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Networking - Assign static IP Address for a FileWave Appliance

For the Linux based FileWave Server, Booster, or IVS if you cannot use the port https://server:10000 to change network setting please follow the instructions below:

Debian Linux

Changing the IP address in Debian 12, which uses systemd-networkd for network management, involves different steps compared to how it was done in the past. The following guide is tailored for Debian 12 servers using systemd-networkd but you could also use Webmin on your server assuming the server comes online initially with DHCP.

For Webmin know that you will need to go to Webmin -> Webmin Configuration -> Operating System and Environment and make sure it's set to Debian 12.4 (Or whatever version we are at when you set up your system. You can see this with cat /etc/debian_version on the server.

  1. Locate Network Interface:

    First, identify the network interface you wish to configure. You can list all network interfaces using:

    networkctl list

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  2. Configure Network Settings:
    systemd-networkd uses individual .network files for each network interface, located in /etc/systemd/network/.

    Create or edit the network configuration file for your interface, named like 10-eth0.network (replace eth0 with your interface name).

    sudo nano /etc/systemd/network/10-eth0.network
  3. Configure IP Address:
    In the .network file, add or modify the following sections:
    [Match]
Name=eth0

[Network]
Address=192.168.1.100/24
Gateway=192.168.1.1
DNS=8.8.8.8
DNS=8.8.4.4
LinkLocalAddressing=no
IPv6AcceptRA=no
    Replace eth0 with your actual network interface name.
    Modify the Address with your new IP and subnet mask (e.g., /24 for a 255.255.255.0 netmask).
    Set the Gateway and DNS entries as per your network configuration.

    You'll also want to edit /etc/network/interfaces because ens192 is configured there for DHCP. That's how you might have gotten to it via Webmin for instance. Edit the file to put a # before the 2 lines that have ens192 on them. Those 2 lines in the file will look like this after editing:

    # The primary network interface
#allow-hotplug ens192
#iface ens192 inet dhcp

  4. Reload and Restart systemd-networkd:

    After making changes, enable the Networkd service so interfaces come up at boot time, and reload the daemon and restart the network:

    sudo systemctl enable systemd-networkd
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl restart systemd-networkd
  5. Verification:

    Check the status of your network interface to ensure the new settings are active:

    networkctl status eth0
    You can also use ip addr show eth0 to view the IP configuration.

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