What’s New

Support for RHEL Version 9.3 (NIOSRFE-36)

Starting from NIOS 9.0.4, vNIOS for KVM instances can be deployed in RHEL 9.3 environments.

Support for Virtual Advanced DNS Protection and Virtual DNS Cache Acceleration on Trinzic X6 Series Appliances (RFE-8736)

Instances of Trinzic X6 series appliances deployed in a KVM-based OpenStack environment and running on NIOS 9.0.2 or later support virtual Advanced DNS Protection (vADP) and virtual DNS Cache Acceleration (vDCA) features. For more information, refer to the About Infoblox Advanced DNS Protection and Configuring DNS Cache Acceleration topics in the Infoblox NIOS Documentation. For the list of supported appliances, see vNIOS for KVM Virtual Appliance Models.

About vNIOS Virtual Appliance for KVM-Based OpenStack

Same as Hypervisor?

vNIOS for KVM-Based OpenStack Virtual Appliance Models

Same as hypervisor?

Deploying vNIOS for KVM-Based OpenStack

You can deploy the vNIOS appliance from a remote web server or a local file system accessible from your management system. Instructions in this section assume that you have configured the server on your network, and you are able to connect to it from your management system.
To deploy a vNIOS appliance for KVM-Based OpenStack, complete the following steps:

1. Install relevant package for the operating system, either CentOS for KVM or RHEL (Red Hat Enterprise Linux) for KVM-based OpenStack, that you use:

   • In your CentOS environment, verify that you have already installed the device-mapper package. If not, run the following commands to install the package:
     yum install device-mapper
service libvirtd restart

   • In your RHEL environment, verify that you have already installed the gnome package. If not, you can run the following commands to install the package:
     yum group list
     The above command lists all available installation groups on the RHEL environment. Next, run the following command to install gnome package:
     yum groupinstall 'Server with GUI'
     Alternatively, you can use the following command to install only the core gnome package:
     yum groupinstall 'X Window System' 'GNOME'

2. Download the qcow2 file from the Infoblox Technical Support site. For information, see the Requirements section.

3. Install the vNIOS virtual appliance in KVM-based OpenStack environment, as described in Installing vNIOS for KVM in the OpenStack Environment.

4. Configure and start the vNIOS virtual appliance, as described in Starting a vNIOS Instance in OpenStack Environment.