4.4.2.2. Deployment Steps

To ensure the proper functionality of the deployed use case, it is crucial to meticulously follow the steps outlined. Keep in mind that these steps may vary based on the specific requirements and needs of your case.

Below, you will find a breakdown of both mandatory and optional steps, with the understanding that their applicability depends on your unique circumstances.

Architecture

  • Architecture: This section outlines the nodes necessary for the functioning of the use case, providing essential information related to its architecture. You can find a detailed explanation of the deployment of each of the nodes in Deployment and basic configuration.

Administration

  • Define the Compliance Rules: Rules are the main driver of the Network Device Compliance use case. these define compliance with network device configurations.

  • Define the Compliance Tests: The Tests are groups of rules, these Tests can have different behaviors depending on their configuration.

  • Define the Compliance Tests: Through the test grouping we will create the groups, which will be the ones that will be defined to execute against the Network Devices.

  • Create Net Dev: With the creation of Network Devices in the CMDB we will define the connection properties of each of the devices so that OpenNAC Enterprise can retrieve the configuration information and perform compliance verification.

  • Schedule & run the compliance: The compliance tests can be executed in a specific or planned way, here we will define the period of execution of said compliance tests.

Optional:

  • Compliance Simulation: Once the compliance tests have been created, it is possible to perform simulations through the static configuration files of the network devices. This allows us to quickly verify the configuration of the tests created.

  • Bulk import of devices (client info): If we have a file with the data of the network devices in XML or JSON format compatible with OpenNAC, it is possible to import all of them at once.

Operation

  • Operation : In this step, you will start operating the use case and checking that all the functionalities are working as expected. If you find unexpected behavior, refer to the troubleshooting section to understand and fix the issue.

Monitoring

  • Monitoring : See how the data is being ingested and saved in ON Analytics. To check this, open the different visualizations available for this use case.

Troubleshooting