JUNOS High Availability

JUNOS GUI Support

JUNOS-based platforms support graphics-driven GUI performance monitoring tools. You enable JUNOS GUI support under the system services level of hierarchy. To enable J-Web and other HTML-based management and monitoring tools, add web-management to the configuration. To enable chassis management and monitoring via JUNOScript, add either xnm-clear-text or xnm-ssl:

[edit system services]
lab@r1# set ?
Possible completions:
+ apply-groups         Groups from which to inherit configuration data
+ apply-groups-except  Don't inherit configuration data from these groups
> finger               Allow finger requests from remote systems
> ftp                  Allow FTP file transfers
> ssh                  Allow ssh access
> telnet               Allow telnet login
> web-management       Web management configuration
> xnm-clear-text       Allow clear text-based JUNOScript connections
> xnm-ssl              Allow SSL-based JUNOScript connections

The J-Web GUI provides a suite of point-and-click tools for management and monitoring of individual devices in the network. Figure 17-3 shows the J-Web home page of an M7i.

Though it may offend some purists, it is important to note that any configuration change that can be made from the JUNOS command-line interface (CLI) can be made from the J-Web GUI. The GUI includes a collection of wizards. A wizard is essentially a scripted series of prompts that allows you to get the router up and running quickly without mandating a thorough understanding of the GUI itself.

Figure 17-3. J-Web home page