Setting up the AppViewX Cloud Connector using a Packaged Installer

useradd appviewx && mkdir /home/appviewx/ && chown appviewx:appviewx /home/appviewx && chmod 700 /home/appviewx

• For RHEL, CentOS, and Amazon Linux 2:

  sudo yum remove docker \
    docker-client \
    docker-client-latest \
    docker-common \
    docker-latest \
    docker-latest-logrotate \
    docker-logrotate \
    Docker-engine
  

• For Ubuntu

  for pkg in docker.io docker-doc docker-compose podman-docker containerd runc; do sudo apt-get remove $pkg; done

1. Configure the hostname: sudo hostnamectl set-hostname "hostname"
2. Add the host IP address at the end of the hosts file.

   sudo vi /etc/hosts
   <ip> <hostname>

3. Replace the default nameserver IP address.

   sudo systemctl stop systemd-resolved.service 
   sudo systemctl disable systemd-resolved.service 
   sudo rm /etc/resolv.conf 
   sudo vi /etc/hosts/ 
   <ip> <hostname>
   

4. To configure nameserver, add the IP address of the nameserver to beginning of the resolv.conf

   sudo vi /etc/resolv.conf 
   nameserver <nameserver ip>
   

• For RHEL and CentOS

  sudo yum install -y yum-utils && sudo yum-config-manager --add-repo https://download.docker.com/linux/centos/docker-ce.repo sudo yum install -y docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io 
  sudo systemctl start docker 
  sudo systemctl enable docker 
  sudo systemctl status docker
  

• For Amazon Linux 2

  sudo yum install -y docker containerd 
  sudo systemctl start docker 
  sudo systemctl enable docker 
  sudo systemctl status docker
  

• For Ubuntu

  sudo apt-get update 
  sudo apt-get install ca-certificates curl gnupg 
  #Add Docker’s official GPG key for Ubuntu: 
  sudo install -m 0755 -d /etc/apt/keyrings 
  curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/debian/gpg | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg 
  sudo chmod a+r /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg 
  #Use the following command to set up the repository: 
  echo \ 
   "deb [arch="$(dpkg --print-architecture)" signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu \  "$(. /etc/os-release && echo "$VERSION_CODENAME")" stable" | \ 
   sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list > /dev/null 
  sudo apt-get update
  

  To install Docker for Ubuntu

  sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io docker-buildx-plugin docker-compose-plugin sudo systemctl start docker 
  sudo systemctl enable docker 
  sudo systemctl status docker
  

sudo groupadd docker 
sudo usermod -aG docker appviewx

• For RHEL and CentOS

  sudo yum update -y 
  sudo yum install ntp -y 
  sudo systemctl restart ntpd 
  sudo systemctl enable ntpd 
  ntpq -np
  

• For Amazon Linux 2

  sudo yum install -y chrony 
  sudo systemctl enable chronyd 
  sudo systemctl start chronyd 
  sudo systemctl status chronyd
  

• For Ubuntu

  sudo apt update -y 
  sudo apt install ntp -y 
  sudo systemctl restart ntp 
  sudo systemctl enable ntp 
  ntpq -np
  

• For RHEL, CentOS, and Amazon Linux 2

  sudo yum install bind-utils net-tools telnet tcpdump curl -y

• For Ubuntu

  sudo apt install bind9-utils net-tools telnet tcpdump curl -y

sudo vi /etc/security/limit.conf 
appviewx soft nproc 65536 
appviewx hard nproc 65536 
appviewx soft nofile 65536 
appviewx hard nofile 65536

sudo vi /etc/sudoers 
appviewx ALL=(ALL) ALL

• For RHEL and CentOS

  mv /etc/yum.repos.d /etc/yum.repos.d_backup 
  mkdir -p /etc/yum.repos.d 
  mv appviewx.repo /etc/yum.repos.d/appviewx.repo 
  yum clean all 
  yum update
  

• For Ubuntu
  1. Create a file, appviewx_repo.list, and open it for editing.

     vi /etc/apt/sources.list.d/appviewx_repo.list

  2. Add the following to the appviewx_repo.list file:

     #appviewx apt repo 
     deb https://repos.appviewx.com/repository/ubuntu focal universe 
     deb https://repos.appviewx.com/repository/ubuntu focal-updates universe 
     deb https://repos.appviewx.com/repository/ubuntu focal multiverse 
     deb https://repos.appviewx.com/repository/ubuntu focal-updates multiverse 
     deb https://repos.appviewx.com/repository/ubuntu focal-backports main restricted universe multiverse 
     deb https://repos.appviewx.com/repository/ubuntu focal-security main restricted 
     deb https://repos.appviewx.com/repository/ubuntu focal-security universe 
     deb https://repos.appviewx.com/repository/ubuntu focal-security multiverse

  3. Create a file, auth.conf and open it for editing.

     vi /etc/apt/auth.conf

  4. Add the following to the auth.conf file:

     machine repos.appviewx.com 
     login xxxxx 
     password xxxxx
     

     Note: Contact the AppViewX TAC/CSM team for the login and password.

curl -k --max-time 20 --connect-timeout 20 -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" "<<https://AppViewX SaaS server  
 URL>>/socket.io/?EIO=3&transport=polling&t=O11wka_"

• From the product landing page (that you will see as soon as you have logged in)
  • Expand the Connectivity section and click .You will be redirected to the Settings :: Cloud Connector page.
• From the new navigation menu (displayed by default starting product version 2022.1.0 FP3 onwards):
  1. From the menu in the top-right corner of the page, select Platform.
     
  2. From the Platform menu, under Connectivity, click Cloud Connector.
     
     The Settings :: Cloud Connector page is displayed.
• From the old navigation menu:
  Note: For instructions on switching between the new and the old navigation menus, click here.
  1. From the top right corner of the landing page, click the menu icon.
  2. From the menu displayed, navigate to Settings > Cloud Connector.

     The Settings :: Cloud Connector page is displayed.

1. If you want manage f5 BIG-IP devices, enter y/n for yes/no, respectively.
2. When prompted to enable auto-enrollment of the certificate using one of the following supported auto-enrollment protocols, enter y only if the cloud connector is being installed in a demilitarized zone (DMZ) or devices in a restricted environment (that disables them from connecting to the <tenant>-aep directly.
3. If you choose y (yes) here, enter the required protocol(s) name.