This article applies to the following products:
- Messageware EPG 2019
- Messageware EPG 2016
- Messageware EPG 2013
SCENARIO
Administrators want to block access of EPG Web Management from external connections
SOLUTION
- Navigate to the server where the EPG-Web Management is installed.
- Open Server Manager and click manage > Add Roles and Features
- On the Server Roles > Web Server IIS > Security > IP and Domain Restrictions
- Add IP and Domain Restrictions roles > click next on all the following screens till it installs.
- After Installation > Navigate to IIS > Default Website > EPG Admin, EPG Tarpit, and EPG Reports
- Under each of the EPG Sections open IP Addresses and Domain Restrictions
- Click on Edit Feature Settings
- Under the Access for unspecified clients dropdown > Select Deny
- Under the Deny Action Type dropdown > Select Abort
- Click OK
- After that, click on the Allow Entry
- Add the IP address range that will be allowed to connect to the EPG Web Administrator Console
- Click OK
- Common internal IP ranges
- Repeat the steps until all EPG Web Management vdirs (epg-admin, epg-reports, epg-tarpit) have been configured with IP Restrictions.
- Confirm that internal access from the allowed IP range(s) is permitted, and external access is blocked.