User guide

ManageEngine Firewall Analyzer :: User Guide

Zoho Corp.

Accessing the Web Client

Firewall Analyzer is essentially a firewall, VPN, and proxy server log analysis tool that

collects, stores, and reports on logs from distributed firewalls, and proxy servers on the

network.

Once the server has successfully started, follow the steps below to access Firewall

Analyzer.

1. Open a supported web browser window

2. Type the URL address as http://<hostname>:8500 (where <hostname> is the

name of the machine on which Firewall Analyzer is running, and 8500 is the

default web server port)

3. Log in to Firewall Analyzer using the default username/password combination of

admin/admin.

Firewall Analyzer provides two more external authentication apart from the local

authentication. They are Active Directory authentication and Remote

Authentication Dial-in User Service (RADIUS) authentication. If you import users

from Active Directory or if you add a RADIUS server details, you will find the Options

>> link besides the Login button in the Firewall Analyzer Client UI Login screen. If you

click the Options >> link, Log on to field will appear below the Password field. The

Log on to field will list the following options:

• Local Authentication - If the user details are available in local Firewall Analyzer

server user database

• Radius Authentication - If the user details are available in RADIUS server and

dummy user entry should be avilable in local Firewall Analyzer server user

database

• Domain Name(s) - If the details of the user of a domain is imported from Active

Directory into the local Firewall Analyzer server user database

Enter the User Name and Password. Select one of the three options in Log on to

(Local Authentication or Radius Authentication or Domain Name). Click Login

button to log in to Firewall Analyzer Client UI.

Once you log in, you can start collecting firewall logs, generate reports, and more.

If you want to access the web client from the same machine on which Firewall

Analyzer is installed, execute the startClient.bat/.sh file from the <Firewall

Analyzer Home>/bin directory.

• On a Windows machine, you can also access the web client from the Start

menu by clicking on Start > Programs > ManageEngine Firewall

Analyzer 7 > Firewall Analyzer Web Client.

• On a Windows machine, you can also access the web client from the System

Tray by right-clicking on Firewall Analyzer Tray Icon > Start Web Client.