Provision Service Point v4 using a bootable USB drive - BlueCat Edge - Service Point v4.x.x

BlueCat Edge Deployment Guide
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English
Product name
BlueCat Edge
Version
Service Point v4.x.x
This section gives detailed instructions for provisioning a Service Point v4 on a BlueCat hardware appliance using a bootable USB drive.
Warning: Provisioning Service Point v4 on a BlueCat hardware appliance repurposes the appliance as a service point only, removing all existing DNS and DHCP configurations from the appliance. Once you have provisioned the service point on the appliance, the appliance no longer contains the BlueCat DNS/DHCP Server software and cannot be taken under Address Manager control.

Prerequisites:

The following prerequisites must be met before you begin:
  • You must have one of the following BlueCat hardware appliance models:
    • XMB4
    • BDDS-25
    • BDDS-50
    • BDDS-75
    • BDDS-125
  • You must have downloaded the Service Point v4 installation image and the Service Point v4 configuration file from the Service Points (v4) page. For more information, refer to Provision Service Point v4 on BlueCat hardware appliances.
  • You must have at least one USB drive with at least 2GB of disk space. The USB drive will be used to create a bootable USB drive for the installation image and for loading the configuration file to be read by the re-imaged appliance.
Installing the Service Point v4 software
  1. Create a bootable USB drive that contains the Service Point v4 installation image that was downloaded from the Service Point (v4) overview page.
  2. Plug in the bootable USB drive to the BlueCat hardware appliance.
  3. Power on the appliance.
  4. Interrupt its boot process and enter the BIOS setup screen by pressing F2 immediately after powering on the appliance.
  5. Use the right arrow key to navigate to the Boot menu tab.
  6. Under Boot Option Priorities, select the USB drive as the boot device.
  7. Press F4 to save the settings and exit.

    The appliance restarts and the installation of Service Point v4 automatically starts from the USB device. Once the installation process is complete, a message appears in the console indicating that the installation has completed.

  8. Power off the appliance and unplug the USB drive.

The Service Point v4 software is now installed on the BlueCat hardware appliance.

Provisioning the Service Point v4 on a BlueCat hardware appliance:
  1. On a USB drive, load the Service Point configuration file that was downloaded after you saved the Service Point configuration.
  2. Plug in the bootable USB drive to the appliance.
  3. Power on the appliance.
    Note: Ensure that the appliance boots from the default boot disk rather than the USB drive.

    The appliance starts with the Service Point v4 software. Upon the initial boot of the software, cloud-init runs and reads the configuration from the connected USB drive. Once the configuration has been read, the Service Point v4 daemon processes start and the service point registers with the Edge Cloud Instance.

  4. Once the service point registers, you can unplug the USB drive.

You can verify the status of the service point by checking the details on the Service points (v4) page. The Status field on the service point details page displays Registered when the Service Point v4 has successfully connected to the Edge Cloud Instance.

Once you have provisioned the Service Point v4, you can deploy DNS resolver service. For more information, refer to DNS resolver services.

Attention: You can use the Service Point v4 telemetry APIs to verify that the Service Point v4 has successfully registered. The registrationStatus field within the Service Point v4 telemetry API response returns a value of REGISTERED when the Service Point v4 has successfully registered with the BlueCat Edge Cloud. If the value is not REGISTERED, this may indicate that there is an issue with the service point provisioning and the service point may not operate as intended.

For more information on the Service Point v4 telemetry APIs, refer to Service Point v4 Telemetry APIs.