[freenet-support] web-access on headless system

[Matthew Toseland]

Not a bad idea, although many headless systems have web browsers despite not 
having a GUI. Something similar is in the faq, maybe we could link to that? 
diff's to the HTML are welcome...

On Tuesday 18 March 2008 16:50, Max Giesbert wrote:
> Thx for your help. My node is now up and running :-D
> 
> May I suggest adding something like the following lines to the
> installation instructions for headless systems:
> 
> #the old instructions
> 	wget http://downloads.freenetproject.org/alpha/installer/freenet07.tar.gz
> 	cat freenet07.tar.gz | gzip -d | tar xv
> 	cd freenet
> 	./run.sh start
> 
> #followed by
> 
> If you want to access the web-interface of the headless system from a
> remote computer do:
> 
> 	./run.sh stop
> 
> Now modify freenet.ini:
> 
> 	nano freenet.ini //alternative: vi freenet.ini
> 
> Add the remote system's IP address to fproxy.bindTo:
> 	e.g. fproxy.bindTo=127.0.0.1,192.168.1.2,0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1
> 
> Add the local system's IP address to fcp.allowedHosts:
> 	e.g.
> fproxy.bindTo:fcp.allowedHosts=127.0.0.1,192.168.1.45.0,0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1
> 	
> or the whole subnet like this:
> 	e.g.
> fproxy.allowedHosts=127.0.0.1,192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0,0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1
> 
> Finally start the node again
> 	./run.sh start
> 
> 
> What do you think?
> 
> Cheers
> 
> 
> Max
> 
> Matthew Toseland schrieb:
> > On Tuesday 18 March 2008 09:48, Max Giesbert wrote:
> >> hi,
> >>
> >> i just installed freenet on a headless system. my problem now is that i
> >> can't connect to the web-interface on port 8888 from my remote system. i
> >> already tried fiddling with freenet.ini but no success.
> >>
> >> what options do i have to set?
> > 
> > Either access the node locally, or forward the port (e.g. using ssh). 
Then:
> > - Go to the config page.
> > - Enable advanced mode.
> > - Go to the fproxy section.
> > - Set the ip address to bind to (e.g. 127.0.0.1,192.168.1.1)
> > - Set the allowed hosts ("Hostnames or IP addresses that are allowed to 
> > connect to fproxy").
> > - Set the hosts allowed full access ("Hosts having full access to 
FProxy").
> > - Go back to the top of the page, click on FCP, and do the same for FCP.
> > 
> > Obviously you will need to know the PC's IP address and hostmask. Your 
> > operating system should tell you this.
> >> thx
> >>
> >> max
> 
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