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IPSet (Linux Netfilter/IPTables)

Admin Guide Knocs (backends)

IPSets are a powerful and highly efficient way of making a dynamic firewall on a normal Linux mac...

Updated 7 hours ago by Adam

Logging

Admin Guide

Logging is important - we love logging. Because of this, we have included an easy to find, follo...

Updated 7 hours ago by Adam

Agent installation

Admin Guide Setup guides

Agent Options Your next step is to decide where you want to run the Knocknoc Agent. The Agent run...

Updated 23 hours ago by Ryan

SaaS deployment

Admin Guide Setup guides

To create a SaaS Server instance (we host it) log in to the licensing portal and follow the promp...

Updated 1 day ago by Ryan

Allowlist (EDLs)

Admin Guide Knocs (backends)

The Allowlist backend makes a list of active IP address grants available via the Knocknoc server ...

Updated 1 day ago by Ryan

Fortigate Address Groups (Fortinet)

Admin Guide Knocs (backends)

The  FortiOS integration allows Knocknoc to dynamically add and remove user's source IP from a na...

Updated 2 days ago by Lee

Local Authentication (MFA included)

Admin Guide Authentication

Knocknoc supports local users in addition to SAML/LDAP. Simply add a user, with a username and p...

Updated 1 week ago by Adam

Getting Started

Admin Guide

Cloud SaaS or self-hosted server? You can run your Knocknoc server either as a managed cloud ins...

Updated 1 week ago by Adam

Server installation (on premise)

Admin Guide Setup guides

On a Linux host as Root, execute the below command to setup and install your Knocknoc server. You...

Updated 2 weeks ago by Adam

Moving from SQLite to PostgreSQL

Admin Guide Maintenance

If you installed Knocknoc Server before version 7.7, your instance is likely using a local SQLite...

Updated 2 weeks ago by Sam

Updates and upgrades

Admin Guide Maintenance

The Knocknoc software is managed by your operating system, as such updates can be managed within ...

Updated 2 weeks ago by Refresher

SAML with EntraID (Azure AD)

Admin Guide Authentication

The following example assumes your Knocknoc instance is located at https://demo.knoc.cloud. Where...

Updated 4 weeks ago by Adam

v8.5

Changelog and Roadmap

Knocknoc 8.5   Knocknoc 8.5 delivers key improvements in usability, integrations, and security, ...

Updated 1 month ago by Adam

High availability

Admin Guide Setup guides

The Knocknoc Server can be deployed in various ways to match your high-availability needs and dep...

Updated 1 month ago by Adam

Knocknoc Reverse Proxy

Admin Guide Knocs (backends)

The Knocknoc orchestration Agent - which is deployed alongside managed infrastructure (not on des...

Updated 1 month ago by Adam

HAProxy + KAT

Admin Guide Knocs (backends)

Sometimes IP address restrictions or IP-based allowlisting is not enough, think: airport lounge, ...

Updated 1 month ago by Adam

Palo Alto

Admin Guide Knocs (backends)

Passive, Active or a combination Passive - Knocknoc's Allowlist features provides a passive inte...

Updated 1 month ago by Adam

AWS (EC2) Security Groups

Admin Guide Knocs (backends)

Knocknoc can orchestrate Amazon AWS Security Groups, which essentially provide network level fire...

Updated 1 month ago by Adam

SAML for the Admin Interface

Admin Guide Authentication

SAML for the admin interface is the same as SAML for the user base with a few very small alterati...

Updated 1 month ago by Adam

Package Repository Key expired

Admin Guide Troubleshooting

Debian distros (Ubuntu etc) If you are getting the this error: Failed to fetch https://packages...

Updated 1 month ago by Dave