Access management console remotely

[sunkiddance]

I am not able to access the management console remotely.

I get a "forbidden" error.

This worked in V14.

Where can I correct this

See screen shots below from IE and Chrome

 

[Sopock]

The plain HTTP request was sent to HTTPS port

I am not able to access the management console remotely.

I get a "forbidden" error.

This worked in V14.

that was bad :!: You should use 5001 and https.

 

[sunkiddance]

OK - 5001 and https did work but why can't I use 5000 and http - I can specify them as usable ports in the setup - I should be able to use them if I choose to.

Thanks for your reply

Terence

 

[andreaschr]

Hi sunkiddance http (5000,80) is only for local use , remote we are blocking access to http for security reasons so your data will be encrypted.

Ex.You Try to Login To the Management Console and someone is In the middle sniffing your network traffic , he will find your credentials, same senario with https he can't.

 

[sunkiddance]

Hi andreaschr,

Thanks for your explanation - will use the https link when out of the office.

 

[ACSheehan]

Hi,

I have installed V15 and all is working fine with exception of access to the management console remotely- As above with V14 I was able to use http://mystaticIP/5000 and access the management console remotely - I have now reinstalled using 3CX generated FDQN- I have tried to access the management console using the following URL https://Myfdqn.3cx.co.uk:5001/ I get a message myfdqn.3cx.co.uk took too long to respond. this also happens when I try to access the management console from the shortcut on the desktop on the local machine - If I replace the the FQDN locally with the local machines IP I can get into the console

I have just noticed that part of the problem was that I had not opened port 5001 on the router- I am getting a connection now but the error returned now is 504 Gateway Timeout ? I am sure its something simple that I am not seeing- I get the same error if I use https://mystaticIP/5001 or the shortcut on the desktop.

Any help would be appreciated.Thanks

 

[AlanM]

ACSheehan, are you using a forward slash "/" or a colon ":" after the ip address to separate the port number? When I use the forward slash I cannot connect to the management console; when using the colon I can.

 

[leejor]

How about something like... https://Myfdqn.3cx.co.uk:5001/management/MainForm.wgx

 

[Sopock]

504 Gateway Timeout: Access management console remotely

No, that was available in previous versions. management/reports may result in 403 error :!:

 

[ACSheehan]

Hi Alan,

Thanks for your reply, actually i am embarrassed to say that was a typo on my part and should have been a : not a \

I realised eventually what was the issue the management service had for some reason stopped , However I have for the time being removed V15 because I keep getting services inexplicably stopping and then somehow the system loses all its config -The only way I was able to get back was to do a restore -this happened twice and as I do not have the time just now to keep bringing down the system for a restore ,restore again only for it to lose it all . I will try again when I have more time available

Thanks everyone for your help and suggestions