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 involves different steps compared to CentOS. The following guide is tailored for Debian servers using the interfaces file, 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

   

    

2. Edit the /etc/network/interfaces file: Using 'nano', edit the interfaces file to set the network configurations.
   

   nano /etc/network/interfaces

   Your default interfaces file should look something like this (your interface name may be different):
   

   # The loopback network interface
   auto lo eth0
   iface lo inet loopback
   
   # The primary network interface
   iface eth0 inet dhcp

   Change the file to look like this, using your network preferences (note 'dhcp' has been changed to 'static' in line 6)
   

   # The loopback network interface
   auto lo eth0
   iface lo inet loopback
   
   # The primary network interface
   iface eth0 inet static
   address 192.168.10.33
   netmask 255.255.255.0
   broadcast 192.168.10.255
   dns-nameservers 192.168.10.254 192.168.10.255

3. Verify Resolv.conf, hosts and hostname files: Verify that these files in /etc/ are configured correctly for your network and server.
   /etc/resolv.conf: This file should list your DNS servers
   
   /etc/hosts: This file should point your FQDN to localhost (127.0.0.1)
   
   /etc/hostname: Specifies the hostname for your server. This is filewave by default.
   
   
4. Disable IPv6 (For IVS): Edit the sysctl.config file by adding the following lines to the end of the file
   

   nano /etc/sysctl.config

   net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6 = 1
   net.ipv6.conf.default.disable_ipv6 = 1
   net.ipv6.conf.lo.disable_ipv6 = 1
   net.ipv6.conf.tun0.disable_ipv6 = 1

5. Restart/Check Network Status:
   

   systemctl restart networking.service
   
   systemctl status networking.service

6. Verify IP:
   

   ip a

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