Configure the NFV Appliance

Configure the NFV appliance.

Complete the following steps to configure the NFV appliance:

1. From the Applications instances page, click VNET-01–NFV to display the details for the application instance.
2. Click on the Actions menu (). Then click Connect to console.
   Figure 1. Actions menu
   
   

   This opens the VNC console.

   Figure 2. VNC console
   
   
3. Log in with the following credentials:
   • User: root
   • Password: ThinkAgileCP
4. Set the base configuration as follows:

   # Set hostname
   ctl set-hostname VNET-01-NFV
   
   # Disable unused network services
   systemctl stop firewalld
   systemctl disable firewalld
   systemctl stop NetworkManager
   systemctl disable NetworkManager
   
   # Enable IP forwarding
   echo net.ipv4.ip_forward = 1 >> /etc/sysctl.conf
   sysctl -p /etc/sysctl.conf
   
   # Remove default network interface
   rm -r /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
   

5. Configure the Outside interface as follows:

   vi /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-outside
   TYPE="Ethernet"
   BOOTPROTO="dhcp"
   ONBOOT="yes"
   HWADDR="b4:d1:35:00:23:57"
   DEVICE="outside"
   NAME="outside"
   USERCTL="no"
   

6. Configure the Inside interface as follows:

   vi /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-inside
   TYPE="Ethernet"
   BOOTPROTO="none"
   ONBOOT="yes"
   HWADDR="b4:d1:35:00:23:58" 
   DEVICE="inside"
   NAME="inside"
   USERCTL="no"
   IPADDR="100.127.4.254"
   NETMASK="255.255.255.0"
   

7. Reboot the instance by entering the following command:
   shutdown -r now