall automatically reverts to the old permanent configuration. If this occurs, you will be informed when trying to press a button.
Apply configuration
Saves the preliminary configuration to the permanent configuration and puts it into use. You can test your preliminary configuration before finalizing it.
Three buttons are displayed during the test:
Save configuration saves your preliminary configuration to the permanent configuration and puts it into use. Continue testing shows a new page with only the other two buttons. Revert cancels this test of the preliminary configuration without saving. If you do not press any button within the time limit, the firewall will revert to the old permanent configuration, just as if you had pressed Revert. This is useful if you happen to configure your firewall so it isn't accessible from your browser. After the timeout, pressing either of the three buttons will show a new page which will inform you that the test run was aborted.
Restarting the firewall by cycling the power or pressing the RESET button on the front panel also cancels the test.
Abort all edits
Abort all edits copies the permanent configuration to the preliminary configuration. All changes made in the preliminary configuration are deleted.
Backup
All configurations can be saved to and loaded from file. This does not affect the permanent configuration.
Save to local file
Press Save to local file to save the preliminary configuration to the file you have selected. A new window is opened where you enter the name of the file.
Load from local file
Press Load from local file to load a new preliminary configuration from the file you have selected.
Browse
Browse is used to scan your local disk. The web browser opens a new window where you can search among files and directories. Go to the right directory and select the file you want to upload.
Factory configuration
Load factory configuration
The factory configuration is the standard configuration that is delivered with an Ingate Firewall. Click on this button to load this configuration into the preliminary configuration. The permanent configuration is not affected.