Administrative access
This section provides information on how to access XG Firewall.
An administrator can connect and access XG Firewall through HTTPS, telnet, or SSH services. Depending on the administrator sign-in account profile used for access, an administrator can access number of administrative interfaces and the web admin console configuration pages.
XG Firewall is shipped with one administrator account and four administrator profiles.
Administrator type | Sign-in credentials | Console access | Privileges |
---|---|---|---|
Super administrator | admin/admin | Web admin console CLI console |
Full privileges for both the consoles. It provides read-write permission for all the configuration performed through either of the consoles. |
Web admin console
The web admin console is a web-based application that an administrator can use to configure, monitor, and manage XG Firewall.
- HTTPS sign-in: https://<LAN IP address of XG Firewall>
Command line interface (CLI) console
- Remote sign-in utility – TELNET sign-in
- SSH client (serial console)
Use CLI console for troubleshooting and diagnosing network problems in details.
Sophos Firewall Manager (SFM)
- Configure SFM in XG Firewall.
- Integrate XG Firewall with SFM.
Once you have added the XG Firewall devices and organized them into groups, you can configure single XG Firewall devices or groups of XG Firewall devices.