By default, Acunetix (on premise) will install and configure itself to run on localhost, port 3443. This configuration is suitable if you are using Acunetix on your own, however, you will need to adjust this default configuration if you intend on using Acunetix organization-wide.
Fortunately, it’s easy to configure Acunetix to be accessible from another IP address or Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN), as well as from another port.
During the setup process, you can tick the Allow remote access to Acunetix checkbox to expose options which allow you to customize the hostname or IP address you would like Acunetix to use. If you have already installed Acunetix, simply rerun the setup, you will not lose data or settings you have customized.
Setting-up a Firewall Rule
We will also need to set-up a Windows Firewall Inbound Rule to allow HTTP traffic in on the port we chose (443 in this case). For additional information on Windows Firewall Rules, refer to Microsoft’s documentation.
Provided the Acunetix certificate authority certificate is installed on the computer accessing Acunetix, that’s all there is to it. You can now access Acunetix with the newly configured IP address or FQDN.
Provided the Acunetix certificate authority certificate is installed on the computer accessing Acunetix, that’s all there is to it. You can now access Acunetix with the newly configured IP address or FQDN.
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6 thoughts on “How do I use Acunetix on a host other than localhost?”
ps –
How do I use the Login Sequence Recorder remotely?
Nicholas Sciberras –
You can download the Login Sequence Recorder installation from https://www.acunetix.com/download/onlinescanner/acunetix_lsr_setup.exe. You will need to install the application, and load the Login Sequence Recorder manually.
sean –
I’ve already installed the software, how do I change this post install?
Nicholas Sciberras –
Ideally, you re-install, and choose the address you would like to use to access the Acunetix UI.
dw1 –
Hi, how to public my Acunetix WVS? I already add port to firewall settings, but when I accessing from https://:3443/ it can’t. How?
Juxhin Dyrmishi Brigjaj –
You would need to update your setting.ini file found in “C:\ProgramData\Acunetix\settings.ini” to have your server listen on 0.0.0.0:
server.address=0.0.0.0
Then restart your “Acunetix” service from Task Manager. Finally, you should be able to access Acunetix on any IP that it has on your network (e.g. https://172.19.150.10:3443).