Change Appliance Network Address

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Change Appliance Network Address

Appliance IP addresses are static by default. Hence, changing the IP address of the appliance is a 4-steps process.

  1. Change the IP of a network device by editing the network configuration file. (E.g. for network card eth0)

    vi /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0

    Change the values of IPADDR and NETMASK fields

    ifcfg-eth0
    #My IP description
    # IPv-4
    
    DEVICE="eth0"
    NM_CONTROLLED="yes"
    ONBOOT=yes
    HWADDR=00:ee:dd:cc:bb:aa
    TYPE=Ethernet
    BOOTPROTO=static
    NAME="System eth0"
    UUID=aaaabbbb-7777-8888-9999-aaaabbbbcccc
    IPADDR= 192.168.0.100
    NETMASK=255.255.255.0

    Use the command - ip addr show to see a device's IP address

  2. When the appliance is moved to a different network subnet - Change the Default gateway

    vi /etc/sysconfig/network

    Change the value of the GATEWAY field in the file

    /etc/sysconfig/network
    NETWORKING=yes
    HOSTNAME=server1.example.com
    GATEWAY=192.168.0.1
    [...]

    Use the command - ip route show to see a device's IP address

  3. Change DNS name (Optional step) - DNS can be added or changed in the file /etc/resolv.conf 

    vi /etc/resolv.conf

    Change or add Domain Name Servers if required.

    resolv.conf
    [...]
    nameserver	192.168.1.1
    nameserver	192.168.1.2
    [...]
  4. Restart the network service

    restart network services
    service network restart
  5. Edit the /etc/hosts file

    Change all the entries referring to the old IP address to use the new IP address. For example:

    restart network services
    192.168.65.175     montier-management
    192.168.65.175     montier-syslog
    192.168.65.175     montier-wsm
    192.168.65.175     montier-ext-eth

    No need to change entries using the IP address 127.0.0.1


  6. Stop and Start all system services.
  7. In the web console navigate to system → nodes and edit the IP address of the agents in your data node raw.
  8. Re-configure syslog for the default domain on each monitored device (the Setup Syslog for device  on the Device Management section)

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