Network Deployment (Distributed operating systems), v8.0 > Set up intermediary services > Use the DataPower appliance manager
Add DataPower appliances to the appliance manager
Overview
Appliances added to the DataPower appliance manager can be part of a managed set of appliances using shared settings.
- Verify the appliance you are adding is at a v3.6.0.4 or higher firmware level.
The appliance manager cannot manage an appliances that is not at a v3.6.0.4 or higher firmware level.
- Verify the appliance manager can communicate with the port used for the XML Management interface AMP endpoint on the appliance.
The appliance manager uses this port to send commands to an appliance.
- Verify the appliance can communicate with the port used for the DataPowerMgr_inbound_secure endpoint on the dmgr.
The appliance uses this port to send events to the appliance manager.
- Verify the Appliance Management Protocol (AMP) endpoint is enabled for each appliance.
If the endpoint during installation, use the DataPower WebGUI to enable the AMP endpoint.
- Verify there is not a firewall between the dmgr and the appliances that will be part of a managed set.
If there is a firewall between the dmgr and the appliances, that firewall might prevent the appliance manager from communicating with the appliances in a managed set.
We can use the admin console to add a new DataPower appliance or to access the DataPower WebGUI. To access the DataPower WebGUI, in the admin console, click...
Servers | DataPower | Appliances | Launch
The XML management interface port default 5550, is different from the Web Management Service port, default 9090. The DataPower appliance manager uses the XML management interface port to manage the DataPower appliances. You use the Web Management Service port to access the WebGUI on the DataPower appliance.
We can use the same user ID and password to access both the XML management interface and the WebGUI.
Add a add a new DataPower appliance
- In the admin console, click...
Servers | DataPower | Appliances | New
- Specify a unique name for the appliance in the Name field. An appliance name must be unique and cannot contain an invalid character. The name field cannot contain the characters # $ @ \ / , : ; " * ? < > | = + & % or '.
- Specify an IP address or fully qualified host name in the Host name field.
- Specify the XML management interface port the DataPower appliance uses in the Administrative port field.
- Specify the ID that you want to use to connect to the DataPower appliance in the User ID field.
- Specify the password to associate with the user ID in the Password and Verify password fields.
- Click OK to add the new appliance.
Results
The DataPower appliance manager is managing this appliance.
What to do next
We can change appliance settings, add the appliance to a managed set, or remove the appliance from the DataPower appliance manager. For security reasons, the DataPower appliance manager does not include Crypto material, such as keys and certificates, in the shareable settings and domain versions that it creates. Therefore, after you add an appliance to the appliance manager, manually add any Crypto material to apply for the new appliance.
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