The Digital Access virtual appliance is not supported anymore. See Deploy Digital Access component for other ways to deploy Digital Access.

To see the deployment requirements for Digital Access component, go here.

1. Go to the Nexus Support portal. Find Digital Access component and the latest release.

2. Open the appliance folder. 
   

3. For Hyper-V, download:

   • appliance file: access-gateway.zip

   • digest file: access-gateway-digests.txt 

4. For VMware, Virtual Box or other virtualization platforms, download:

   • appliance file: access-gateway.ova

   • digest file: access-gateway-digests.txt

1. In the command-line interface, navigate to the search path where the files are stored.

2. Verify the checksum for the .zip file or the .ova file with the shasum command:

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   title Example
   $ shasum access-gateway.ova bdc2a093caef0c0589325d6f509c1b19de1e36d7 access-gateway.ova

    

3. Compare the result with the digest file with the grep command.

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   title Example
   $ grep bdc2a093caef0c0589325d6f509c1b19de1e36d7 access-gateway-digests.txt bdc2a093caef0c0589325d6f509c1b19de1e36d7 access-gateway.ova

   
   

4. If you are on a Windows machine, you can also check the digest using PowerShell, with the Get-FileHash command:

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   language bash title PowerShell example
   PS> Get-FileHash -Algorithm SHA1 .\access-gateway.ova Algorithm Hash Path --------- ---- ---- SHA1 bdc2a093caef0c0589325d6f509c1b19de1e36d7 C:\Users\joachim.kessel\ Downloads\access-gateway.ova

   
   

1. In the virtualization platform, import the appliance file.
2. Check the network settings, and modify them if needed.
3. Start the appliance, it boots. 

1. Log in with the agadmin user. Since this is the first time you log in, you must set the password:

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   bgColor white titleBGColor #f1f1f1 title Example: Log in with agadmin user
   ag-appliance login: agadmin You are required to change your password immediately (root enforced) Enter new UNIX password: Retype new UNIX password:

   The license agreement is shown.

2. Press any key to continue. The console menu opens.

The first time you log in you need to do some basic settings, for example set network parameters for the network adapter, and time settings.

1. In the console menu, choose Setup system > Modify interfaces > [select adapter] 
2. Either use DHCP or set up the IP address, netmask and default gateway manually:
   1. modify IP
   2. Enter the IP address, received from the IT department. Return.
   3. Check the netmask and default gateway. Modify if needed.
   4. Save
      
3. Optional: Modify hostname.
4. Modify DNS, received from the IT department.
5. Return to main menu.