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Configuring Root Authentication and the Management Interface from the CLI
Before you can use J-Web to configure your device, you must access the CLI to perform
the initial configuration.
To configure root authentication and the management interface:
1.
Log in as root. There is no password.
2.
Start the CLI and enter configuration mode.
root@% cli
root@> configure
root@#
3.
Set the root authentication password by entering a cleartext password, an encrypted
password, or an SSH public key string (DSA or RSA).
[edit]
root@#
set system root-authentication plain-text-password
New password: password
Retype new password: password
4.
Commit the configuration to activate it on the device.
[edit]
root@#
commit
5.
Configure the IP address and prefix length for the Ethernet management interface on
the device.
[edit]
root@#
set interfaces fxp0 unit 0 family inet address address/prefix-length
6.
Configure the default route.
[edit]
root@#
set routing-options static route 0.0.0.0/0 next-hop gateway
7.
Enable Web access to launch J-Web.
[edit]
root@#
set system services web-management http
8.
Commit the configuration changes.
[edit]
root@#
commit
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Chapter 17: Performing the Initial Configuration