System

The System menu contains choices for the firewall itself, general and advanced options, updates, add-on packages, users, and routing.

Advanced:

Advanced settings for the firewall, hardware, SSH, notifications, tunables, and many others.

See Advanced Configuration Options.

Certificates:

Manage Certificate Authorities, Certificates, and Certificate Revocation Lists (x.509).

See Certificate Management.

General Setup:

General settings such as hostname, domain, and DNS servers.

See General Configuration Options.

High Availability:

Controls how nodes running pfSense® software in a High Availability (HA) cluster synchronize states and configuration.

See High Availability Synchronization Settings.

Logout:

Logs out of the GUI, returning the user back to the login screen.

See User Management and Authentication.

Package Manager:

Additional software add-ons for pfSense software to expand its functionality.

See Packages.

Routing:

Manage gateways, static routes, and gateway groups for using multiple WANs.

See Routing.

Setup wizard:

The Setup Wizard performs the basic initial configuration.

See Setup Wizard.

Update:

Upgrade pfSense software to the latest version.

See Upgrading using the GUI.

User Manager:

Manage users, groups, and authentication servers (RADIUS or LDAP) for GUI access, VPN access, etc.

See User Management and Authentication.

User Password Manager:

Self-service user password manager. Allows GUI users to change their own password.

See User Password Manager

User Settings:

If per-user settings are enabled, this page provides a way for users to override default behavior options found under General Setup.