Create Off-box Agent
Make sure that you've:
- Added login credentials for the devices.
- Configured management IP connectivity between devices and the Apstra server. You must do this before installing agents so it’s out-of-band (OOB). Configuring management connectivity in-band (through the fabric) is not supported and could cause connectivity issues when changes are made to the blueprint.
- Uploaded required packages.
- On Juniper devices, add Junos license configuration. (This is not the preferred method for adding license configuration. For more information, see Juniper Device Agent.)
Before creating/installing off-box device agents on Juniper Junos, Cisco NX-OS and Arista EOS, configure the following minimum configuration on them as shown below.
Juniper Junos Off-box Agent Minimum Configuration
system {
login {
user aosadmin {
uid 2000;
class super-user;
authentication {
encrypted-password "xxxxx";
}
}
}
services {
ssh;
netconf {
ssh;
}
}
management-instance;
}
interfaces {
em0 {
unit 0 {
family inet {
address <address>/<cidr>;
}
}
}
}
routing-instances {
mgmt_junos {
routing-options {
static {
route 0.0.0.0/0 next-hop <management-default-gateway>;
}
}
}
}For more information, see Juniper Device Agent.
Cisco NX-OS Off-box Agent Minimum Configuration
! feature nxapi feature bash-shell feature scp-server feature evmed copp profile strict nxapi http port 80 ! username admin password <admin-password> role network-admin ! vrf context management ip route 0.0.0.0/0 <management-default-gateway> ! nxapi http port 80 ! interface mgmt0 ip address <address>/<cidr> !
Arista EOS Off-box Agent Minimum Configuration
!
service routing protocols model multi-agent
!
aaa authorization exec default local
!
username admin privilege 15 role network-admin secret <admin-password>
!
vrf definition management
rd 100:100
!
interface Management1
vrf forwarding management
ip address <address>/<cidr>
!
ip route vrf management 0.0.0.0/0 <management-default-gateway>
!
management api http-commands
protocol http
no shutdown
!
vrf management
no shutdown
!- Confirm that you've installed the minimum configuration as described above, and that the device doesn't contain configuration that would raise validation errors. (For details, see Agent overview.).
- From the left navigation menu, navigate to Devices > System Agents > Agents, click the OFFBOX tab, and click Create Offbox Agent(s).
- Specify agent details as described in the Device Agent Overview section.
- Click Create. While the task is active you can view its progress at the bottom of the screen in the Active Jobs section. The job status changes from Initialized to In Progress to Succeeded.