Environment
Novell Filr
Situation
Changing the IP address for Filr
Manually update the IP for Filr
Update the network settings for Filr
Manually update the IP for Filr
Update the network settings for Filr
Resolution
Updating the IP address for Filr can be done several ways:
- (Option 1) WebAdmin:
- Browse to the configuration settings for Filr
- Select Network, and update the IP address
- Press OK to save any changes, and reboot the server.
- (Option 2) Manually edit files:
- Log into root on the Filr server
- vi /etc/hosts
Replace the old IP with the new IP - vi /etc/sysconfig/novell/NvlVAinit
Replace CONFIG_VAINIT_IPADDRESS="..." with the new IP - vi /etc/sysconfig/SuSEfirewall2
Replace FW_REDIRECT="..." with the new IP - vi /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-eth0
Replace IPADDR='...' with the new IP - vi /etc/issue
Replace https://ipaddress:9443 with the new IP - Reboot the server.
- (Option 3) Using 'sed' to edit all at once:
- Log into root on the Filr server
- Type the following command to edit all files at once
sed -i "s|oldipaddress|newipaddress|g" `find /etc/ -type f`; - Reboot the server.