Open Shell

What can I do here?

Use this window to open a command line on the selected Security Gateway

Getting Here - SmartConsole > Gateways & Servers > Actions > Open Shell

Maintenance

Maintenance has four options:

• Open Shell
• Open Portal
• Fetch settings from device
• Push settings to device

You can select them from the right-click menu of a gateway, or from the Actions button.

Open Shell

From SmartConsole, you can open a command line window on the gateway.

To open a command line window on the gateway:

1. Right-click the Security Gateway.
2. Select Maintenance > Open Shell.

   A command line window opens.

   • You are logged in as Gaia admin user with superuser permissions
   • The Open Shell uses public key authentication

Open Portal

From SmartConsole, you can open a gateway Portal.

To open a gateway Portal:

1. Right-click the Security Gateway.
2. Select Maintenance > Open Portal

   The Portal opens in the default browser.

   The URL is taken from the Gateway Properties > Platform Portal page.

Fetch Settings from Device

Settings on the device can be changed through the Portal or by opening the Gaia command shell, Clish. After settings have been changed on the device, a mismatch exists between the actual device settings and those shown in SmartConsole. The Status column in the Gateways view shows one of these messages:

Status Message	Meaning
OK	The settings shown in SmartConsole match those of the device.
SIC not established	No Secure Internal Communication between the management and the Security Gateway.
Disconnected	No connection between the Security Management Server and the gateway
Local Change Detected	Device settings have been changed through the Portal or command shell (Clish). To update SmartConsole, fetch settings from the device. For more about the change, see the SmartView Tracker audit log.
Device Settings Conflict	Device settings changed simultaneously in SmartConsole and Portal/ Clish. If you fetch settings from device, device settings overwrite SmartConsole settings If you push settings to device, SmartConsole settings overwrite settings on the device
No license	No License or License Expired. See SmartView Monitor for more details.
Policy is Not installed
Attention	See SmartView Monitor for more details.
Above Threshold	See SmartView Monitor for more details.
Refreshing...
Waiting...

To update the settings shown in SmartConsole:

1. In the Gateway view, select the gateway.
2. Click Actions > Maintenance > Fetch settings from device.

   The settings fetched are:

   • Interface IP Addresses
   • IPv4 and IPv6 static routes
   • NTP and DNS settings
   • Proxy settings

   The status of the fetch operation shows in Recent Tasks.

3. Reapply the required changes.
4. Install a policy.

Note: You must run Fetch settings from device after creating a new Gaia gateway from the Gateways view.

Push Settings to device

Settings configured in SmartConsole can be transferred to the Gaia device by:

• Installing a policy

  The recommended method.

• Pushing the settings to the device

  An advanced option that only installs device settings, not the full security policy. This is useful for changing DNS or NTP server settings without the overhead of a full policy install. Only the configuration changes are pushed.

  Note: If you change an IP interface address, do a full policy install rather than push the settings to the device.

To push settings to the device:

1. In the Gateways view, select the gateway.
2. Click Actions > Maintenance > Push settings to device.

   The settings pushed are:

   • Interface IP Addresses
   • IPv4 and IPv6 static routes
   • NTP and DNS settings
   • Proxy settings

The status of the push operation shows in Recent Tasks.