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Services

IKARUS can be configured to run the following services:

  • SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) Service
  • HTTP (Hyper-Text Transfer Protocol) Service
  • SSH (Secure Shell Protocol) Service
  • NTP (Network Time Protocol) Service
  • Security Service
  • Date Service
  • Ping Watchdog Service

To configure System Services settings, select the Services tab, located under the Advanced Configuration of Node, Configuration tabs.

Configuring SNMP Settings

SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) is the most widely used protocol for managing TCP/IP Internets. A network management station (NMS) uses SNMP query (poll) SNMP processes (agents) on network devices such as routers and end stations. These agents maintain a list of variables and their values that describe the state of the network device. The variables can describe routing table entries, interface addresses, and byte counts transmitted on various interfaces. The collection of variables is described by a Management Information Base (MIB).

When SNMP is enabled, IKARUS will respond to SNMP requests (SNMP get, getnext, getbulk, walk).

A community name can be configured, as a read-only community. SNMP set requests are not supported.

To configure SNMP, select the SNMP tab under the Services tab. Configure the SNMP tab fields as follows:

SNMP Enable
Select the SNMP Enable checkbox to enable SNMP
Port
The Port field contains the router port that the SNMP module listens to for SNMP requests (default 161). Typically you will not have to change this value.
Community
The Community field contains the read-only community name of SNMP service (default: public). SNMP service will respond to requests if and only if the community name is set appropriately.
Submit
Click Submit to apply the configuration.

Configuring HTTP Settings

Web servers are the computers that run Web sites, accepting HTTP (Hyper-Text Transfer Protocol) connections from web browsers and delivering Web pages and other files to them, as well as processing form submissions. When HTTP is enabled, IKARUS will respond to HTTP/HTTPS requests.

To configure HTTP, select the HTTP tab under the Services tab. Configure the HTTP tab fields as follows:

HTTP Enable
Select the HTTP Enable checkbox to enable HTTP
Port
The Port field contains the router port that the HTTP module listens to for HTTP requests (default 80). Typically you will not have to change this value.
Upload SSL Certificate
Click Upload SSL Certificate to open a Select dialog box and upload your own SSL certificate for Secure HTTP requests (HTTPS). A default certificate is included in every newly installed IKARUS.
Upload Key File
Click Upload Key File to open a Select dialog box and upload your own keys file for Secure HTTP requests (HTTPS). A default file is included in every newly installed IKARUS.
Submit
Click Submit to apply the configuration.

Configuring SSH Settings

Developed by SSH Communications Security Ltd., Secure Shell is a program to log into another computer over a network, to execute commands in a remote machine, and to move files from one machine to another. It provides strong authentication and secure communications over insecure channels.

SSH protects a network from attacks such as IP spoofing, IP source routing, and DNS spoofing. An attacker who has managed to take over a network can only force SSH to disconnect. He or she cannot play back the traffic or hijack the connection when encryption is enabled.

When using SSH's slogin (instead of rlogin) the entire login session, including transmission of password, is encrypted; therefore it is almost impossible for an outsider to collect passwords. When SSH is enabled, IKARUS will respond to SSH connection requests.

To configure SSH, select the SSH tab the Services tab. Configure the SSH tab fields as follows:

SSH Enable
Select the SSH Enable checkbox to enable SSH
Port
The Port field contains the router port that the SSH module listens to for SSH connection requests (default 22). Typically you will not have to change this value.
Submit
Click Submit to apply the configuration.

Configuring NTP Settings

The Network Time Protocol (NTP) is a time synchronization system for computer clocks through the Internet. The main characteristics of NTP are the following.

  • Fully automatic, continuous synchronization
  • Suitable for synchronizing one computer, or a whole computer network
  • Fault tolerant and dynamically auto configuring
  • Based on UTC time, independent of time zones and day-light saving time.
  • Synchronization accuracy can reach 1 millisecond.

When NTP is enabled, IKARUS will periodically send a request to a configured NTP server (based Interval time) and adjust IKARUS’s local system time.

To configure NTP, select the NTP tab under the Services tab. Configure the NTP tab fields as follows:

NTP Enable
Select the NTP Enable checkbox to enable NTP
Port
The Port field contains the router port that the NTP module listens to for NTP server responses (default 123). Typically you will not have to change this value.
Domain
The Domain field contains the domain name or IP address of the NTP server.
Interval
The Interval field contains the interval, in minutes, between two consecutive requests (default 60 minutes).
Submit
Click Submit to apply the configuration.

Configuring Security Settings

To configure the administrator password, select the Security tab under the Services tab. Configure the Security tab fields as follows:

Old Password
Type the current password in the Old Password text box. The default password is:
admin
New Password
Type the new password in the New Password text box. The new password must be at least 8 characters and no more than 63 characters
Re-type
Re-type the new password in the Retype text box
Submit
Click Submit to apply the configuration.

Configuring Date Settings

To configure the date of the board, select the Date tab under the Security tab. Configure the Date tab fields as follows: Day

Type the day of the month in digit (dd).

Month

Type the month of the year in digit (mm).

Year

Type the year (yy)

Submit

Click Submit to apply the configuration.

Configuring Ping Watchdog Settings

This utility pings the desired IP in user defined intervals and if succeeds the number of failures it reboots the board's system to the last saved configuration.

To configure the Ping WatchDog, select the Ping WatchDog tab under the Date tab. Configure the Ping WatchDog tab fields as follows:

Enable

Click the enable check box.

Primary IP

Type the first IP to ping.

Secondary IP

Type the second IP (if needed) to ping.

Time Intervals

Set the time in minutes of the interval between pings.

Number of Failures

Set the number of failures to set after that the reboot motion.

Submit

Click Submit to apply the configuration.
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