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This article is valid until Digital Access 6.0.3 |
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The Digital Access virtual appliance is not supported anymore. See Deploy Digital Access component for other ways to deploy Digital Access. |
This article describes how
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to deploy Smart ID Digital Access component as virtual appliance. If you need instructions for Docker deployment, see here: Deploy Digital Access component on Docker.
Prerequisites
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To see the deployment requirements for Digital Access component, go here. |
Deploy Digital Access component
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| title | Download appliance files |
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Go to the Nexus Support portal. Find Digital Access component and the latest release. Open the appliance folder.
For Hyper-V, download: For VMware, Virtual Box or other virtualization platforms, download:
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In the command-line interface, navigate to the search path where the files are stored. Verify the checksum for the .zip file or the .ova file with the shasum command: | Code Block |
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| $ shasum access-gateway.ova
bdc2a093caef0c0589325d6f509c1b19de1e36d7 access-gateway.ova |
Compare the result with the digest file with the grep command. | Code Block |
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| $ grep bdc2a093caef0c0589325d6f509c1b19de1e36d7 access-gateway-digests.txt
bdc2a093caef0c0589325d6f509c1b19de1e36d7 access-gateway.ova |
If you are on a Windows machine, you can also check the digest using PowerShell, with the Get-FileHash command: | Code Block |
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| PS> Get-FileHash -Algorithm SHA1 .\access-gateway.ova
Algorithm Hash Path
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SHA1 bdc2a093caef0c0589325d6f509c1b19de1e36d7 C:\Users\joachim.kessel\
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| title | Deploy appliance file |
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- In the virtualization platform, import the appliance file.
- Check the network settings, and modify them if needed.
- Start the appliance, it boots.
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| To start the virtual appliance on your personal computer, virtualization must be enabled in your BIOS. If the appliance fails to start, please check your virtualization settings in your BIOS: - Restart your computer. Press the required key(s) to enter the BIOS settings (see your screen at startup).
- Go to Security > Virtualization. Set Intel/AMD Virtualization Technology to Enabled.
- Save and Exit.
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| title | Log in to console menu and set initial password |
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Log in with the agadmin user. Since this is the first time you log in, you must set the password: | Panel |
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| title | Example: Log in with agadmin user |
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| ag-appliance login: agadmin
You are required to change your password immediately (root enforced)
Enter new UNIX password:
Retype new UNIX password:
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The license agreement is shown. Press any key to continue. The console menu opens.
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Basic settings after deployment
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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. - In the console menu, choose Setup system > Modify interfaces > [select adapter]
- Either use DHCP or set up the IP address, netmask and default gateway manually:
- modify IP
- Enter the IP address, received from the IT department. Return.
- Check the netmask and default gateway. Modify if needed.
- Save
- Optional: Modify hostname.
- Modify DNS, received from the IT department.
- Return to main menu.
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Initial setup
See Do initial setup of Digital Access component
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