A
- access control lists
- access security
- accounts
- address filter, IP See IP access filter
- Admin Center
- accessing
- groups
- passwords
- users
- adding
- automatic logout
- counters
- deleting active
- deleting inactive
- deleting prohibited
- displaying prohibited
- IP access filters, creating
- IP access filters, removing
- locked-out IP addresses
- lockout period
- logging out selected
- login attempts
- login properties
- managing access
- modifying properties
- monitoring
- prohibiting
- reinstating prohibited
- administrative passwords
- administrative settings
- Apache daemon
- archive file
- authentication
B
- bandwidth throttling
- banner
- BIOS menu
- booting CTPView server from CD
- browser
C
- Circuit to Packet network
- clock options
- CompactFlash card
- configuration settings
- configuration, server
- CTP devices
- CTP platforms
- adding and removing
- adding comments to monitoring status
- automatically collecting statistical data
- changing display settings for network monitoring
- checking connections to the CTPView server
- displaying network statistics
- displaying reports
- displaying runtime query results
- host groups, adding and removing
- managing
- manually overriding monitoring status
- monitoring (CTPView GUI)
- passwords
- port forwarding
- restoring configuration
- saving configuration automatically
- setting audible status alert
- SNMP communities, adding and removing
- SSH connections
- understanding network reports
- updating CTPOS
- CTPOS
- burn CTPOS flash image 1, 2
- burning image to a CompactFlash card
- default accounts and passwords
- updating
- upgrade files
- CTPView
- CTPView Admin Center See Admin Center
- CTPView GUI
- adding comments to platform monitoring status
- Admin Center, accessing
- automatically removing outdated files
- automatically synchronizing servers
- bandwidth throttling
- browser settings
- browser, logging in
- changing default user password
- checking network connections
- configuring automatic functions
- creating more server disk space
- CTP platform reports
- display settings
- display settings help
- displaying platform and port runtime query results
- email notifications
- Global_Admin account, creating
- groups
- host groups, adding and removing
- managing users and groups
- manually overriding platform monitoring status
- monitoring the CTP platform network
- network monitoring display settings
- network reports 1
- network statistics
- NTP servers, managing
- passwords
- platforms, adding and removing
- port forwarding, managing
- restoring configuration
- CTP platform
- CTPView server, by synchronizing servers 1, 2
- restoring server configuration
- saving configuration
- server clock, setting
- setting audible platform status alert
- SNMP communities, adding and removing
- start-up (log-in) banner
- support for tabbed or nontabbed browsers
- synchronizing servers
- user properties, modifying
- users
- adding
- automatic logout
- counters
- deleting active
- deleting inactive
- deleting prohibited
- displaying prohibited
- IP access filters, creating
- IP address access filters, removing
- locked-out IP addresses
- lockout period
- logging out selected
- login attempts
- login properties
- managing access
- monitoring
- prohibiting
- reinstating prohibited
- validating server configuration 1, 2
- verifying server OS installation
- CTPView server
- access security, managing 1, 2
- account
- acquiring shell access
- booting from CD
- clock, setting
- configuring guidelines on a virtual machine
- configuring on a Hyper-V server
- configuring on an ESXi server
- creating disk space
- data file permissions, resetting
- default accounts and passwords
- determining free disk space
- disk space, creating
- firewall defaults, restoring
- installation log
- installing OS (CTPView server CLI)
- installing the software overview
- log-in banner, setting
- logging level, setting
- logs, managing
- MySQL server, restarting
- network access, configuring
- on a Hyper-V server
- on a Hyper-V server, overview
- on a virtual machine, overview
- on an ESXi server
- on an ESXi server, overview
- password
- password requirements 1, 2
- port forwarding, configuring
- preparing a new
- restoring browser access
- restoring configuration by synchronizing servers 1, 2
- restoring configuration overview
- restoring configuration settings
- restoring shell access
- software installation and upgrade
- start-up (log-in) banner
- synchronizing to restore configuration 1, 2
- system administrator account, resetting
- system file defaults, restoring
- TACACS+ settings
- TACACS+, configuring
- third-party software on
- upgrade files
- upgrading the software overview
- user passwords, managing
- users, managing shell account
- validating configuration 1, 2
- verifying OS installation
- web certificate, creating
- CTPView server CLI
- BIOS menu password 1, 2
- burning CTPOS image to a CompactFlash card
- changing default user password
- changing root account password 1, 2
- installing server OS
- reviewing the installation log
- CTPView server menu
- access security, managing
- accessing
- creating more server disk space 1, 2
- GRUB boot loader password 1, 2
- log-in banner, setting
- logging level, setting
- logs, managing
- MySQL Apache account password 1, 2
- MySQL IP access lists
- MySQL root account password 1, 2
- MySQL server, restarting
- network access, configuring
- OpenSSL authenticaton, creating and self-signing web certificate
- port forwarding, managing
- restoring server configuration settings 1, 2
- saving CTPView configuration settings 1, 2
- TACACS+, configuring
- user passwords, managing
- users, managing shell account
- web certificate, creating
- CTPView server OS
- software installation and upgrade
- verifying installation
- CTPView server, OpenSSL
- CTPView software
- configuring administrative settings
- saving configuration settings 1, 2
- updating CTPOS
- upgrade files
- upgrading
- user security levels
D
- data file permissions
E
- email notifications
- ESXi server
F
- files
- removing (CTPView GUI)
- removing (CTPView server menu) 1, 2
- firewall
G
- Global_Admin account
- groups, user
- GRUB boot loader
H
I
- installation
- IP access filter
- IP address filter See IP access filter
L
- limiting CTP network bandwidth
- log-in banner
- configuring
- setting
- logging level
- login security
- logs
M
- menu
- MySQL database
- automatically backing up
- changing the Apache account password 1, 2
- changing the root account password 1, 2
- configuring IP access control lists
- MySQL server
N
- native authentication with Steel-Belted RADIUS
- network access
- network reports
- nonroot account
- nonroot passwords
- NTP servers
O
- OpenSSL authentication
- OS, CTPView server
- installing (CTPView server CLI)
- software installation and upgrade
- verifying installation on server
- outdated files
- automatically removing
- removing (CTPView GUI)
- removing (CTPView server menu) 1, 2
- overview
- Circuit to Packet network
- CTP network software
- restoring configuration 1, 2
- restoring server configuration
- software installation and upgrade
- synchronizing servers (CTPView)
P
- passwords
- BIOS menu changing 1, 2
- changing administrative
- changing requirements
- CTP platform user
- CTPOS
- CTPView GUI
- CTPView server
- changing default
- changing root 1, 2
- creating nonroot
- default
- recovering lost
- requirements 1, 2
- setting new nonroot
- setting new root
- excluding from use
- expiration of user
- Global_Admin account
- GRUB boot loader changing 1, 2
- limiting use
- managing user
- MySQL database changing 1, 2, 3, 4
- reinstating excluded
- requirements of user
- port forwarding
R
- receive packet processing
- redundant files
- removing (CTPView GUI)
- removing (CTPView server menu) 1, 2
- remote host See CTP platforms
- root passwords
- RSA SecurID authentication with Steel-Belted RADIUS
S
- security levels
- serial stream processing
- setting user password
- shell access to CTPView server
- SNMP communities See adding and removing
- software
- installation and upgrade
- upgrade files
- SSH
- connections to CTP platforms
- persistent connections to CTP platforms
- start-up banner
- configuring
- setting
- Steel-Belted RADIUS
- synchronization of CTPView servers
- automatic method
- configuring the synchronization network
- manual method
- overview
- to restore configuration 1, 2
- system administrator account
- system file
T
- third-party software
- transmit packet processing
- troubleshooting
- two factor authentication with Steel-Belted RADIUS
U
- upgrade
- user accounts, unlocking
- user groups See groups, user
- user passwords
- changing CTP platform
- changing CTPView GUI default
- changing server’s default
- changing server’s root 1, 2
- expiration
- requirements
- users
- adding
- authentication with Steel-Belted RADIUS
- automatic logout
- counters
- deleting active
- deleting inactive
- deleting prohibited
- displaying prohibited
- IP access filters
- locked-out IP addresses
- lockout period
- logging out selected
- login attempts
- login properties
- managing
- managing access
- managing passwords
- modifying properties
- monitoring
- password requirements 1, 2
- prohibiting
- reinstating prohibited
- security levels 1, 2
- shell account, classification
- shell account, managing
V
- virtual machine
W
- web certificate
Download This Guide
Related Documentation
Guidelines for Configuring Virtual CTPView Servers on WMWare ESX Servers
One of the salient and significant advantages of configuring a CTPView server on a virtual machine is to enable configuration of multiple CTPView server instances for quick access to a variety of server configurations. Also, you can run different OS versions and software releases on the virtualized CTPView server instances. TACACS+ servers, syslog servers, and RADIUS servers, besides serving as a platform for other applications, can be configured on the virtualized CTPView servers. We recommend that you use the VMWare help documentation for assistance in using the vSphere Client software.
Keep the following guidelines in mind when you configure a CTPView server on a VMWare ESX Server:
- Sizing the CTPView drive
- When building a server, several options are presented to you from the Installation Utility. These choices depend on the version of software you are installing. The procedure illustrated in the section to create a VM instance of CTPView describes the options for CTPView 4.2R1 on CentOS. You can determine what other versions and OS you need by inspecting the code/gui/cdrom/isolinux.cfg file appropriate for the system in question. It also contains some hidden options not shown on the GUI screen.
- Your most common selection is mostly “ctpview-vmdemo”. The advantage of using this choice is the small storage capacity it requires, with a minimum size is 4 GB. This behavior is achieved, which is also a disadvantage in some test cases, is using a single partition for the OS , data and applications. The only time you might not want to build a CTPView server in such a manner is when you are conducting a test or a trial, which is dependant on having the same drive partitions as a production server.
- The choices of “ctpview-install” and ctpview-vmware” are identical. The reason for the distinction on the GUI screen is to alert the user that a minimum drive size of 60 GB is required. This classification is because some of the CTPView partitions in a network environment are fixed in size.
- A directory has been created on the ESXi host for storing
ISO files that you may upload at
/vmfs/volumes/datastore1/ISO_FILES/
. - When using a graphical application, such as WinSCP, to upload ISO files to the datastore remember to specify “scp” as the transport protocol. Also, you must disable the “Lookup user groups” option on the scp application to avoid a warning message.
- You need to manage a maximum number of virtual machines that are running at a point in time in such a way that it does not adversely affect total performance. The vSphere client has a variety of tools available to help you monitor the system performance.