Hostname, Timezone, and Identity Settings
After you have completed the initial configuration, configure the hostname, time zone, and the identity of SRX400 firewall series in the network.
Configure the Hostname
The hostname is the name that identifies the device on the network. A hostname is easier to remember than an IP address.
To configure:
set system host-name host-name
For example:
set system host-name srx400-node1When you commit the configuration after set system host-name srx400-node1,
it sets the unique hostname as srx400-node1 for the SRX400 firewall, visible in CLI
prompts and logs.
Configure the Time Zone
To synchronize the date and time on SRX400 firewall, you can directly set the time zone
under the [edit system] hierarchy or use NTP for time synchronization.
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Set the
timezoneoption undersystem services ntp.set system services ntp time-zone <timezone>Example for UTC:
set system services ntp time-zone 0 -
Set the date and time from a configured NTP server.
set date ntp servers -
Set the date and time locally.
set date YYYYMMDDhhmm.ss
Domain Name and DNS
The SRX400 firewall series supports standard Domain Name System (DNS) configurations including proxy, dynamic DNS (DDNS), client, server, and advanced features such as DNS snooping and caching.
Configure the domain name and DNS servers on your SRX400 firewall series at the
system hierarchy level. This configuration allows hostname resolution and
full identity through DNS.
Configure DNS proxy and resolver under system services hierarchy for name
resolution. Use J-Web or CLI to configure the primary and the secondary DNS servers (for
example, IPv4 addresses like 8.8.8.8).
set system domain-name domainset system name-server ip-address
For example:
set system name-server 8.8.8.8