How to Manage the Orchid Fusion VMS Service in Red Hat

Orchid Fusion VMS runs on Red Hat as a service. If you need to enable, check the status, start, or stop the service, you can do this from the command line.

• Fusion: This service supports the Orchid Fusion VMS server that manages registered Orchid Core VMS servers and provides access to video from those servers.

Tips

• In Red Hat, you have to enable the Orchid Fusion VMS service. This will allow the service to automatically start on bootup and restart in the case of failure.
• After you start the service, you should configure the firewall.
• After you’ve configured your Orchid Fusion VMS properties and started the service, you should check the service status to verify Orchid Fusion VMS is running.
• You will need to restart the service whenever a change has been made to the Orchid Fusion VMS configuration file.
  

To manage the Orchid Fusion VMS service:

1. Type the following command: sudo systemctl {command] fusion.service, where the command is enable, start, stop, or status. Then press Enter.

2. Configure the firewall.
   By default, the firewalld service will block access to Orchid Fusion VMS. Refer to the Installation Support Topics for a list of the ports used by Orchid Fusion VMS, and consult your RHEL 7 documentation for configuring firewalld. The following example will open default ports used by Orchid Fusion VMS, but you should understand the security implications of modifying your firewall settings before proceeding.

sudo firewall-cmd —zone=public —add-port=8080/tcp —permanent
sudo firewall-cmd —zone=public —add-port=9554/tcp —permanent
sudo firewall-cmd —zone=public —add-port=40000-50000/udp —permanent
sudo firewall-cmd —reload

How to Sign In to Orchid Fusion VMS in Red Hat

Sign in to Orchid Fusion VMS using a web browser pointed to your server’s IP address at the port specified in the configuration file (default is 8080). Unless changed during the configuration process, the default sign in credentials are admin and password. (For more details on signing in, please refer to the Enabling… topics included in the Installation Support Topics section, and the Sign In topic in the Orchid Fusion VMS Administrator Guide.)