Installing and upgrading Gateway - Platform - BlueCat Gateway - 25.3.0

Gateway Administration Guide
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en-US
Product name
BlueCat Gateway
Version
25.3.0
Tip: Complete steps on installing BlueCat Gateway can be found in the BlueCat Gateway Installation Guide on the BlueCat documentation portal.

Gateway supports three types of authentication platforms: BlueCat Address Manager, Micetro or Gateway Standalone authentication.

Important: We recommend you authenticate with Gateway or Micetro. Gateway Standalone authentication should be used only if running with a built-in workflow or adaptive application that was designed to use this feature, or if you intend to develop a workflow that makes use of this feature. Before installing Gateway, to determine whether Standalone authentication is suitable for your needs, see About Gateway Standalone authentication installations.

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):

  • When authenticating with BlueCat Address Manager, you must configure the following in Address Manager:

    • Set up a UDF (User-Defined Field) named BlueCatGateway.

    • Set up a User for Gateway to use when accessing Address Manager data.

    Note: If you're installing Gateway on a BDDS, you can only authenticate with BlueCat Address Manager. 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.

  • When authenticating with Micetro, you must configure the specific roles, users, and permissions that Gateway will use within the Micetro application.

Regardless of the authentication type, within the Gateway Docker container, you must also map the Gateway logging folders to an external folder, then set needed access permissions for the logging folder and the bluecat_gateway workflows folder.

For more details on these steps, see Additional Gateway setup in the the BlueCat Gateway Installation Guide.

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