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Configuring Reporting Destination
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Configuring Reporting Destination

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Last updated: Jul 22, 2022 by Gary Leicht

After you set up your Legacy Data Connector virtual appliance, you must set up certain configurations so the Legacy Data Connector can gather relevant information from the Grid members, and then send the data to the reporting server.

Note:  The Legacy Data Connector VM and the reporting member must be on the same network so that the data exchange between them will not be blocked by firewalls.

To configure the Legacy Data Connector to send DNS data to a reporting server, you can log in to the Data Connector CLI and complete the following:

  1. Enable DNS service on the Grid Master. For information about enabling DNS service on the Grid Master, refer to the Infoblox NIOS Administrator Guide.
  2. Configure and register the Legacy Data Connector, as described in Deploying the Legacy Data Connector Virtual Appliance.
  3. Configure the Grid to capture DNS queries and responses, as described in Configuring DNS Queries and Responses on NIOS.
  4. Log in to the Data Connector CLI.
  5. Verify the configured network settings of the Data Connector using the admin.network > ip4 get command.
    Example:

    admin.network > ip4 get
    Configured System Setting:
    gateway: 10.35.0.1
    mask: 255.255.0.0
    mode: static
    address: 10.35.1.1
    vlanid: 0
    vlan configuration is only in effect in the static mode.

  6. Use the data.source.grid > set address command to set the Grid IP, admin username, and password. 
    Example:
    data.source.grid > set address 10.0.0.22

    Command applied successfully.
    data.source.grid > set username admin
    Command applied successfully.
    data.source.grid > password
    Enter the NIOS admin's password:
    Enter again:
    Password updated

  7. Use the data.destination.reporting.registration > register command to register the Data Connector with the NIOS Grid, as follows:
    data.destination.reporting.registration > register 
    Getting Grid Data Connector information... done. 
    Generating certificate for Splunk forwarder... done. 
    Signing Splunk forwarder certificate with the Grid... done. 
    Registering Data Connector with the Grid... done.

    Saving changes to database... done.


  8. Configure a reporting server as the destination using data.destination.reporting > set mode command and set the reporting output mode to forward, as follows:

    data.destination.reporting > set mode forward 

    Data will start transmitting immediately

    ok 

or

You can run the wizard command while configuring the Legacy Data Connector VM. Using the wizard command, you can configure the network settings, register the Data Connector VM with the Infoblox Grid, and add an SCP user who is allowed to upload files to the Legacy Data Connector VM. For information, see Configuring and Registering the Legacy Data Connector Virtual Appliance.

. Note that you can register only one Legacy Data Connector VM with the NIOS Grid. 

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