SOLVED 11.2 - GUI not starting on reboot

[VictorR]

Updated a few days ago. Everything was working fine, I rebooted, and now console does not list an IP address for the GUI.

From shell, I can see that interface is configured via dhcp(for testing) to 192.168.1.3, and active. I can ping that address from a client.


But, console does not list an address for the GUI



Is there a shell command to launch the GUI?
And, how do I make sure it is always started on reboot?

[UPDATE]
Ok, after quite a bit of web searching, I found that restarting nginx via shell ("service nginx restart") output an error that directed me to /usr/local/etc/nginx/nginx.conf. Which was still using the old static IP address (192.168.1.25) for that interface, instead of the new DHCP address of 192.168.1.3

I have no idea why it is not updating itself to any change in that address. So, I reverted igb1 back to the static IP address and the GUI server works

However, I still need to know why nginx.conf is not updating itself. This can be a problem in the future

 

[sretalla]

If your FreeNAS server is using DHCP, you need the web interface set to 0.0.0.0, not the current IP (since, as you have noted, this can change).

General wisdom for Servers is not to use DHCP (or at least to have a DHCP reservation) to ensure the address does not change without your say-so.

 

[VictorR]

Thank you so much for the help! Not quite sure when, or if, I made that config change via the GUI to System>General>WebGUI IPv4 Address
As I said, the DHCP was just for testing purposes.