GL.iNet GoodCloud
Contents
- Introduction
- Setup
- Manage your devices
- Site to Site
- Batch Setting
- Template Management
- Task List
- BLE MQTT Bridge
- GoodCloud and VPN
- Turn off cloud
Introduction
GL.iNet GoodCloud cloud management service provide an easy and simple way to remotely access and manage routers. There is a video introduction below.
Introducing GoodCloud, Your Remote Device Management Solution.
Easy Guide to Setting Up your GoodCloud Wi-Fi Management System for SMEs.
Features:
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Check live router status
- Live online offline status check
- Live RAM and Load Average check
- LTE Signal
- Email alarm about online offline status update
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Set up routers remotely
- Set up routers (e.g. SSID and Key) remotely
- Remote SSH
- Remote access web Admin Panel
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Monitoring clients on routers remotely
- Check who is on your network
- Realtime traffic monitoring and block clients
- Email alarm about new client and block
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Operate routers in batch
- Set up config templates and configure routers in batch
- Reboot or upgrade routers in batch
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Manage routers in groups
- Divide devices in different groups
- Manage devices in one page
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Site to Site
- Virtual Office: extend your office network to other offices
- Business Travel: remote access office's OA, CRM, MySQL systems
- Smart Home: remote access IP camera, NAS and other devices at home
Setup
GoodCloud requires firmware version 3.021 and above.
There is a video tutorial below about how to enable cloud and bind it to GoodCloud.
For GL-USB150, it can use GoodCloud too, but it only can be binded to GoodCloud by Auto discover.
Enable Cloud Management on web Admin Panel
On the left side of web Admin Panel -> APPLICATIONS -> Remote Access -> Cloud Management.
Follow the steps above, to enable Cloud Management, choose the Data Server which is nearest your devices located. There are three Data Server, Asia Pacific, America and Europe. If your devices are neither in America nor in Europe, just select Asia Pacific. Asia Pacific Data Server is at Japan.
Remote Web is for remote access router's web Admin Panel via GoodCloud. Check out here.
Remote SSH is for remote access router's terminal via GoodCloud. Check out here.
Sign up GoodCloud account
Visit https://www.goodcloud.xyz, sign up an account, then sign in. If you don't find the verify email, look in spam or check email later. If you have any difficulty with sign up, please send email to support@gl-inet.com for help.
Select server region
At the first time when you sign in, it will pop up a dialog to let you select the region, please select the region same as your device selected Data Server on the web Admin Panel (Step 2 of enable cloud).
You can change the region on the top right corner at anytime.
Add a new group
On the left side -> Groups List -> Add group.
Follow the steps below to add a new group.
Set the group name, company, description and location.
Each device must belong to a group.
Add device
On the left side -> Devices List -> Add Device. There are three methods to bind device to GoodCloud, Auto discover, Manually add and Bulk import.
Auto discover
Follow the steps below to add your device.
If the router and PC(which opened goodcloud.xyz page) are at the same public IP，it will be automatically discovered, and can be found when click Device list(step 4).
DDNS or Device ID can be found on the back of your router, it is 7 characters.
Note: Input "DDNS" / "Device ID" here just to verify that the router is really
original/valid. DDNS feature and the Cloud feature are separate things.
For most models, it is "DDNS" on the back, but for some models,
it is "Device ID" on the back.
If you haven't added a group before, it will automatically create a default
group.
Click Refresh to force auto discover devices again.
Manually add
If it can't discover automatically, try Manually add. All information that need to input can be found on the back of the router.
Note: Input "MAC", "SN" and "DDNS" / "Device ID" here just to verify that the
router is really original and valid. DDNS feature and the Cloud feature are
separate things.
For new models, it has Device ID on the back of router.
For old models, it has DDNS on the back of the router. Only the first 7 characters of DDNS are needed.
Bulk import
Bulk import is for user who have a great number of devices to add. By Bulk import you can import many devices by a Microsoft excel file.
Binded info on router web Admin Panel
After you seccessfully add router to GoodCloud, go back to router web Admin Panel, on the left side, APPLICATION -> Remote Access -> Cloud Management,
press F5 to refresh this page, It will display the binded GoodCloud username, hover the username it will show the corresponding GoodCloud email account.
Click View Logs will show API call logs by GoodCloud.
Unbind router
If you want to unbind router, click Unbind button.
If you have encountered any difficulties, please send email to support@gl-inet.com for help.
Manage your devices
Devices info and status
Sign in Goodcloud, check at left side -> Device List
there is icon at the first column of this table,
means this device is online.
means this device is offline.
means this device is deactivated, it has never connected to GoodCloud before.
Select the column you want to display.
Online time is the latest time when device connected GoodCloud.
Offline time is the latest time when device disconnected GoodCloud.
Update time is the latest time when device connected or disconnected GoodCloud.
IP, if your router run VPN client, this IP will be your VPN IP by default. Learn More
LTE Signal
Only available for 4G devices, e.g. GL-MiFi, GL-X750
Toggle the column on Device List page.
It will show Signal strength, Type, and relavant parameters.
Device detail info
At left side -> Device List, click the name of an online device, it will open a page to manage this device of WiFi, Clients and view router info, memory usage, up time, load average and log.
Device info
WiFi
Modify all WiFi settings.
Router status
Client list
Timeline
Timeline tab display the activities of router, and messages uploaded by the router's associated IoT device.
Tools
There are two tools, Ping and Traceroute.
Remote access web Admin Panel
Remote access router's terminal
Set email alarm
You can set email alarm when a device is online, offline, and new client connected.
At left side -> Setting -> Alarm Setting, create alarm rules
Then set the email you want to receive notification. To ensure you get email successful, please add admin@goodcloud.xyz to your email address book.
Site to Site
Introduction
Site to Site allows offices in multiple locations to establish secure connections with each other over internet. It extends the company's network, making computers resources from one location available to employees at other locations.
Senerio 1: A company has dozens of branch offices that they wish to join in a single private network to share resources.
Senerio 2: A company has a close relationship with a partner company, the Site to Site allows the companies to work together in a secure, shared network environment.
Senerio 3: A family has IP camera and when they are not at home, the Site to Site allows to remote access the IP camera.
Conditions
It requires at least two routers, each in a different location, one of which has a public IP address. Please check if your ISP assigns you a public IP address. It requires firmware version 3.026 and above.
Steps to build a Site to Site network
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Bind your routers to GoodCloud. (how?)
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Follow the steps below to create a Site to Site network.
Default port is 51830, if you want to use another port, find the
Advancedoption at the lower left corner.Due to the device's performance, each Site to Site network can have up to 10 devices.
After you had chosen the devices, click Continue.
Then, it will test each device if it can be set as the Main Node of Site to Site.
We suggest that the router with strong performance and best network speed to be the Main Node.
If none of the devices can be used as the Main Node, make sure that:
- One of routers has a public IP, either static public IP or dynamic public IP.
- Port is open, default is 51830.
- If the router is behind NAT, you may need to set up port forwading.
You can also change port and try again.
If there are more than one device can be set as the Main Node, you need to choose one to continue.
If there is only one device can be set as the Main Node, it will go to the Site to Site detail page directly.
The network is stopped by default, check the LAN IP, if it is OK then you need to click Start button, otherwise click Setting to change LAN IP.
Wait a few minutes, the node's connect status will display as lines. Solid line means connected, dashed line means disconnected.
Testing the Site to Site connection
Now the Site to Site network is created and started, let's test the connection.
Use your PC or Phone to connect to one of the Node of this Site to Site, and use browser to access another Node's LAN ip, if you see the login page, the connection between these two nodes is worked.
For example, my PC connect to Node 1 device, and then I use browser to access Main Node's LAN IP (192.168.48.1), if I see the login page, it means the connection between Node1 and Main Node is worked.
Route and other options
You can change each device's LAN IP and routes.
By default, each node can access other's LAN, based on security, we recommend only open the corresponding service IPs.
E.g. There is a Server A(172.30.97.100) in Node 1's subnet, if you want other Site to Site nodes only can access Node 1's Service A, you can set it like below:
You can add node's parent routes too.
Each sub Node build an encrypted tunnel netwrok to Main Node, if you want to change the IP of tunnel subnet. Click 'IP Address Range'.
Batch Setting
You can use this feature to configure multiple parameters for a single device, or you can configure multiple parameters for multiple devices.
Note: This feature is only available to business users.
Batch Setting of Single Device
To configure single device, as show below.
The left side of image below is correct. If your interface is like the right side of image below, please upgrade to latest testing firmware.
Check the configuration that needs to be modified and input value.
The checked configuration is required, and only the configuration that conforms to the rule can be filled out. After the configuration is delivered, it does not take effect immediately. The configuration takes effect and the device needs to be restarted. You can check the Restart now option in the lower right corner of the above figure. After the configuration is completed, the device will restart immediately.
Preview the configuration and confirm the delivery.
Unchecked Restart now option will prompt.
Batch Setting of Mutiple Devices
Select the devices you want to configure.
Other operations are the same as when operating a single device.
Other Batch Operations
Other Batch Operations: Move to other group, upgrade, restart, delete.
Template Management
Save frequently used configurations as templates and quickly apply them when you modify configurations in batches.
Note: This feature is only available to business users.
Add a Template
Check the configuration that needs to be modified and input value. Most of the options are the same as those on web Admin Panel.
Upgrade
Upgrade Path is for upgrading custom firmware. Put the firmware and a text file on a web server, then put the url path on the Upgrade Path. For example, https://fw.gl-inet.com/firmware/ar750/v1/ is a Upgrade Path, it has a list-sha256.txt file https://fw.gl-inet.com/firmware/ar750/v1/list-sha256.txt and a corresponding firmware file https://fw.gl-inet.com/firmware/ar750/v1/openwrt-ar750-3.203-0701.bin.
Note: GL-AX1800, GL-S1300, GL-B1300, GL-AP1300 only support http path for now.
The content of the text file is like this, its name should be list-sha256.txt. It has 4 columns, the first column is firmware version, the second column is the name of firmware file, the thrid column is the sha256 of firmware file, the forth column is the size of firmware file.
Give the template a name and description.
Apply a template to a router
If you have created a template, then want to apply this template to a router. On the Device List page, find the router that you want to apply the template, make sure it is online, on the Actions column, click the cog icon, click Modify Configuration item. It will pop up a dialog Configure batch modification.
On the top right corner of the dialog, you can choose a template that has already created. Then click Apply button on the bottom right corner.
It will pop up another dialog to review the configuration of the template, scroll down to the bottom to click the Confirm button, it will load the configuration of template overwrite to this time modification.
Click Apply button, please note that the router will restart to take effect after click the Apply button.
Apply a template to multiple routers
If you have created a template, then want to apply this template to multiple routers. This procedure is similar to that applied to a single router. On the Device List page, multiple select routers, then click Bulk Action, click Modify Configuration item. It will pop up a dialog Configure batch modification.
On the top right corner of the dialog, you can choose a template that has already created. Then click Apply button on the bottom right corner.
It will pop up another dialog to review the configuration of the template, scroll down to the bottom to click the Confirm button, it will load the configuration of template overwrite to this time modification.
Click Apply button, please note that the router will restart to take effect after click the Apply button.
Task List
At task list page, it shows the execution result of the configuration template.
Note: This feature is only available to business users.
You can view the execution result of each device and configuration.
BLE MQTT Bridge
Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) is widely used for smart home, wearable and IoT sensors. This feature is for GL.iNet BLE gateway, GL-X750 Spitz and GL-S1300 convexa S which has built-in BLE modules. Read this to learn how to use them forward your BLE data to the cloud based on MQTT protocol, including GL.iNet GoodCloud and AWS IoT.
GoodCloud and VPN
If you enable GoodCloud feature on router and also use it as VPN client, there is something important you need to know.
At default, GoodCloud process use VPN if you enable VPN client(eg. WireGuard, OpenVPN), this bring a problem that if you VPN is configured incorrectly, GoodCloud will not work properly. In order to ensure the normal use of GoodCloud, we suggest you to follow the steps below to enable VPN Policies and disable "Use VPN for all process on the router". After you've done these steps, GoodCloud precess will not use VPN.
Turn off cloud
To stop GoodCloud service, turn it off on router web Admin Panel. Please follow the steps below. No action needed on the GoodCloud website.
After disable Cloud, the interface is like above.