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Veritas NetBackup™ CloudPoint Install and Upgrade Guide

Last Published: 2021-06-07

Product(s): NetBackup & Alta Data Protection (9.1)

Installing the CloudPoint extension on a VM

Before you install the CloudPoint extension:

See Preparing to install the extension on a VM.

To install the extension

For Docker environment:

Run the following command:

# sudo docker run -it --rm 
-v /<full_path_to_volume_name>:/<full_path_to_volume_name> 
-v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock 
veritas/flexsnap-cloudpoint:<version> install_extension

Note:

This is a single command without any line breaks.

For Podman environment:

Run the following command:

# podman run -it --rm --privileged 
-v /<full_path_to_volume_name>:/<full_path_to_volume_name> 
-v /run/podman/podman.sock:/run/podman/podman.sock 
veritas/flexsnap-cloudpoint:<version> install_extension

Note:

This is a single command without any line breaks.

In this step, CloudPoint does the following:

Creates and runs the containers for each of the CloudPoint services.
Creates self-signed keys and certificates for nginx.

Then go to the NetBackup Web UI and follow the steps 7 and 8 described in the section Downloading CloudPoint extension to generate and copy the validation token.
See Downloading the CloudPoint extension.
Note:
For the VM-based extension you do not need to download the extension. Proceed directly to steps 7 and 8 to copy the token.

Provide the following configuration parameters when prompted:

Parameter	Description
Cloudpoint IP address / FQDN	Provide IP address or FQDN of the main CloudPoint host.
Cloudpoint Token	Paste the token that was copied in the step 8 of
Extension Name Identifier	Name of the extension identifier to be visible on the NetBackup UI

The installer then displays messages similar to the following:

Starting docker container: flexsnap-fluentd ...done
Starting docker container: flexsnap-ipv6config ...done
Starting docker container: flexsnap-listener ...done

This concludes the CloudPoint extension installation on a VM.

To verify that the extension is installed successfully:

Verify that the success message is displayed at the command prompt.
Verify that the extension is listed on the NetBackup Web UI.
Go to Cloud > CloudPoint Servers tab > click Advanced settings > go to CloudPoint extensions tab and verify.

Run the following command and verify that the CloudPoint containers are running and the status is displayed as UP:

# sudo docker ps -a

The command output resembles the following:

CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES
e67550304195 veritas/flexsnap-workflow:9.1.x.x.xxxx "/usr/bin/flexsnap-w…" 13 minutes ago Up 13 minutes flexsnap-workflow-system-b17e4dd9f6b04d41a08e3a638cd91f61-0
26472ebc6d39 veritas/flexsnap-workflow:9.1.x.x.xxxx "/usr/bin/flexsnap-w…" 13 minutes ago Up 13 minutes flexsnap-workflow-general-b17e4dd9f6b04d41a08e3a638cd91f61-0
4f24f6acd290 veritas/flexsnap-listener:9.1.x.x.xxxx "/usr/bin/flexsnap-l…" 13 minutes ago Up 13 minutes flexsnap-listener
4d000f2d117d veritas/flexsnap-cloudpoint:9.1.x.x.xxxx "/root/ipv6_configur…" 13 minutes ago Exited (137) 13 minutes ago flexsnap-ipv6config
92b5bdf3211c veritas/flexsnap-fluentd:9.1.x.x.xxxx   "/root/flexsnap-flue…" 13 minutes ago Up 13 minutes 5140/tcp, 0.0.0.0:24224->24224/tcp flexsnap-fluentd
db1f0bff1797 veritas/flexsnap-datamover:9.1.x.x.xxxx "/entrypoint.sh -c d…" 13 minutes ago Up 13 minutes flexsnap-datamover.134b6158ea5a443dba3c489d553098c5
c4ae0eb61fb0 veritas/flexsnap-datamover:9.1.x.x.xxxx "/entrypoint.sh -c d…" 13 minutes ago Up 13 minutes flexsnap-datamover.8e25f89f04e74b01b4fe04e7e5bf8644
1bcaa2b646fb veritas/flexsnap-datamover:9.1.x.x.xxxx "/entrypoint.sh -c d…" 13 minutes ago Up 13 minutes flexsnap-datamover.b08591bdde0f445f83f4ada479e6ddfd