Steps to enable CSF UI

Steps to enable CSF UI, This post describes how you can enable CSF UI for Firewall and other Configuration if you don't prefer the command line (7 Replies, Read 84138 times)

webuzo_manager	November 29, 2017, 10:58 am
Group: Member Post Group: Elite Member Posts: 268 Status:	1)Open the port 6666 on your Server, serach the Web on how to enable ports correponding to your Operating System use the following website to check if port 6666 is open or not: Port Checker * 2)Disable the Firewall Service from your Server via SSH using the below command iptables => CentOS 6 , Ubuntu 14.04 Code service iptables stop firewalld => CentOS 7 & up, Ubuntu 16.04 & up Code service firewalld stop 3)Install CSF from Webuzo enable it(Set TESTING = "0" in the CSF configuration) 4)Install the following perl modules: For CentOS: Code yum install perl-GDGraph perl-IO-Socket-SSL.noarch perl-Net-SSLeay perl-Net-LibIDN \ perl-IO-Socket-INET6 perl-Socket6 For Ubuntu: Code apt install libgd-graph-perl libio-socket-ssl-perl libcrypt-ssleay-perl \ libnet-libidn-perl libio-socket-inet6-perl libsocket6-perl 5)Check your Computer IP using Google and add it to the following file: Code /etc/csf/ui/ui.allow 6)In the CSF configuration, under "Integrated User Interface Feature" change the following parameters UI = "0" -> UI = "1" UI_USER = "username" -> UI_USER = {USERNAME OF YOUR CHOICE} UI_PASS = "password" -> UI_PASS = {PASSWORD OF YOUR CHOICE} 7)Execute this command if you your OS is Ubuntu 16 and up : Code ln -s /bin/systemctl /usr/bin/systemctl 8)Check If the LFD service is running or not CentOS 6 , Ubuntu 14.04 Code service lfd restart CentOS 7 and up , Ubuntu 16.04 and up Code systemctl restart lfd If LFD refuses to start check the logs at: Code /var/log/lfd.log 9)Most Mordern Browsers will not allow access to port 6666 due to security reasons, use the following guide for workarouds For FireFox For Chrome 10)Now Login using the following URL : https://{IP_ADDRESS_OF_THE_SERVER}:6666 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * You can use any port for accessing the UI just make sure the same is reflected in UI_PORT parameter in the CSF conf Note: Please make sure that you keep the CSF UI port secret otherwise your Server Security may be compromised. Reply in comments if you face any issues. Edited by webuzo_manager : November 30, 2017, 9:47 am
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