Web login

Web login overview

The device provides a built-in web server that enables you to log in to the web interface of the device from a PC. Web login is disabled by default.

To enable web login, log in to the device via the console port, and perform the following configuration:

•Enable HTTP or HTTPS service

•Configure the IP address of the VLAN interface

•Configure a username and password

The device supports the following web login methods:

•HTTP login: The Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is used for transferring web page information across the Internet. It is an application-layer protocol in the TCP/IP protocol suite. The connection-oriented Transport Control Protocol (TCP) is adopted at the transport layer. The device supports HTTP 1.0.

•HTTPS login: The Secure HTTP (HTTPS) refers to the HTTP protocol that supports the Security Socket Layer (SSL) protocol. HTTPS uses SSL to encrypt the data exchanged between the HTTPS client and the server to ensure data security and integrity. You can define a certificate attribute-based access control policy to allow legal clients to access the device securely and to prohibit illegal clients.

The following table shows the configuration requirements of web login.

ObjectRequirements

Configure the IP address of the VLAN interface

Make sure the device and the PC can reach each other

Device

Configuring HTTP login

Required to use one approach

Configuring HTTPS login

Install a web browser

PC

Obtain the IP address of the VLAN interface of the device

Configuring HTTP login

Follow these steps to configure HTTP login:

To do…

Use the command…

Remarks

Enter system view

system-view

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Enable the HTTP service

ip http enable

Required

Enabled by default.

 

 

 

 

 

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