SD-WAN Versa Collector Deployment / Configuration Guide

Login Credentials & Password Change

To perform SD-WAN collector installation process, you will need to SSH into your machines using non-root credentials for the user sevone. Before continuing, you will need to SSH into each machine that you plan to run SD-WAN collector on and change the default password for this user. This applies whether you are using a SD-WAN appliance or have deployed an .ova. You will need to do this for all nodes (control plane and all agent nodes). This is important for security reasons.

1. SSH into your SD-WAN collector machine and log in as sevone.

2. At the Password prompt, enter sevone.

3. Execute the following command:

   $ passwd
   

4. At the prompt New password, enter a new password for the sevone user.

5. At the prompt Retype new password, enter the new password again.

6. Repeat the steps above for each machine that you plan to run SD-WAN collector on.

Install sevone-cli

Execute the following command to install sevone-cli using Command Line Interface.

$ sudo rpm -Uvh /opt/SevOne/upgrade/utilities/sevone-cli-*.rpm

Generate SSH Keys

As a security measure, fresh installations do not ship with pre-generated SSH keys. Execute the following command to generate unique SSH keys for your cluster.

$ sevone-cli cluster setup-keys

Single-Node Deployment

1. Please refer to SD-WAN Versa Collector Pre-Deployment Guide to deploy a single SD-WAN Versa node.

2. Using ssh, log into the SD-WAN Versa collector control plane node as sevone.

   $ ssh sevone@<SD-WAN collector 'control plane' node IP address or hostname>
   

   Example

   $ ssh sevone@10.128.10.69
   

3. Change the hostname. For details, please refer to SD-WAN Versa Collector Use-Cases Guide > section Use-Cases > subsection Change Hostname.

   Please make sure to set the hostname for all k3s nodes in lowercase when deploying the collector.

Multi-Node Deployment

1. For a multi-node setup, repeat the steps in SD-WAN Versa Collector Pre-Deployment Guide for each additional node in your cluster. Every SD-WAN collector node ships as a running single-node Kubernetes cluster.

2. Using ssh, log into each node and change the hostname. In order to create a multi-node cluster, you must designate one of the nodes to be your control plane node. For details on how to change the hostname, please refer to SD-WAN Versa Collector Use-Cases Guide > section Use-Cases > subsection Change Hostname.

   IMPORTANT
   

   • Please make sure to set the hostname for all k3s nodes in lowercase when deploying or upgrading the collector.
   • If you have created cluster or added agent nodes using the hostname method, please skip to step 7.
   • If you want to create cluster or add agent nodes using the IP address method, please perform steps 3, 4, 5, and 6.

   Example

   IMPORTANT
   The hostnames and IP addresses mentioned in this table are used in the examples for the steps below. Please make sure to replace the hostnames and IP addresses with your machine's hostnames and IP addresses.

   Hostname	IP Address	Role
   sdwan-node01	10.123.45.67	control plane
   sdwan-node02	10.123.45.68	agent1
   sdwan-node03	10.123.45.69	agent2

3. Using ssh, log into SD-WAN collector control plane node as sevone.

   $ ssh sevone@<SD-WAN collector 'control plane' node IP address or hostname>
   

   Example

   $ ssh sevone@10.123.45.67
   

4. Stop / reset the running cluster.

   Please perform this step on control plane node and all agent nodes you want to add.

   $ sevone-cli cluster down
   

5. Log into SD-WAN collector control plane node as sevone and add nodes by executing the following command.

   $ sevone-cli cluster worker add <IP address for node>
   

   • Please add agent nodes using the IP address only.
   • When adding a new agent node to your cluster, repeat step 5 every time.
   • Please do not run sevone-cli cluster worker remove command when there is no k3s cluster running.

6. The following spins up your Kubernetes cluster.

   $ sevone-cli cluster up
   

   If you want to add more nodes to your cluster, perform the following steps:
   

   1. Run $ sevone-cli cluster down command on control plane node every time.
   2. Run $ sevone-cli cluster worker add <IP address for node> command.
   3. Run $ sevone-cli cluster up command.
   The message FAILED - RETRYING: Wait for kubernetes node to be up means that kubernetes node is trying to come up and it may take a long time. If all retries are exhausted and kubernetes node is unable to come up, the command will fail automatically. Please contact IBM SevOne Support for help.

7. Verify that your control plane and agent node(s) are Ready and have been added to the Kubernetes cluster.

   $ kubectl get nodes
   
   NAME                             STATUS   ROLES                 AGE     VERSION
   <your 'control plane' hostname>  Ready    control-plane,master  2m45s   v1.27.1+k3s1
   <your 'agent1' hostname>         Ready    <none>                2m45s   v1.27.1+k3s1
   <your 'agent2' hostname>         Ready    <none>                2m45s   v1.27.1+k3s1
   ...
   <your 'agent<n>' hostname>       Ready    <none>                2m45s   v1.27.1+k3s1
   

   Example

   $ kubectl get nodes
   
   NAME          STATUS  ROLES                 AGE     VERSION
   sdwan-node01  Ready   control-plane,master  2m45s   v1.27.1+k3s1
   sdwan-node02  Ready   <none>                2m45s   v1.27.1+k3s1
   sdwan-node03  Ready   <none>                2m45s   v1.27.1+k3s1
   

using Graphical User Interface

1. Using ssh, log into SD-WAN Versa collector control plane node as sevone.

   $ ssh sevone@<SD-WAN collector 'control plane' node IP address or hostname>
   

   Example

   $ ssh sevone@10.128.10.69
   

2. Copy /opt/SevOne/upgrade/utilities/api.custom.yaml to /etc/sevone-guii.

   $ cp /opt/SevOne/upgrade/utilities/api.custom.yaml /etc/sevone-guii
   

   After making a copy, if you need to change the port number for the API, using a text editor of your choice, edit the .yaml file to change the setting and save the file.

   Example: Change port number for API

   $ vi /etc/sevone-guii/api.custom.yaml
   main:
     port: 3001  # <-- change port number
   

   If you need to change the port number for the client, create client.custom.yaml file in /etc/sevone-guii/.

   • Change directory to /etc/sevone-guii/.

     $ cd /etc/sevone-guii/
     

   • Create client.custom.yaml file.

     $ touch client.custom.yaml
     

   • Using a text editor of your choice, edit the .yaml file to change the setting and save the file.

     Example: Change port number for Client

     $ vi /etc/sevone-guii/client.custom.yaml
     main:
       port: 3000  # <-- change port number
     

3. Copy SSH keys to SevOne NMS and install GUI.

   $ ssh-copy-id root@<SevOne NMS IP Address> && sevone-cli guii
   

   Example

   $ ssh-copy-id root@10.168.87.203 && sevone-cli guii
   

   Please provide the SSH password when prompted.

   Example: The command returns the following

   ╒═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╕
   │ SEVONE GUI INSTALLER                                          │
   ╞═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╡
   │ Please open https://10.128.10.69:3000 in your web browser to  │
   │ access the GUI Installer.                                     │
   ├───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
   │ Your credentials are:                                         │
   │ - Username: admin                                             │
   │ - Password: {#[IC}yq!(                                        │
   ├───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
   │ If you ever lose your credentials, they are stored in:        │
   │ /etc/sevone-guii/creds                                        │
   ╘═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛
   

   You are now ready to install using the Graphical User Interface Installer.

4. Using a web browser of your choice, enter the URL the setup script has returned. For example, https://10.128.10.69:3000.

   
   You will also need the credentials (Username and Password) that the setup script returns. These credentials are also stored in /etc/sevone-guii/creds file.

   Example

   $ cat /etc/sevone-guii/creds | jq
   
   {
   
   "password": "{#[IC}yq!(",
   "tokenSecret": "ClgzaLTROMCoRhvkkKmoVOZOlpEPmcec",
   "username": "admin"
   
   }
   

5. Click Update Cluster to install SD-WAN Versa Collector.

6. Enter the credentials returned to perform the Self-Service Upgrade. For example, Username: admin and Password: {#[IC}yq!(

   
   To use the Graphical User Interface installer in dark theme, click next to SevOne logo.
   
   For help on what each upgrade step does, click button in the upper-right corner.
   IMPORTANT
   

   All the screenshots below are based on the example being used to write this document. Your total number of tasks passed (ok) , skipped , failed , ignored , unreachable , or unexecuted will vary based on your setup. The tasks failed must be addressed as ansible has not ignored them.

7. Enter username & password and then click Login. The graphical user interface installer checks the Current Version and allows you to proceed with the installation

   
   Example
   Current Version is on SD-WAN Versa Collector 6.6.0+25.
   
   You can proceed with redeploy/install.
   During the Self-Service Upgrade, if you experience network connectivity issue or the upgrade has been halted for any reason, the self-service upgrade will resume from the step where it left off after the issue is resolved. However, if you are at the Deploy step and the self-service upgrade has been halted for any reason, self-service upgrade will show a message requesting you to contact IBM SevOne Support.
   
   To resume with the Self-Service Upgrade, using a web browser of your choice, re-enter the URL the setup script has returned. For example, https://10.128.10.69:3000.

8. Click the Continue to Configure button to configure SD-WAN Versa solution. Using GUI, you can configure only basic settings for your collector. To configure the advanced settings, please refer to section Configure.

   To configure advanced settings, you must click Save button.
   

   1. From Configuration drop-down, choose a configuration file from the list. The default configuration file is solutions-sdwan-versa_custom_guii.yaml . Provide inputs for all mandatory fields.

      Once you provide inputs for all mandatory fields, error messages will no longer appear.
      

   2. Collector Service

      • Credentials (All values must be base64-encoded format)
        • Controller Credentials
          • Username - The username for Versa Director credentials with admin-level read privilege.
          • Password - The password for Versa Director.
        • NMS Credentials
          • NMS API Credentials
            • Username - The SevOne NMS user name for an administrator-level account.
            • Password - The SevOne NMS password.
          • SSH Credentials
            • Username - The SevOne NMS user name for ssh access to the appliance. It is recommend to set to root in base64-encoded format.
            • Password - The SevOne NMS password for root user.
        • DI Credentials
          • DI API Credentials
            • Username - The SevOne Data Insight user name for an adminstrator-level account.
            • Password - The SevOne Data Insight password.
        • Syslog Receiver Port - The port on which the collector listens for non-flow syslog data sent by Versa Analytics.

   3. Collector Configuration

      • MSP Name - The Managed Service Provider (MSP) name for this instance. MSP is a grouping of one or more tenants.

   4. Log

      • Log Level - Defines the log-level for the collector. Value can be info, debug, warning, or error.

   5. Jaeger

      • Disabled - Select the check box to disable Jaeger tracing.

   6. Load Reports

      • Disabled - Set the check box to not import TopN views and OOTB reports.

   7. Vendor Controller Settings

      • Versa Director Settings
        • Versa Director API URL - The API URL of Versa Director.
        • Insecure TLS - Select the check box to enable insecure TLS connection by skipping certification verification. This is necessary for servers with self-signed server certificates.

   8. NMS

      • NMS API Settings
        • NMS API IP / Hostname - The hostname or IP address for SOA and REST API endpoints. i.e., targeted SevOne NMS.
        • Insecure TLS - Select the check box to enable insecure TLS connection by skipping certification verification. This is necessary for servers with self-signed server certificates.
      • DI
        • DI API Settings - The hostname or IP address for targeted SevOne Data Insight.
        • Insecure TLS - Select the check box to enable insecure TLS connection by skipping certification verification. This is necessary for servers with self-signed server certificates.
        • Tenant - Tenant name for this SevOne Data Insight instance. This is an internal name used to keep settings and cached data segregated by tenant. Default value is SevOne.

   9. Flow Augmentor Service Settings

      • Enable - Select the check box to enable Flow Augmentor installation.
      • Flow Receiver Port - The port on which Flow Augmentor listens for inbound flows. The port number can range from 9000 - 33000.

   10. Flow Augmentor Configuration

       • Flow Augmentor Sender Configuration
         • Flow Augmentor Sender Buffer Size - Sender output buffer size in number of packets.
         • DNC IP - IP address of the DNC, where the augmented flows are sent.
         • Port No - Port of DNC, where the the augmented flows are sent.

9. Click Save . Configuration is saved in /opt/SevOne/chartconfs/solutions-sdwan-versa_custom_guii.yaml .

   Once the configuration is saved, click Continue button to upgrade SOA.

10. Click Continue button to Upgrade SOA.

    SOA version
    SOA must be on the latest version on all appliances in SevOne NMS cluster. Command Line Interface (CLI) must be used to upgrade SOA on all peers as the graphical user interface (GUI) only upgrades SOA for the NMS appliance you are connected to.

    Add flag --all-peers if you want to install SOA on all peers in the cluster.

    $ sevone-cli soa upgrade \
    /opt/SevOne/upgrade/utilities/SevOne-soa-*.rpm \
    <enter SevOne NMS IP address> --all-peers
    

    

11. You are now ready to upgrade SOA. Click Run Upgrade SOA button. This can take a few minutes to run.

    

12. Click the Continue button to Pre-Check.

    Pre-Check step runs various checks to ensure that SD-WAN Versa collector cluster is healthy before the deployment.
    

13. You are now ready to run the pre-check. Click the Run Pre-Check button

    
    To view the logs for a task, click for the task you need the details for. The pop-up has Copy to clipboard button which allows you to copy all the contents in the pop-up and paste it into a file.

14. Click the Continue button to Deploy.

    

15. Click the Run Deploy button to run the upgrade. This can take a few minutes to run.

    

16. Click the Continue button to Post-Check.

    

17. Click the Run Post-Check button to run the post-check. This can take a few minutes to run.

    

18. Click the Continue button.

    
    This indicates that the installation has completed successfully.

using Command Line Interface

$ sevone-cli soa upgrade \
/opt/SevOne/upgrade/utilities/SevOne-soa-*.rpm

$ sevone-cli soa upgrade \
/opt/SevOne/upgrade/utilities/SevOne-soa-*.rpm \
--all-peers

$ sevone-cli playbook precheck

PLAY [Perform prechecks to install versa] ******************************************************************************
 
TASK [Gathering Facts] *************************************************************************************************
ok: [localhost]
...
...
PLAY RECAP *************************************************************************************************************
sevonek8s                  : ok=44   changed=5    unreachable=0    failed=0    skipped=48    rescued=0    ignored=0

$ sevone-cli cluster up

PLAY [prepare cluster] *************************************************************************************************
 
TASK [Gathering Facts] *************************************************************************************************
ok: [sevonek8s]
...
...
PLAY RECAP *************************************************************************************************************
sevonek8s                  : ok=156  changed=46   unreachable=0    failed=0    skipped=44   rescued=0    ignored=1

$ sevone-cli soa setup_keys

$ sevone-cli playbook postcheck

PLAY [Execute SDWAN versa post install tasks and checks] ***************************************************************
 
TASK [Gathering Facts] *************************************************************************************************
ok: [localhost]
...
...
PLAY RECAP *************************************************************************************************************
localhost                  : ok=10   changed=6   unreachable=0    failed=0    skipped=3    rescued=0    ignored=0

Value Types

How are variable names in the tables below written in YAML file?

Example# 1: Variable names starting with 'collectorService'

collectorService:
  # Listen for inbound Versa syslogs on this port.
  # Receiver port must be unique per tenant.
  syslogReceiverPort: 50001
 
  secrets:
    controller:
      # Versa Director credentials.
      username: T3BlcmF0b3I=
      password: T3BlcmF0b3IxMjMj
    nms:
      ssh:
        # NMS ssh credentials.
        username: cm9vdA==
        password: ZFJ1bSY1ODUz
      api:
        # NMS API credentials.
        username: YWRtaW4=
        password: U2V2T25l
    di:
      # DI API credentials list.
      api:
        - username: YWRtaW4=
          password: U2V2T25l

Example# 2: Variable names starting with 'collectorConfig'

collectorConfig:
  # MSP name.  Short and descriptive name for the collector that becomes part
  # of the generated NMS configuration, such as the "<MSP>::SDWAN" device
  # group that contains all collected devices.
  #
  # IMPORTANT: This value MUST match the applicable parent organization name in
  # the Versa Director's Configuration page, listed on the left side.
  #
  # Must be unique per tenant.
  msp_name: VERSA
 
  nms:
    api:
      # NMS server name or IP address.
      host: 10.129.26.187
  di:
    api:
      - host: 10.128.10.20  # DI server name or IP address
        tenant: SevOne  # DI tenant (default: SevOne)

Mandatory Settings

Check Pods

Check the pods - must be Running or Completed.

$ kubectl get pods
 
NAME                                                 READY   STATUS      RESTARTS    AGE
solutions-sdwan-versa-redis-master-0                 1/1     Running     0           3d2h
solutions-sdwan-versa-redis-replicas-0               1/1     Running     0           3d2h
solutions-sdwan-versa-upgrade-4k6vx                  0/1     Completed   0           23m
solutions-sdwan-versa-aug-decoder-5cc996c969-sw9w5   1/1     Running     0           23m
solutions-sdwan-versa-create-keys-2-tmjwr            0/1     Completed   0           23m
solutions-sdwan-versa-collector-57fdbf7d9b-kwdk9     1/1     Running     0           23m

Check Services

$ kubectl get services
 
NAME                                   TYPE           CLUSTER-IP        EXTERNAL-IP    PORT(S)           AGE
kubernetes                             ClusterIP      192.168.96.1      <none>         443/TCP           3d2h
solutions-sdwan-versa-redis-headless   ClusterIP      None              <none>         6379/TCP          3d2h
solutions-sdwan-versa-redis-replicas   ClusterIP      192.168.97.213    <none>         6379/TCP          3d2h
solutions-sdwan-versa-redis-master     ClusterIP      192.168.108.172   <none>         6379/TCP          3d2h
solutions-sdwan-versa                  LoadBalancer   192.168.106.219   10.128.10.69   50001:20824/UDP   3d2h
solutions-sdwan-versa-flowservice      LoadBalancer   192.168.103.198   10.128.10.69   9992:9992/UDP     25m

Check Logs

1. Obtain the pod name for SD-WAN Versa collector to check the logs for.

   $ kubectl get pods  
   
   NAME                                                 READY   STATUS      RESTARTS    AGE
   solutions-sdwan-versa-redis-master-0                 1/1     Running     0           3d2h
   solutions-sdwan-versa-redis-replicas-0               1/1     Running     0           3d2h
   solutions-sdwan-versa-upgrade-4k6vx                  0/1     Completed   0           23m
   solutions-sdwan-versa-aug-decoder-5cc996c969-sw9w5   1/1     Running     0           23m
   solutions-sdwan-versa-create-keys-2-tmjwr            0/1     Completed   0           23m
   solutions-sdwan-versa-collector-57fdbf7d9b-kwdk9     1/1     Running     0           23m
   

   The pod name for SD-WAN Versa collector returned is solutions-sdwan-versa-collector-57fdbf7d9b-kwdk9.

2. Check the logs for solutions-sdwan-versa-collector-57fdbf7d9b-kwdk9, for example.

   Example

   $ kubectl logs -f solutions-sdwan-versa-collector-57fdbf7d9b-kwdk9 | grep -i "Run agent done"
   

   Command above returns

   2022-09-26T06:43:41Z INF Run agent done agent=InstallerAgent elapsed=3.296651578s
   

   If you see INF Run agent done agent=InstallerAgent, then you are ready for the build step. If the command does not return this log message, please contact IBM SevOne Support.

3. The build step prepares your SD-WAN Versa collector. It executes the conntrack command that clears out all entries from the conntrack table and restarts the collector pod.

   For single vDirector

   $ sevone-cli solutions run_buildstep --deployment_name=<deployment_name>
   

   Example

   $ sevone-cli solutions run_buildstep --deployment_name=solutions-sdwan-versa
   

   The deployment name is the name of the application specified in the directory /etc/ansible/group_vars/all.

   For multi-vDirector (To delete two collector pods)

   $ sevone-cli solutions run_buildstep
   

Verify Data Appears in SevOne NMS