Enabling Dedicated Management on virtual appliances - BlueCat Integrity - 9.6.0

BlueCat GCP Virtual Appliances
Locale
English
Product name
BlueCat Integrity
Version
9.6.0

To enable and use the Dedicated Management interface on BlueCat DNS and DHCP Server for GCP virtual appliances, you must have two interfaces (Service and Management) already configured on your instance.

Attention: To enable multiple interfaces on an instance in BlueCat DNS and DHCP Server for GCP, each interface must be in a different virtual private cloud (VPC). For more information on configuring multiple interfaces, refer to https://cloud.google.com/vpc/docs/create-use-multiple-interfaces.

BlueCat DNS and DHCP Server for GCP virtual appliances already in production must be removed from Address Manager control before enabling Dedicated Management.

To remove BlueCat DNS and DHCP Server for GCP virtual appliances from Address Manager control:
  1. From the BlueCat Address Manager for GCP user interface, disable the server: Servers > server-name > Disable.
  2. From the BlueCat DNS and DHCP Server for GCP Administration Console, remove the server from Address Manager control:
    Adonis> configure system
Adonis:configure:system> set state no-management

To enable Dedicated Management:

Note: You must enable Dedicated Management using an SSH connection. When you connect to the instance using SSH, a static route is created using the IP address of the SSH client which is required to connect to the management interface. Connecting through the serial console does not create the static route, preventing Dedicated Management from being enabled.
  1. Connect to your instance as the admin user via an SSH connection to the Service interface. 
    ssh -i <key_pair_file_name> admin@<service_interface_ip>
  2. From Main Session mode, run the following commands to enable Dedicated Management: 
    Adonis> configure interfaces
Adonis:configure:interfaces> set dedicated-management enable
    CAUTION:
    Enabling Dedicated Management will disconnect your SSH connectivity to the Service interface. Once you enable Dedicated Management, you must re-establish the SSH connection to the Management interface.

If you removed your BlueCat DNS and DHCP Server for GCP virtual appliances from Address Manager control prior to enabling Dedicated Management, replace the server in Address Manager to resume control and management of the appliance (Servers > server-name > Replace).