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Configure Your Network and Flow Collector

Note:

Before you begin the configuration, make sure that you download the image file for your virtualization platform. See your platform documentation for details.
Note:

If you are using KVM, you can install it with Virtual Machine Manager or with the CLI.

Let's get started!

Configure Your Network

Note:

If you have a DHCP server, by default, the Apstra Flow VM automatically obtains an IP address. To assign a static IP address instead, SSH to the VM and skip to Step 2 in this procedure. Otherwise, start at Step 1.

 To configure your network:
  1. Start a console to the Apstra Flow VM. If the console is already started, click the play button Green triangular Play button icon for starting media content. at the top of the VM summary.
    Virtual machine interface showing Ubuntu guest OS as powered on with options to launch web or remote console; Linux penguin icon visible.
  2. Login to the CLI. The default credentials for the Apstra Flow console are: user=apstra and password=apstra. You'll want to change this password after the VM is deployed.
  3. Change the directory to /etc/netplan.
  4. Add an IP address to your network interface. Edit the 01-netcfg.yaml as shown in the following example output:
  5. Enter sudo netplan apply to start your network.
    You can now SSH to the VM with your configured IP address and Apstra credentials, as shown in the following example:

Configure the Flow Collector

You can configure the collector to specify:

  • The Apstra controller hostname or IP address.

  • The port the collector is listening on.

  • The username and password for the Apstra controller.

To configure the flow collector:

  1. SSH to the Flow VM with the default VM username and password (apstra/apstra).
  2. Modify the /etc/juniper/flowcoll.yml file as follows:

    • Set EF_JUNIPER_APSTRA_API_HOSTNAME to the Apstra controller IP or hostname (for example:https://10.0.0.3).

    • Set EF_JUNIPER_APSTRA_API_PORT: 443 (the default UDP ports are 2055,4739,6343,9995).

    • Set EF_JUNIPER_APSTRA_API_USERNAME to the Apstra controller username (for example: admin).

    • Set EF_JUNIPER_APSTRA_API_PASSWORD to the Apstra controller password (for example:admin).

Next, continue to Apply Your License.