Appendix I. Configuration Objects

Table of Contents

I.1. Top level
I.1.1. config: Top level config
I.2. Objects
I.2.1. system: System settings
I.2.2. link: Web links
I.2.3. routing-table: Default source IP for services using a given table
I.2.4. user: Admin users
I.2.5. eap: User access controlled by EAP
I.2.6. log: Log target controls
I.2.7. log-syslog: Syslog logger settings
I.2.8. log-email: Email logger settings
I.2.9. services: System services
I.2.10. http-service: Web service settings
I.2.11. dns-service: DNS service settings
I.2.12. dns-host: Fixed local DNS host settings
I.2.13. dns-block: Fixed local DNS blocks
I.2.14. telnet-service: Telnet service settings
I.2.15. snmp-service: SNMP service settings
I.2.16. time-service: System time server settings
I.2.17. ethernet: Physical port controls
I.2.18. sampling: Packet sampling configuration
I.2.19. portdef: Port grouping and naming
I.2.20. interface: Port-group/VLAN interface settings
I.2.21. subnet: Subnet settings
I.2.22. subnet-template: Subnet option templates for RA
I.2.23. dhcp6-client: DHCPv6 Client
I.2.24. vrrp: VRRP settings
I.2.25. dhcps: DHCP server settings
I.2.26. dhcp-attr-hex: DHCP server attributes (hex)
I.2.27. dhcp-attr-string: DHCP server attributes (string)
I.2.28. dhcp-attr-number: DHCP server attributes (numeric)
I.2.29. dhcp-attr-ip: DHCP server attributes (IP)
I.2.30. route: Static routes
I.2.31. blackhole: Dead end networks
I.2.32. loopback: Locally originated networks
I.2.33. cqm: Constant Quality Monitoring settings
I.2.34. ping: Ping/graph definition
I.2.35. ip-group: IP Group
I.2.36. dhcp-relay: DHCP server settings for remote / relayed requests
I.3. Data types
I.3.1. user-level: User login level
I.3.2. ppp-dump: PPP dump format
I.3.3. autoloadtype: Type of s/w auto load
I.3.4. lacp-hot-standby: LACP hot standby mode
I.3.5. config-access: Type of access user has to config
I.3.6. eap-subsystem: Subsystem with EAP access control
I.3.7. eap-method: EAP access method
I.3.8. syslog-severity: Syslog severity
I.3.9. syslog-facility: Syslog facility
I.3.10. http-mode: HTTP/HTTPS security mode
I.3.11. month: Month name (3 letter)
I.3.12. day: Day name (3 letter)
I.3.13. port: Physical port
I.3.14. Crossover: Crossover configuration
I.3.15. LinkFlow: Physical port flow control setting
I.3.16. LinkClock: Physical port Gigabit clock master/slave setting
I.3.17. LinkLED-y: Yellow LED setting
I.3.18. LinkLED-g: Green LED setting
I.3.19. LinkPower: PHY power saving options
I.3.20. LinkFault: Link fault type to send
I.3.21. sampling-protocol: Sampling protocol
I.3.22. trunk-mode: Trunk port mode
I.3.23. ramode: IPv6 route announce level
I.3.24. sampling-mode: Sampling mode
I.3.25. sfoption: Source filter option
I.4. Basic types

This appendix defines the object definitions used in the FireBrick FB6102 Ping monitoring configuration. Copyright © 2008-2023 FireBrick Ltd.

I.1. Top level

I.1.1. config: Top level config

The top level config element contains all of the FireBrick configuration data.

Table I.1. config: Attributes

AttributeTypeDefaultDescription
ip IPAddr -Config store IP address
patch integer -Internal use, for s/w updates that change config syntax
serial string -Serial number
timestamp dateTime -Config store time, set automatically when config is saved
version string -Code version
who string -Config store username

Table I.2. config: Elements

ElementTypeInstancesDescription
blackhole blackhole Optional, unlimitedBlack hole (dropped packets) networks
cqm cqm OptionalConstant Quality Monitoring config
dhcp-relay dhcp-relay Optional, unlimitedDHCP server settings for remote / relayed requests
eap eap Optional, unlimitedUser access control via EAP
ethernet ethernet Optional, unlimitedEthernet port settings
interface interface Optional, up to 8192Ethernet interface (port-group/vlan) and subnets
ip-group ip-group Optional, unlimitedNamed IP groups
log log Optional, up to 63Log target controls
loopback loopback Optional, unlimitedExtra local addresses
nowhere blackhole Optional, unlimitedDead end (icmp error) networks
ping ping Optional, up to 4000Base ping graph settings
port portdef Optional, up to 2Port grouping and naming
route route Optional, unlimitedStatic routes
routing-tables routing-table Optional, unlimitedRouting table settings
sampling sampling OptionalSampling parameters
services services OptionalGeneral system services
system system OptionalSystem settings
user user Optional, unlimitedAdmin users