2.3 Configuring Network Settings

Use the Network page to configure settings for the DNS servers, search domains, gateway, and NICs for the appliance. You might need to modify these settings after the initial setup if you move the appliance VM to a new host server, or move the host server to a new domain in your network environment. You can also optionally restrict the access the appliance has to the available networks.

To configure network settings for the appliance:

  1. Log in to the appliance management console as the vaadmin user.

    https://mycompany.example.com:9443

  2. Click Network.

  3. In the DNS Configuration section, you can modify the DNS name servers, search domains, and gateway settings for your appliance network.

    If the Search Domains field is left blank, it is auto-populated with the domain of the appliance hostname. For example, if the hostname of the appliance is ptm.mycompany.com, the domain is auto-populated with mycompany.com.

  4. In the NIC Configuration section, you can modify the IP address, hostname, and network mask of any NIC associated with the appliance.

    1. Click the ID of the NIC.

    2. Edit the IP address, hostname, or network mask for the selected NIC.

    3. Click OK.

    4. Repeat these steps for each NIC that you want to configure.

  5. (Optional) In the Appliance Administration UI (port 9443) Access Restrictions section, do one of the following:

    • Specify the IP address of each network for which you want to allow access to the appliance. Only the listed networks are allowed.

    • Leave this section blank to allow any network to access the appliance.

    NOTE:After you configure the appliance, changes to your appliance network environment can impact the appliance communications.

  6. Click OK.

  7. In the upper right corner of the Appliance Management Console, click Reboot or Shutdown.

  8. Run the system update script to ensure that all of the Secure API Manager components are aware of the network change. For more information, see Updating the Secure API Manager Components after Changing the Network Configuration on an Appliance Deployment in the NetIQ Secure API Manager 2.1 Administration Guide.