Workload: How To View And Update Network Settings For The Appliance

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Environment

• Carbon Black Cloud Workload: All Versions
• vSphere Client Console: All Supported Versions
  • Carbon Black Appliance + Plugin

Objective

To view and update the network settings for the VMware Carbon Black Workload Appliance

Resolution

From the Appliance UI (View Only):

1. From your browser, log in to the Carbon Black Cloud Workload appliance at https://<Appliance IP Address>
   • Use the admin credentials that were set during installation of the appliance
2. Navigate to Appliance > Network

Locally from the appliance machine:

1. In vSphere navigate VMs and Templates and find the appliance VM
2. Launch Web Console
3. Highlight "Login" and hit enter
4. Log into the appliance as root
5. Run the virtual appliance management interface (VAMI) by running CLI command:

   /opt/vmware/share/vami/vami_config_net

   • Type 0 to view current settings
   • Type 1 to exit
   • Type 2 to change Default Gateway
   • Type 3 to change Hostname (Optional)
   • Type 4 to change DNS Server
   • Type 5 to change Proxy Server (Optional)
   • Type 6 to change the IP Address
6. Delete the vami network backup file:

   rm /opt/vmware/etc/vami/flags/vami_setnetwork

7. Restart the appliance VM
8. Create vami network file again as root:

   touch /opt/vmware/etc/vami/flags/vami_setnetwork

9. Log into the appliance UI and verify the updated network settings under Appliance > Network

Additional Notes

For step 5 run the full command line don't try to run it by going into the directory and running the command directly or the error "command not found" will be seen

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