Does Netxms can use browser instead need install client?

[kronicklez]

Hi all,

May i know whether we can open the Netxms using browser? I means dont need to install client. Our use cases was the credential extend to our customer. But customer dont want to install any client software.

Thanks and appreciate any freedback

[alk]

Hello,

Yes, you can setup web interface and use browser for accessing that.

Download war file from https://netxms.com/download/releases/5.1/nxmc-5.1.4.war, and deploy it into java application server (e.g. Jetty9-12 or Tomcat9)

[kronicklez]

Hi Alex,

Sorry to disturb u. When u said " deploy it into java application server (e.g. Jetty9-12 or Tomcat9)"   is it means we need to deploy another new server? Sorry i'm not get what u suggest. Can u share the url so i can try read to understand it? 

Thanks

[alk]

You can run jetty on the same server. Jetty (or Tomcat) is just a java application which can run .war files.

Recent jetty is not available in packages, but it's easy to install by hand:

curl -O https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/eclipse/jetty/jetty-home/12.0.17/jetty-home-12.0.17.tar.gz # download latest Jetty12
tar zxf jetty-home-12.0.17.tar.gz -C /opt # unpack it to /opt/
ln -s  /opt/jetty-home-12.0.17 /opt/jetty-home-12 # make a symlink without a minor version, so every upgrade you don't have to modify systemd unit
mkdir /opt/netxms-web/ # actual work area for the web
cd /opt/netxms-web/
java -jar /opt/jetty-home-12.0.17/start.jar --add-modules=server,http,ee8-deploy,gzip,http2,https,logging-logback,plus,ssl,work # create default configuration for jetty
vim start.d/ssl.ini # change keyStorePath and keyStorePassword to match your keystrore
curl -o webapps/ROOT.war https://netxms.com/download/releases/5.1/nxmc-5.1.4.war # download war file to webapps/ROOT.war, so app will be available at /
java -jar /opt/jetty-home-12.0.17/start.jar # test that it runs

useradd -r -s /sbin/nologin jetty # create user so we don't run it as root
systemctl edit --full --force netxms-web.service # create service, paste sample from bellow
systemctl enable --now netxms-web.service # enable autostart and start immediately

Unit file:

[Unit]
Description=NetXMS WEB UI
StartLimitIntervalSec=0

[Service]
Type=simple
WorkingDirectory=/opt/netxms-web
User=jetty
Group=jetty
ExecStart=java -jar /opt/jetty-home-12/start.jar
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=30
TimeoutSec=900

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

[kronicklez]

Hi Alex,

Noted. Thanks for detail steps. Let's me try and revert back if i facing the issue.

Thanks

[kronicklez]

Hi Alex,

May i know  vim start.d/ssl.ini # change keyStorePath and keyStorePassword to match your keystrore --> this keyStorePath and keyStorePassword refer to which info?

I'm use ubuntu server 22.

Thanks and appreciate your feedback

[kronicklez]

Hi all,

Anyone can guide for this issue?

Thanks

[alk]

If you want to enable ssl in jetty, you need to generate keychain and set keyStorePath, as well as keyStorePassword.

Keychain can be either self-signed or you can import existing certificates.

Or you can just omit https on the jetty side and configure ssl-offloading using any other reverse proxy (nginx, reproxy, etc.)

[kronicklez]

Hi Alex,

Mean this step  vim start.d/ssl.ini # change keyStorePath and keyStorePassword to match your keystrore just optional right incase i just remain with http only. After i skip that step then i just continue with step below right? If yes then i has complete it but when i try open in browser http://ip-address/       it cannot show anything. Is there any step that i miss? Appreciate your guidance.

curl -o webapps/ROOT.war https://netxms.com/download/releases/5.1/nxmc-5.1.4.war # download war file to webapps/ROOT.war, so app will be available at /
java -jar /opt/jetty-home-12.0.17/start.jar # test that it runs

useradd -r -s /sbin/nologin jetty # create user so we don't run it as root
systemctl edit --full --force netxms-web.service # create service, paste sample from bellow
systemctl enable --now netxms-web.service # enable autostart and start immediately