Netris switch agent installation

For Cumulus Linux

Requirements: * Fresh install of Cumulus Linux v. 3.7.(x) - Cumulus 4.X is in the process of validation and will be supported in the next Netris release.

Configure the OOB Management IP address

Configure out of band management IP address, and in case Netris Controller is not in the same OOB network then configure a route to Netris Controller. No default route or other IP addresses should be configured.

sudo vim /etc/network/interfaces

# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

# The primary network interface
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
        address <Management IP address/prefix length>
        up ip ro add <Controller address> via <Management network gateway> #delete this line if Netris Controller is located in the same network with the switch.

source /etc/network/interfaces.d/*

sudo ifreload -a

Configure Cumulus Linux license

sudo cl-license -i

Copy/paste the Cumulus Linux license string then press ctrl-d.

Install the Netris Agent

  1. Add netris repository using Netris Controller as an http proxy. Replace <Your Netris Controller address> with your actual Netris Controller address.

Note

Netris Controller built-in proxy, by default, permits RFC1918 IP addresses (10.0.0.0/8, 172.16.0.0/12, 192.168.0.0/16). If your management network is using IP addresses outside these ranges you will need to configure iptables on the Netris Controller accordingly.

export http_proxy=http://<Your Netris Controller address>:3128

wget -qO - http://repo.netris.ai/repo/public.key | sudo apt-key add -

echo "deb http://repo.netris.ai/repo/ jessie main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/netris.list

  1. Update the apt

echo -e 'Acquire::http::Proxy "http://<Your Netris Controller address>:3128";\nAcquire::https::Proxy "http://<Your Netris Controller address>:3128";' | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/netris-proxy

sudo apt update

  1. Install Netris Agent and dependencies

sudo apt install netris-sw

  1. Initialize the switch using netris-setup

Description of netris-setup parameters

--auth - Authentication key, "6878C6DD88224981967F67EE2A73F092" is the default key.
--controller - IP address or domain name of Netris Controller.
--hostname - The hostname for the current switch, this hostname should match the name defined in the Controller.
--lo - IP address for the loopback interface, as it is defined in the controller.
--type - Role of the switch in your topology: spine/leaf

sudo /opt/netris/bin/netris-setup --auth=<authentication key> --controller=<IP or FQDN> --hostname=<name> --lo=<loopback IP address> --type=<spine/leaf>

  1. Reboot the switch

sudo reboot

Once the switch boots up you should see its heartbeat going from Critical to OK in Net→Inventory, Telescope→Dashboard, and switch color will reflect its health in Net→Topology

Screenshot: Net→Inventory

_images/inventory_heartbeat.png

For Ubuntu SwitchDev

Note

Further installation requires a Console and Internet connectivity via management port!

  1. NOS Uninstall

Fist of all uninstall current NOS using Uninstall OS from grub menu:

_images/uninstallOS.png

Once the uninstallation is completed, the switch will reboot automatically.

  1. Update ONIE

Select Update ONIE from grub menu:

_images/updateONIE.png

In case you don’t have DHCP in the management network, then stop ONIE discovery service and configure IP address and default gateway manually:

onie-discovery-stop
ip addr add <management IP address/prefix> dev eth0
ip route add default via <gateway of management network>
echo "nameserver 1.1.1.1" > /etc/resolv.conf

Update ONIE to the supported version.

Note

ONIE image available for Mellanox switches only!

onie-self-update http://repo.netris.ai/repo/onie-updater-x86_64-mlnx_x86-r0

  1. NOS Install

Select Install OS from grub menu:

_images/installOS.png

In case you don’t have DHCP in the management network, then stop ONIE discovery service and configure IP address and default gateway manually:

onie-discovery-stop
ip addr add <management IP address/prefix> dev eth0
ip route add default via <gateway of management network>
echo "nameserver 1.1.1.1" > /etc/resolv.conf

Install Ubuntu-SiwtchDev from the Netris custom image:

onie-nos-install http://repo.netris.ai/repo/netris-ubuntu-18.04.1.bin

Default username/password

netris/newNet0ps

Configure the OOB Management IP address

Configure out of band management IP address, and in case Netris Controller is not in the same OOB network then configure a route to Netris Controller. No default route or other IP addresses should be configured.

sudo vim /etc/network/interfaces

# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

# The primary network interface
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
    address <Management IP address/prefix length>
    up ip ro add <Controller address> via <Management network gateway> #delete this line if Netris Controller is located in the same network with the switch.

source /etc/network/interfaces.d/*

sudo ifreload -a

Install the Netris Agent

  1. Add netris repository using Netris Controller as an http proxy. Replace <Your Netris Controller address> with your actual Netris Controller address.

Note

Netris Controller built-in proxy, by default, permits RFC1918 IP addresses (10.0.0.0/8, 172.16.0.0/12, 192.168.0.0/16). If your management network is using IP addresses outside these ranges you will need to configure iptables on the Netris Controller accordingly.

export http_proxy=http://<Your Netris Controller address>:3128

wget -qO - http://repo.netris.ai/repo/public.key | sudo apt-key add -

echo "deb http://repo.netris.ai/repo/ bionic main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/netris.list

  1. Update the apt

echo -e 'Acquire::http::Proxy "http://<Your Netris Controller address>:3128";\nAcquire::https::Proxy "http://<Your Netris Controller address>:3128";' | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/netris-proxy

sudo apt update

  1. Install Netris Agent and dependencies

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install netris-sw

  1. Initialize the switch using netris-setup

Description of netris-setup parameters

--auth - Authentication key, "6878C6DD88224981967F67EE2A73F092" is the default key.
--controller - IP address or domain name of Netris Controller.
--hostname - The hostname for the current switch, this hostname should match the name defined in the Controller.
--lo - IP address for the loopback interface, as it is defined in the controller.
--type - Role of the switch in your topology: spine/leaf

sudo /opt/netris/bin/netris-setup --auth=<authentication key> --controller=<IP or FQDN> --hostname=<name> --lo=<loopback IP address> --type=<spine/leaf>

  1. Reboot the switch

sudo reboot