Create connections - Quick Start Guide - BlueCat Horizon

BlueCat Horizon Quick Start Guide
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To manage your networks and services in the cloud, you need to add your connections, such as DNS/DHCP agents, by creating them in the Connection hub, the service that connects the platform to your on-premise services, such as a Windows DNS or DHCP service, so that it can be managed in the cloud.

Agents are installed on your services to facilitate communication between the services and the platform. After you create your connections, you will be able to select that agent when adding a DNS/DHCP service in the platform's DDI orchestrator application.

To create a connection:

  1. In the navigation menu, select Connection hub.
  2. On the Connections page, select New.
  3. In the Create connection dialog, enter the following information:
    • Name: A unique name for the connection
      Note: You cannot create a connection with the same name as an existing or deleted connection.
    • Description: A description of the connection, for example, its purpose
    • Type: Select a type from the dropdown, such as DDI agent
  4. Select Create.
  5. Copy the connection registration token. This is a one-time registration key that you must use when installing the connection on the target server. This key is required to establish a secure connection between the on-premise service and the cloud.
    Note: This is the only time the connection configuration can be copied. It cannot be recovered.

    The Copy connection configuration dialog, which provides the connection's Registration token that you need to copy to use for provisioning the connection.

If you encounter issues creating devices, please refer to Frequently asked questions.