Installing and upgrading Gateway - Platform - BlueCat Gateway - 24.3.3

Gateway Administration Guide

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Product name
BlueCat Gateway
Version
24.3.3

Complete steps on installing BlueCat Gateway can be found in the BlueCat Gateway Installation Guide on the BlueCat documentation portal.

Tip: As noted in the BlueCat Gateway Installation Guide, after installing Gateway, you must perform additional configuration on your system and in BlueCat Address Manager or Micetro (depending on what you're configuring Gateway to authenticate with:
  • Within BlueCat Address Manager, set up a UDF named BlueCatGateway.

  • Within BlueCat Address Manager, set up a User for Gateway to use when accessing Address Manager data.

  • Within the Gateway Docker container, map the Gateway logging folders to an external folder, then set needed access access permissions for the logging folder and the bluecat_gateway workflows folder.

  • Within Micetro, create specific roles, users, and permissions that Gateway will use.
For more details on these steps, see Additional Gateway setup in the the BlueCat Gateway Installation Guide.

For detailed prerequisites, technical specifications, limitations, and best practices for deploying BlueCat Gateway on a BlueCat DNS/DHCP Server (BDDS), see Gateway Service on DNS/DHCP Server in the BlueCat Address Manager Administration Guide.

The sections below describe additional configuration that you might need to perform depending on the structure and architecture of your network.