Accessing IPMI and Changing IPMI Password¶

Note

By default, the IPMI port is configured to be a DHCP client. When connected to a network with DHCP, the IP address will appear in the lower right corner of the screen during boot.

The IPMI Username and Password were ADMIN/ADMIN.

Changing the IPMI Password¶

The IPMI password for Netgate appliances can be changed either through the browser-based IPMI console or by using the ipmitool utility directly in pfSense® software.

Using IPMI Web Console¶

To change the IPMI password in the web console:

Navigate to the IPMI address using a web browser
Log in to the IPMI console with the current credentials

Log Into IPMI¶
Navigate to Configuration > Users

Configuration > Users¶
Select the user to modify

This is likely the ADMIN user or another user with Administrator privileges.
Click Modify User

Modify User¶
Check Change Password
Enter the new Password
Enter it again in Confirm Password
Click Modify

Change Password and click Modify¶
Click OK on the message window that says “Modified user successfully.”

Click OK¶

Using the ipmitool Utility¶

If the IPMI web interface is unavailable or the current password is unknown, the ipmitool utility packaged with pfSense software can change the password.

These commands may be performed in the GUI at Diagnostics > Command Prompt or at a console or SSH shell prompt as the root user.

Load the IPMI kernel module
```
kldload ipmi
```

List the current IPMI users

ipmitool user list

Note

Netgate appliances use the user name ADMIN by default.

The command prints a list of users, for example:

ID  Name             Callin  Link Auth  IPMI Msg   Channel Priv Limit
                  true    false      false      Unknown (0x00)
 ADMIN            true    false      false      Unknown (0x00)
                  true    false      false      Unknown (0x00)
                  true    false      false      Unknown (0x00)
                  true    false      false      Unknown (0x00)
                  true    false      false      Unknown (0x00)
                  true    false      false      Unknown (0x00)
                  true    false      false      Unknown (0x00)
                  true    false      false      Unknown (0x00)
                 true    false      false      Unknown (0x00)

Warning

Usernames are case-sensitive.

Reset the password for a user

The default ADMIN user is User ID 2, and the example below sets the password for this user to NETGATE.
```
ipmitool user set password 2 NETGATE
```
Warning

This password is for example purposes only. Use a secure password.

If successful, the output will be:
```
Set User Password command successful (user 2)
```
Unload the IPMI kernel module
```
kldunload ipmi
```

Reset IPMI Network Configuration¶

The ipmitool utility can also change or reset the network configuration of the IPMI interface if it cannot be reached over the network.

These commands may be performed in the GUI at Diagnostics > Command Prompt or at a console or SSH shell prompt as the root user.

Load the IPMI kernel module
```
kldload ipmi
```
Set the IPMI IP address and subnet mask

The following commands configure the IP address of the IPMI interface and its corresponding subnet mask in dotted quad notation.

This example sets the IPMI IP address to 172.31.123.5/24:
```
ipmitool lan set 1 ipaddr 172.31.123.5
ipmitool lan set 1 netmask 255.255.255.0
```
Set the IPMI gateway IP address

To communicate with IPMI outside of its configured subnet, the IPMI interface must have a default gateway set.

This example sets the default gateway to 172.31.123.1.
```
ipmitool lan set 1 defgw ipaddr 172.31.123.1
```
Enable IPMI access on the interface
```
ipmitool lan set 1 access on
```
Unload the IPMI kernel module
```
kldunload ipmi
```