can not log into Webadmin, REST API disabled

Question

Hi, 
 When is start the browser and try to log into https://ip_of_utm:4444/ the UTM responds with: REST API Disabled. Enable in WebAdmin Settings > REST API . 
 How can i circumvent this? The WebAdmin is not acessible for me anymore. 
 Is there a possibility to do this from CLI?

sachingurung · Accepted Answer

Hi Fred, 
 Restart HTTPD service. Execute the following command in shell as root. 
 /etc/init.d/httpd restart 
 Thanks

JoshSauer · Answer

I've noticed that this has been happening quite a bit since I upgraded to 9.411-3 on a virtual machine. Are others seeing the same thing? The web interface becomes unresponsive, then starts giving the Rest API error and in some cases the UTM needs to be rebooted to recover.

Matt A · Answer

Interestingly, enabling the REST API seems to have stopped that issue occurring.. 1 hour and counting.

Mike Menlo · Answer

I found that the issue was a corrupted file system. I logged in at the console and ran fsck and then rebooted. I had to repeat this once to clear all the errors. It's been running fine for several days now. 
 If you're going to try this, back up your configuration first, so that worst-case you can re-install from scratch. I've had issues running FSCK on a mounted root file system in the past.