Discover/Onboard an ADC Device

Onboard the supported ADC vendor devices (Hardware, Cloud, and Software) into the AppViewX inventory using the IP Address/FQDN. AppViewX will initiate the communication using the provided credentials and Discover the Applications/Objects along with their configuration that are hosted on the devices. The Discovered Applications can be accessed within the product.

For vendor-specific device addition, refer to Discover/Onboard ADC Device for Vendor.

To onboard a device into Device Inventory:

  1. Go to Menu > ADC+ > ASSET MANAGEMENT > Device Inventory.
    By default, the ADC tab opens.
  2. In the ADC tab, click add button located upper right corner.
    The Add page appears.
  3. Enter or select the field information in the General Information section.
    Table 1. General information Section - Field and Description Table
    Name Type Description Validation
    Module Check box SLB / GSLB Module. NA
    Device name Text Unique name of the device to be added. Device names can only contain alphanumeric characters, '-' , '_' , '.' , '*' , '|' , '!' and spaces.
    Data center Text Datacenter name where the device is configured. The default value is Absecon. Data center name can only contain alphanumeric characters, '-' , '_' , '.' , '*' , ':' , '|' and spaces.
    Communication Radio button Devices can be accessed using an IP address or FQDN. NA
    IP Address Text The IPv4 address of the device. The IP address should be in the right format.
    FQDN Text The FQDN of the device. the FQDN should be in a valid format.
    Cert Sync Radio button

    Managed:

    The certificates of the device can be managed.

    Monitored:

    The certificates of the device can be monitored.

    Ignored:

    The certificate sync can be ignored.

    		 NA
    AppViewX Group Sync Check box This should be enabled if the user wants to sync the devices within the device group. NA
    LB Sync Checkbox By default, this option is enabled to discover and manage the load balancer configurations. If not required, you can disable this option.
    *: Mandatory fields
  4. Enter or select the field information in the Credentials section:
    Table 2. Credentials - Field and Description Table
    Field Description
    *Credential type Credentials can be manually provided or stored as a one-time entry onto the credential library and referred at the time of device addition. Select one of the following credential types from the drop-down list:
    • Manual Entry - The user name and password of the device need to be entered with device details. By default, the Manual Entry option is selected.
    • AppViewX Credential List - The user name and password can be added to the List and that entry can be referred to during device addition. The credential lists are integrated within AppViewX application for the secured authentication. The available credential lists are:
      • Credential List - AppViewX
      • Credential List - CyberArk
      • Credential List - Thycotic
      • Credential List - HashiCorp

      To create a credential list, see Creating Credential List in the Platform User Guide.
    *Username Username for the ADC device when you select the Manual Entry credential type.
    *Password Valid password for the ADC device when you select the Manual Entry credential type.
    Note: Use strong passwords for secure device communication. Your Passwords can be of any length with a combination of alpha-numerical, symbols, and special characters.
    Enable password For the AppViewX Credential List credential type, select your credential list with a CYBERARK username and app ID from the dropdown list.
    *: Mandatory fields
    Note: The asterisk (*) symbol indicates mandatory fields.
  5. Enter or select the field information in the Secondary device information section as follows:

    • Auto-Detect - This option will automatically detect the corresponding secondary devices and add it as a new entry into AppViewX inventory using the Primary device’s credential.

    • Manual Entry - This selection will enable you to manually add Secondary devices with a Sync-group name entered for reference. This name will be used to identify the pairs in the inventory. Follow similar steps.

    • Ignore - This option can be enabled if you need to ignore the detection of the secondary device associated with the current device.

    Note:

    • In a typical network configuration, Application traffic will be handled by multiple ADC devices for ensuring the high availability of the application. This distribution of ADC servers will be meaningful during any disaster recovery and avoid a single point of failure. To achieve this, multiple ADC devices will be configured in Active/Standby or in failover groups. In this grouping, one ADC device will be serving the traffic and the rest of the devices in the group will act as a backup in case of a failure. The configuration will be in sync between these devices. At the same time, devices in a sync group can be in active-active mode also. You can manage one or more such Secondary devices (Failover/Standby devices) in inventory.

    • By clicking the Add button, multiple devices can be added as secondary devices and all the devices will be available in the grid.
    • By managing the primary and secondary devices in AppViewX during the device flips, traffic routing and management can be seamlessly handled in AppViewX.
  6. Click Save to add an ADC device.
    Note:
    • To discard the changes, click Cancel.
    • Repeat the same steps to add more ADC device(s).