The configuration of the Barracuda NextGen Control Center is accessible under the CONFIGURATION tab. This area allows configuration of the Barracuda NextGen Control Center and remote configuration of the managed Barracuda NextGen Firewall F-Series units.
Information Display
The main display of the Configuration page consists of two frames.:the left one shows the Configuration Tree, the right one provides information listed under tabs.
Configuration Tree Controls
The Configuration Tree lists all configuration pages in an hierarchical order, just like the Configuration Tree on a Barracuda NextGen Firewall F-Series (see CONFIGURATION Tab). The Multi-Range node represents the highest level within the hierarchy and contains all available ranges, clusters, and boxes that are managed by the Barracuda NextGen Control Center.
From here, you can manage your configurations and administrative sessions. You can also identify which nodes have been modified. To access the subpages of a configuration section, click + (expand). When you right-click the nodes of the Configuration Tree, you are provided with options to manage your systems, virtual servers, services, and administrative sessions. The following table lists some of the available options:
Tabs Section
The right section of the configuration window provides the following information listed under tabs.
- Open Nodes – Provides access to all opened configuration files.
- Boxes – Provides access to the boxes configuration files.
- Server – Provides access to the virtual server configuration files.
- Services – Provides access to the assigned services configuration files.
To switch from the Barracuda NextGen Control Center to a box, right-click the desired box and choose Launch Control for Box from the context menu.
- Workspaces – Provides access to configured workspaces.
Defining Node Properties
For additional access restriction, the Barracuda NextGen Control Center offers a context menu for the definition of node properties for each item of the Configuration Tree. To access the context menu, right-click an entry in the Configuration Tree and select Properties. The node properties are displayed as follows:
General Section
- Name – Purely informational; displays name of the service’s software module.
- Description – Purely informational; displays a short description for the software module.
- Created – Purely informational; displays date/time, admin, adminIP of service creation.
- Last Modified – Purely informational; displays date/time, admin, admin IP of last modification.
- Release – Release version installed on the box.
Administrative Level Section
- Your Level – Purely informational; displays your administrative level.
Read – By entering the corresponding configuration level, the read permission is specified. Any level lower than the set one has access (see: How to Configure Administrative Profiles).
- Write – By entering the corresponding configuration level, the write permission is specified. Any level lower than the set one has access (see: How to Configure Administrative Profiles).
- Click Change to save the new configuration.
- Modify Event – This menu specifies the type of event notification if the corresponding file is modified. Available notification types are:
- No Event (default)
- Normal Event (generates event Config Node Change Notice [2400])
- Notice Event (generates event Config Node Change Warning [2401])
- Alert Event (generates event Config Node Change Alert [2402])
- History – states configuration actions performed on this entity; administrator and peer IP are logged:
- param – when changes to the read or write level were made.
- lock when conf entity was locked.
- unlock – when conf entity was unlocked.
- change – when conf entity was changed.
- add – when a server/service object was added to the conf tree.