Onboard Devices and Services

You can onboard both live devices and model devices to CDO. Model devices are uploaded configuration files that you can view and edit using CDO.

Most live devices and services require an open HTTPS connection so that the Secure Device Connector can connect CDO to the device or service.

See Secure Device Connector for more information on the SDC and its state.

This chapter covers the following sections:

Onboard an AWS VPC

To onboard an AWS VPC to CDO, follow this procedure:

Before you begin


Note

CDO does not support peered AWS VPCs. If you attempt to onboard a peered VPC referencing a security group that is defined on the peer VPC, the onboarding process fails.

Before onboarding your Amazon Web Services (AWS) Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) to CDO, review these prerequisites: 

"cloudformation:CreateStack",
"cloudformation:CreateStackInstances",
"cloudformation:DescribeStackInstance",
"cloudformation:DescribeStackResource",
"cloudformation:DescribeStackResources",
"cloudformation:DescribeStacks",
"ec2:AllocateAddress",
"ec2:AllocateHosts",
"ec2:AssignPrivateIpAddresses",
"ec2:AssociateAddress",
"ec2:AssociateDhcpOptions",
"ec2:AssociateRouteTable",
"ec2:AssociateSubnetCidrBlock",
"ec2:AttachInternetGateway",
"ec2:AttachNetworkInterface",
"ec2:AuthorizeSecurityGroupEgress",
"ec2:AuthorizeSecurityGroupIngress",
"ec2:CreateDhcpOptions",
"ec2:CreateEgressOnlyInternetGateway",
"ec2:CreateInternetGateway",
"ec2:CreateNetworkAcl",
"ec2:CreateNetworkInterface",
"ec2:CreateNetworkInterfacePermission",
"ec2:CreateRoute",
"ec2:CreateRouteTable",
"ec2:CreateSecurityGroup",
"ec2:CreateSubnet",
"ec2:CreateTags",
"ec2:DescribeAddresses",
"ec2:DescribeAddressesAttribute",
"ec2:DescribeAvailabilityZones",
"ec2:DescribeDhcpOptions",
"ec2:DescribeEgressOnlyInternetGateways",
"ec2:DescribeInstanceStatus",
"ec2:DescribeInstances",
"ec2:DescribeInternetGateways",
"ec2:DescribeNetworkAcls",
"ec2:DescribeNetworkInterfaceAttribute",
"ec2:DescribeNetworkInterfacePermissions",
"ec2:DescribeNetworkInterfaces",
"ec2:DescribeRegions",
"ec2:DescribeRouteTables",
"ec2:DescribeSecurityGroupReferences",
"ec2:DescribeSecurityGroupRules",
"ec2:DescribeSecurityGroups",
"ec2:DescribeSubnets",
"ec2:DescribeTags",
"ec2:DescribeTransitGatewayVpcAttachments",
"ec2:DescribeTransitGateways",
"ec2:DescribeVpcs",
"ec2:DescribeVpnGateways",
"ec2:ModifyNetworkInterfaceAttribute",
"ec2:ModifySecurityGroupRules",
"ec2:ModifySubnetAttribute",
"ec2:RunInstances",
"sts:GetCallerIdentity"

Procedure

Step 1

In the left pane, click Inventory.

Step 2

Click to begin onboarding the device.

Step 3

Click AWS VPC.

Step 4

Enter the Access Key ID and Secret Access Key credential to connect to the AWS account. The generated list of names are retrieved from the AWS VPC you supplied login credentials to.

Step 5

Click Connect.

Step 6

Select a Region From the drop-down menu. The region selected should be where the VPC is local to.

Step 7

Click Select.

Step 8

Use the drop-down menu to select the correct AWS name. The generated list of names are retrieved from the AWS VPC you supplied login credentials to. Select the desired AWS VPC from the drop-down menu. Note that AWS VPC IDs names are unique, and there cannot be two or more instances with the same ID.

Step 9

Click Select.

Step 10

Enter a name to be shown in the CDO UI.

Step 11

Click Continue.

Step 12

(Optional) Enter a label for the device. Note that if you create labels for an AWS VPC, the tables are not automatically synchronized to your device. You must manually recreate the labels as tags in the AWS console. See Labels and Tags in AWS VPC for more information.

Step 13

Click Continue.

Step 14

Return to the Inventory page. After the device has been successfully onboarded, you will see that the Configuration Status is "Synced" and the Connectivity state is "Online."

Delete a Device from CDO

Use the following procedure to delete a device from CDO:

Procedure

Step 1

Log into CDO.

Step 2

Navigate to the Inventory page.

Step 3

Locate the device you want to delete and check the device in the device row to select it.

Step 4

In the Device Actions panel located to the right, select Remove.

Step 5

When prompted, select OK to confirm the removal of the selected device. Select Cancel to keep the device onboarded.