Protecting Access To The Console - CheckMK Rail2 Mark I Manual

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Once you have completed these steps you will see the configured IP address in the box device information
and web interface: on in the access box on the status screen of the console, as shown in the screenshot
above. If you have already correctly connected the device with your network, you will now see that the
network connection is active (Network: ACTIVE in the Status box).

2.1.3 Protecting access to the console

After the basic configuration, access to the local console is not protected. This means that anyone who
has direct access to the console (e.g. through access to the server room, or in the case of Check_MK
virt1, through access to the management interface of the virtualisation solution), is able to change the
basic configuration of the device.
In order to protect such access, you have the option to activate a login that must be used in conjunction
with the device password before settings can be made or the current status viewed.
If you have already activated the web interface, you will have already set a device password and do
not need to assign a new one. If you have not done so, open the configuration menu on the console by
pressing the key <F1> and select device password to set the password.
Then select console login from the configuration menu in order to activate this option.
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