System configuration
Using the web gui portal page
The easiest way to configure your op5 system is to use the web interface at https://<your ip>/ and click Configure System.
Note: This is only valid if you have enabled DHCP on the net where your op5 System is placed. If not you have to setup your network from the console.
To start configuring you need to log on using the password for the root account. Initial login information is:
password: monitor
Settings
Configuring step by step
The settings can be configure step by step in a similar way as the old wizard. On every object, except for the last one (Network), you can click on either Apply & continue or Skip & continue to either save the new settings or leave them with the old value and continue.
To save the new value and stay in the same settings part click Apply.
Time Settings
Here you configure NTP (Network Time Protocol) and clock settings.
To add a new time server
Type in the new server name in the NTP server textfield and click on Add. Remember to click Apply to save the new settings.
Email
Here you configure settings for the email server on you op5 system.
Note: If you dont configure any relay host or fallback relay, then op5 system will act as a regular MTA and send the mails to whatever mail server that is responsible for the receiving mail domain.

Beside adding a relay host, fallback relay host you can also send a test message.
To send a test message type in the recieving email address in the Email Address field and click Send test message.
SMS
Here you configure settings for the sms modem.
1 Select
Add new device
This will add a new SMS gateway to your setup.
2 Click on
edit to configure the SMS gateway

3 Edit the settings for the SMS gateway.
a Enter a PIN code, if any
b Select the correct modem type
op5 have two types of modems select your modem from the dropdown menu. If you are using another modem use the other option.
c Click on
save
To add another SMS gateway click on Add new device and go through step 1-3 again.
Network Settings
Here you can set up static address on your interfaces or turn on DHCP instead. You can also add a bonding interface here and decide wich interfaces to bond.
As default the op5 Appliance system uses DHCP on all network interfaces, this is also the case for the DNS settings.
To change the host name
1 Click Static on the DNS settings.
2 Change the host name in the Host name text field.
3 Click Apply and then Apply at the bottom of the page.
Editing DNS settings
You can chose between static DNS settings or use DHCP to set the DNS settings.
To change the DNS settings
1 Click Static or DHCP, in this case we use Static.
2 Typ in the ip address of you primary, secondary and tertriary ( the last two are optional) and click Apply.
Setting up static address
To setup a static address on an interface
1 Click on Static on the interface you like to configure.
2 Fill in
IP Address,
Netmask,
Gateway and click
Apply.

3 Click Apply on the bottom of the page.
To setup DHCP on an interface
1 Click DHCP on the interface you like to use DHCP.
2 Click Apply.
3 Click Apply on the bottom of the page.
Setting up a bonding interface
Setting up a bonding interface is devided into two steps:
•Adding the new interface
•Assign physical interfaces to the newly created bonding interface.
To setup a bonding interface
1 Click Create a new bond interface.
2 Click either Static or DHCP, in this case we use Static.
3 Fill in IP Address, Netmask, Gateway and click Apply.
To assign physical interfaces to a bonding interface.
1 Click on Bond on the interfaces you like to assign to this bonding interface.
2 Chose bonding interface and click
Apply repeat this for every interface you like to add.

3 Click Apply at the bottom of the page.
| IPv6 is not yet supported by op5 APS |
Backup
Here you configure automatic backup of your op5 system. A local storage path can also be set to a mount point for a mounted external file system, i.e. a shared folder at a remote server.
There are three types of storage to chose between:
•local
•ftp
•sftp
Note: op5 backup will not backup logs of op5-logserver, so you better have remote archive setuped for this, or backup them manually.
Enter a storage path. If storage type is Local enter a local path, if your are using ftp or sftp enter the path on the remote server.
Change root password
Here you can change the password of the root user. Note that this is the root user of the system so its important to keep it safe.
SSL Certificate
Here you can upload new certificates for apache web server.

To upload new certificates click on chooce file and select the corrisponding certificat file.
Then click on upload.
Maintenance
Update system
If your server has got Internet access you can use this as a frontend to the comand line tool yum.
Enable nightly updates if you like the updates to be installed automatic as soon as they are released.
If you have any packages listed in Available updates select the one you like to install and click Install. During the update process you will not be able to start an other update.
Backup now
Starting from op5 Appliance system 3.5 you can make manual backups.
There are two types of backups that can be made here:
•default
•change arch
The default backup type will backup up the same things that are backed up in the automated one.
The change arch backup is excluding things like binaries and other archetecture dependet stuff. This make the arch backup perfect to use if you are changing from op5 appliance system 32 bits to 64 bits.
To make a manual backup
1 Click Backup now.
2 Chose what type of backup you like to perform.
3 Chose what parts you like to include in the backup.
Module | Description |
docuwiki | The wiki part of op5 Monitor |
nagios-plugins | All custom plugins added to op5 Monitor. |
op5-geomap | op5 Monitor Geomap |
op5-notify | The notify folder, including custom notify skins |
op5-synergy | op5 Monitor Business Services module |
op5-system | Backup of the op5 configurations files |
ssh | SSH keys, including keys for distributed/redundant systems |
sysconfig | The systems configuration, including network settings, mounts etc. Use this only for disaster recovery |
op5-logserver | backs up the op5 logserver settings |
4 Give the backup file a name and click Backup.

Now when your backup is done you should save your backupfile.
The backupfile is actually a normal tar file but with .backup as extension instead and it can be used with the normal op5-restore utillities.
The file will be saved in the filesystem (/var/www/html/backups/) on your op5 Appliance system so you might download it over scp.
To save the newly created backupfile click download and save it where ever you like.
Restore backup
To restore a backup, select a backup from the dropdown menu and select
restore
The backups must be in the local backup directory, /var/www/html/backups
Services
Sometimes you might want to stop, start or restart a service on you op5 Appliance system. Here you have the possibility to do that without loggin in to server over ssh or directly on the console.
The list does not contains all services on the server.
To stop, start or restart a service
1 Click Services.
2 Click stop, restart or start on the same line as the service name of the service you like to change the state of. The service will change state at once.
Miscellaneous
SMS pool
To clean up the SMS pool, click the cleanup button. This will remove any unsent text messages.
License Management
Here you add your op5 license. Make sure that your license correspond to your usage. By adding your licence file you also gain access to updates using the 'yum update' command. Please see the sections
Update system or
YUM update manager , for more information.
To add a license file
1 Click License Information in the main menu.
2 Click Browse and chose the license file.
3 Click Upload.
4 Click Install.
If you do not have a license there is also an option to go the op5 webshop to purchase one.
Factory reset
Restore your server settings to the factory settings.
| Factory reset all settings done in the portal. Configuration in op5 Monitor and other products will not be affected. |