Linux system requirements
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Preparing your Linux system with the required software ensures precise installation and data collection by Keystone Collector.
Ensure that your Linux and Keystone Collector server VM have these configurations.
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Operating system: CentOS 7, or Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8.6, or later versions within the RHEL 8.x series
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Chronyd time synchronized
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Access to the standard Linux software repositories
The same server should also have the following third-party packages:
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podman (POD Manager)
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sos
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chrony
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python 3 (3.6.8 to 3.9.13)
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Core: 2 CPUs
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RAM: 4 GB RAM
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Disk space: 50 GB vDisk
Other requirements
Ensure that the following generic requirements are met:
Networking Requirements
The networking requirements of Keystone Collector are listed in the following table.
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Keystone Collector requires internet connectivity. You can provide internet connectivity by direct routing through default Gateway (via NAT), or through HTTP Proxy. Both variants are described here. |
Source |
Destination |
Service |
Protocol and Ports |
Category |
Purpose |
Keystone Collector (for Keystone ONTAP) |
Active IQ Unified Manager (Unified Manager) |
HTTPS |
TCP 443 |
Mandatory (if using Keystone ONTAP) |
Keystone Collector usage metrics collection for ONTAP |
Keystone Collector (for Keystone StorageGRID) |
StorageGRID Admin Nodes |
HTTPS |
TCP 443 |
Mandatory (if using Keystone StorageGRID) |
Keystone Collector usage metrics collection for StorageGRID |
Keystone Collector (generic) |
Internet (as per URL requirements given later) |
HTTPS |
TCP 80, TCP 443 |
Mandatory (internet connectivity) |
Keystone Collector software, OS updates, and metrics upload |
Keystone Collector (generic) |
Customer HTTP Proxy |
HTTP Proxy |
Customer Proxy Port |
Mandatory (internet connectivity) |
Keystone Collector software, OS updates, and metrics upload |
Keystone Collector (generic) |
Customer DNS Servers |
DNS |
TCP/UDP 53 |
Mandatory |
DNS resolution |
Keystone Collector (generic) |
Customer NTP Servers |
NTP |
UDP 123 |
Mandatory |
Time synchronization |
Keystone Collector (for Keystone ONTAP) |
Unified Manager |
MYSQL |
TCP 3306 |
Optional Functionality |
Performance metrics collection for Keystone Collector |
Keystone Collector (generic) |
Customer Monitoring System |
HTTPS |
TCP 7777 |
Optional Functionality |
Keystone Collector health reporting |
Customer's Operations Workstations |
Keystone Collector |
SSH |
TCP 22 |
Management |
Access to the Keystone Collector Management |
NetApp ONTAP Cluster and Node Management Addresses |
Keystone Collector |
HTTP_8000, PING |
TCP 8000, ICMP Echo Request/Reply |
Optional Functionality |
Webserver for ONTAP firmware updates |
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The default port for MySQL, 3306, is restricted only to localhost during a fresh installation of Unified Manager, which prevents the collection of performance metrics for Keystone Collector. For more information, see ONTAP requirements. |
URL access
Keystone Collector needs access to the following internet hosts:
Address |
Reason |
Keystone Collector software updates and usage reporting |
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NetApp HQ for billing information and AutoSupport delivery |