Federation Setup

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Steps

Click on the Settings icon
Click on Infrastructure and Support
Click on Federation
Click on CONFIGURE
Click on the Nickname field
Click on the Location field
Click on Palo Alto, CA, USA
Click on SUBMIT
Click on ADD PEER
Click on COPY
Click on the Settings icon
Click on Infrastructure and Support
Click on Federation
Click on CONFIGURE
Click on the Nickname field
Click on the Location field
Click on the Shared Secret field
Click on SUBMIT
Click on CLOSE
Click on
Click on VMs
Click on OPEN INSTANCE
Click on Central HQ

Click on SUBMIT

Federation Setup

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Steps

Click on the Settings icon
Click on Infrastructure and Support
Click on Federation
Click on CONFIGURE
Click on the Nickname field
Click on the Location field
Click on Palo Alto, CA, USA
Click on SUBMIT
Click on ADD PEER
Click on COPY
Click on the Settings icon
Click on Infrastructure and Support
Click on Federation
Click on CONFIGURE
Click on the Nickname field
Click on the Location field
Click on the Shared Secret field
Click on SUBMIT
Click on CLOSE
Click on
Click on VMs
Click on OPEN INSTANCE
Click on Central HQ

Click on the Settings icon

Welcome to a clean vRealize Network Insight Cloud instance. We're going to use this clean instance as our Primary for Federation.

Federation Setup

2/23

Steps

Click on the Settings icon
Click on Infrastructure and Support
Click on Federation
Click on CONFIGURE
Click on the Nickname field
Click on the Location field
Click on Palo Alto, CA, USA
Click on SUBMIT
Click on ADD PEER
Click on COPY
Click on the Settings icon
Click on Infrastructure and Support
Click on Federation
Click on CONFIGURE
Click on the Nickname field
Click on the Location field
Click on the Shared Secret field
Click on SUBMIT
Click on CLOSE
Click on
Click on VMs
Click on OPEN INSTANCE
Click on Central HQ

Click on Infrastructure and Support

Federation Setup

3/23

Steps

Click on the Settings icon
Click on Infrastructure and Support
Click on Federation
Click on CONFIGURE
Click on the Nickname field
Click on the Location field
Click on Palo Alto, CA, USA
Click on SUBMIT
Click on ADD PEER
Click on COPY
Click on the Settings icon
Click on Infrastructure and Support
Click on Federation
Click on CONFIGURE
Click on the Nickname field
Click on the Location field
Click on the Shared Secret field
Click on SUBMIT
Click on CLOSE
Click on
Click on VMs
Click on OPEN INSTANCE
Click on Central HQ

Click on Federation

Federation Setup

4/23

Steps

Click on the Settings icon
Click on Infrastructure and Support
Click on Federation
Click on CONFIGURE
Click on the Nickname field
Click on the Location field
Click on Palo Alto, CA, USA
Click on SUBMIT
Click on ADD PEER
Click on COPY
Click on the Settings icon
Click on Infrastructure and Support
Click on Federation
Click on CONFIGURE
Click on the Nickname field
Click on the Location field
Click on the Shared Secret field
Click on SUBMIT
Click on CLOSE
Click on
Click on VMs
Click on OPEN INSTANCE
Click on Central HQ

Click on CONFIGURE

Configuring Federation is a simple two-step process. Let's start with step one, which sets up a Primary instance.

Federation Setup

5/23

Steps

Click on the Settings icon
Click on Infrastructure and Support
Click on Federation
Click on CONFIGURE
Click on the Nickname field
Click on the Location field
Click on Palo Alto, CA, USA
Click on SUBMIT
Click on ADD PEER
Click on COPY
Click on the Settings icon
Click on Infrastructure and Support
Click on Federation
Click on CONFIGURE
Click on the Nickname field
Click on the Location field
Click on the Shared Secret field
Click on SUBMIT
Click on CLOSE
Click on
Click on VMs
Click on OPEN INSTANCE
Click on Central HQ

Click on the Nickname field

The Nickname is a friendly name for the Federated instance by which you can easily recognize it.

Federation Setup

6/23

Steps

Click on the Settings icon
Click on Infrastructure and Support
Click on Federation
Click on CONFIGURE
Click on the Nickname field
Click on the Location field
Click on Palo Alto, CA, USA
Click on SUBMIT
Click on ADD PEER
Click on COPY
Click on the Settings icon
Click on Infrastructure and Support
Click on Federation
Click on CONFIGURE
Click on the Nickname field
Click on the Location field
Click on the Shared Secret field
Click on SUBMIT
Click on CLOSE
Click on
Click on VMs
Click on OPEN INSTANCE
Click on Central HQ

Click on the Location field

To indicate where an instance is located, you can provide a location here.

Federation Setup

7/23

Steps

Click on the Settings icon
Click on Infrastructure and Support
Click on Federation
Click on CONFIGURE
Click on the Nickname field
Click on the Location field
Click on Palo Alto, CA, USA
Click on SUBMIT
Click on ADD PEER
Click on COPY
Click on the Settings icon
Click on Infrastructure and Support
Click on Federation
Click on CONFIGURE
Click on the Nickname field
Click on the Location field
Click on the Shared Secret field
Click on SUBMIT
Click on CLOSE
Click on
Click on VMs
Click on OPEN INSTANCE
Click on Central HQ

Click on Palo Alto, CA, USA

Our Google Maps integration automatically looks up locations.

Federation Setup

8/23

Steps

Click on the Settings icon
Click on Infrastructure and Support
Click on Federation
Click on CONFIGURE
Click on the Nickname field
Click on the Location field
Click on Palo Alto, CA, USA
Click on SUBMIT
Click on ADD PEER
Click on COPY
Click on the Settings icon
Click on Infrastructure and Support
Click on Federation
Click on CONFIGURE
Click on the Nickname field
Click on the Location field
Click on the Shared Secret field
Click on SUBMIT
Click on CLOSE
Click on
Click on VMs
Click on OPEN INSTANCE
Click on Central HQ

Click on SUBMIT

This will configure this instance as a primary instance.

Federation Setup

9/23

Steps

Click on the Settings icon
Click on Infrastructure and Support
Click on Federation
Click on CONFIGURE
Click on the Nickname field
Click on the Location field
Click on Palo Alto, CA, USA
Click on SUBMIT
Click on ADD PEER
Click on COPY
Click on the Settings icon
Click on Infrastructure and Support
Click on Federation
Click on CONFIGURE
Click on the Nickname field
Click on the Location field
Click on the Shared Secret field
Click on SUBMIT
Click on CLOSE
Click on
Click on VMs
Click on OPEN INSTANCE
Click on Central HQ

Click on ADD PEER

Step two of the process is adding another vRealize Network Insight instance as a peer.

Federation Setup

10/23

Steps

Click on the Settings icon
Click on Infrastructure and Support
Click on Federation
Click on CONFIGURE
Click on the Nickname field
Click on the Location field
Click on Palo Alto, CA, USA
Click on SUBMIT
Click on ADD PEER
Click on COPY
Click on the Settings icon
Click on Infrastructure and Support
Click on Federation
Click on CONFIGURE
Click on the Nickname field
Click on the Location field
Click on the Shared Secret field
Click on SUBMIT
Click on CLOSE
Click on
Click on VMs
Click on OPEN INSTANCE
Click on Central HQ

Click on COPY

Information about the Primary instance is embedded in this shared secret. The peering process is initiated by the peer instance and we need this secret before we jump to the peer instance.

Federation Setup

11/23

Steps

Click on the Settings icon
Click on Infrastructure and Support
Click on Federation
Click on CONFIGURE
Click on the Nickname field
Click on the Location field
Click on Palo Alto, CA, USA
Click on SUBMIT
Click on ADD PEER
Click on COPY
Click on the Settings icon
Click on Infrastructure and Support
Click on Federation
Click on CONFIGURE
Click on the Nickname field
Click on the Location field
Click on the Shared Secret field
Click on SUBMIT
Click on CLOSE
Click on
Click on VMs
Click on OPEN INSTANCE
Click on Central HQ

Click on the Settings icon

Welcome to an on-premises vRealize Network Insight instance that's already monitoring networks. We're going to link this instance as a peer to the vRealize Network Insight Cloud Primary instance.

Federation Setup

12/23

Steps

Click on the Settings icon
Click on Infrastructure and Support
Click on Federation
Click on CONFIGURE
Click on the Nickname field
Click on the Location field
Click on Palo Alto, CA, USA
Click on SUBMIT
Click on ADD PEER
Click on COPY
Click on the Settings icon
Click on Infrastructure and Support
Click on Federation
Click on CONFIGURE
Click on the Nickname field
Click on the Location field
Click on the Shared Secret field
Click on SUBMIT
Click on CLOSE
Click on
Click on VMs
Click on OPEN INSTANCE
Click on Central HQ

Click on Infrastructure and Support

Federation Setup

13/23

Steps

Click on the Settings icon
Click on Infrastructure and Support
Click on Federation
Click on CONFIGURE
Click on the Nickname field
Click on the Location field
Click on Palo Alto, CA, USA
Click on SUBMIT
Click on ADD PEER
Click on COPY
Click on the Settings icon
Click on Infrastructure and Support
Click on Federation
Click on CONFIGURE
Click on the Nickname field
Click on the Location field
Click on the Shared Secret field
Click on SUBMIT
Click on CLOSE
Click on
Click on VMs
Click on OPEN INSTANCE
Click on Central HQ

Click on Federation

Federation Setup

14/23

Steps

Click on the Settings icon
Click on Infrastructure and Support
Click on Federation
Click on CONFIGURE
Click on the Nickname field
Click on the Location field
Click on Palo Alto, CA, USA
Click on SUBMIT
Click on ADD PEER
Click on COPY
Click on the Settings icon
Click on Infrastructure and Support
Click on Federation
Click on CONFIGURE
Click on the Nickname field
Click on the Location field
Click on the Shared Secret field
Click on SUBMIT
Click on CLOSE
Click on
Click on VMs
Click on OPEN INSTANCE
Click on Central HQ

Click on CONFIGURE

Step two: let's start the process on the peer.

Federation Setup

15/23

Steps

Click on the Settings icon
Click on Infrastructure and Support
Click on Federation
Click on CONFIGURE
Click on the Nickname field
Click on the Location field
Click on Palo Alto, CA, USA
Click on SUBMIT
Click on ADD PEER
Click on COPY
Click on the Settings icon
Click on Infrastructure and Support
Click on Federation
Click on CONFIGURE
Click on the Nickname field
Click on the Location field
Click on the Shared Secret field
Click on SUBMIT
Click on CLOSE
Click on
Click on VMs
Click on OPEN INSTANCE
Click on Central HQ

Click on the Nickname field

A friendly nickname for this instance. This name will show up in the Primary instance.

Federation Setup

16/23

Steps

Click on the Settings icon
Click on Infrastructure and Support
Click on Federation
Click on CONFIGURE
Click on the Nickname field
Click on the Location field
Click on Palo Alto, CA, USA
Click on SUBMIT
Click on ADD PEER
Click on COPY
Click on the Settings icon
Click on Infrastructure and Support
Click on Federation
Click on CONFIGURE
Click on the Nickname field
Click on the Location field
Click on the Shared Secret field
Click on SUBMIT
Click on CLOSE
Click on
Click on VMs
Click on OPEN INSTANCE
Click on Central HQ

Click on the Location field

Configure the location of this instance.

Federation Setup

17/23

Steps

Click on the Settings icon
Click on Infrastructure and Support
Click on Federation
Click on CONFIGURE
Click on the Nickname field
Click on the Location field
Click on Palo Alto, CA, USA
Click on SUBMIT
Click on ADD PEER
Click on COPY
Click on the Settings icon
Click on Infrastructure and Support
Click on Federation
Click on CONFIGURE
Click on the Nickname field
Click on the Location field
Click on the Shared Secret field
Click on SUBMIT
Click on CLOSE
Click on
Click on VMs
Click on OPEN INSTANCE
Click on Central HQ

Click on the Shared Secret field

Lastly, this is where we paste the Shared Secret that the Primary instance gave us.

Federation Setup

18/23

Steps

Click on the Settings icon
Click on Infrastructure and Support
Click on Federation
Click on CONFIGURE
Click on the Nickname field
Click on the Location field
Click on Palo Alto, CA, USA
Click on SUBMIT
Click on ADD PEER
Click on COPY
Click on the Settings icon
Click on Infrastructure and Support
Click on Federation
Click on CONFIGURE
Click on the Nickname field
Click on the Location field
Click on the Shared Secret field
Click on SUBMIT
Click on CLOSE
Click on
Click on VMs
Click on OPEN INSTANCE
Click on Central HQ

Click on SUBMIT

When you submit this form, this vRealize Network Insight instance will reach out to the Primary instance and form a peering relationship to exchange data.

It'll take a minute or two.

Federation Setup

19/23

Steps

Click on the Settings icon
Click on Infrastructure and Support
Click on Federation
Click on CONFIGURE
Click on the Nickname field
Click on the Location field
Click on Palo Alto, CA, USA
Click on SUBMIT
Click on ADD PEER
Click on COPY
Click on the Settings icon
Click on Infrastructure and Support
Click on Federation
Click on CONFIGURE
Click on the Nickname field
Click on the Location field
Click on the Shared Secret field
Click on SUBMIT
Click on CLOSE
Click on
Click on VMs
Click on OPEN INSTANCE
Click on Central HQ

Click on CLOSE

Now we're back in the Primary instance. Let's close this popup and refresh the page to see how the peering process is going.

Federation Setup

20/23

Steps

Click on the Settings icon
Click on Infrastructure and Support
Click on Federation
Click on CONFIGURE
Click on the Nickname field
Click on the Location field
Click on Palo Alto, CA, USA
Click on SUBMIT
Click on ADD PEER
Click on COPY
Click on the Settings icon
Click on Infrastructure and Support
Click on Federation
Click on CONFIGURE
Click on the Nickname field
Click on the Location field
Click on the Shared Secret field
Click on SUBMIT
Click on CLOSE
Click on
Click on VMs
Click on OPEN INSTANCE
Click on Central HQ

Click on

Success! The Primary instance now has incoming data from the peer instance.Â

We can now head to the Federation dashboard where the data of all peer instances is on display.

Federation Setup

21/23

Steps

Click on the Settings icon
Click on Infrastructure and Support
Click on Federation
Click on CONFIGURE
Click on the Nickname field
Click on the Location field
Click on Palo Alto, CA, USA
Click on SUBMIT
Click on ADD PEER
Click on COPY
Click on the Settings icon
Click on Infrastructure and Support
Click on Federation
Click on CONFIGURE
Click on the Nickname field
Click on the Location field
Click on the Shared Secret field
Click on SUBMIT
Click on CLOSE
Click on
Click on VMs
Click on OPEN INSTANCE
Click on Central HQ

Click on VMs

Welcome to the Federation dashboard! The data of all peer instances will gather and display here.Â

You have an overview of the most important metrics on this dashboard, any open alerts, and the peer instances - which can be launched easily from here.Â

Click here to see the VM overview from the Central HQ instance as an example.

Federation Setup

22/23

Steps

Click on the Settings icon
Click on Infrastructure and Support
Click on Federation
Click on CONFIGURE
Click on the Nickname field
Click on the Location field
Click on Palo Alto, CA, USA
Click on SUBMIT
Click on ADD PEER
Click on COPY
Click on the Settings icon
Click on Infrastructure and Support
Click on Federation
Click on CONFIGURE
Click on the Nickname field
Click on the Location field
Click on the Shared Secret field
Click on SUBMIT
Click on CLOSE
Click on
Click on VMs
Click on OPEN INSTANCE
Click on Central HQ

Click on OPEN INSTANCE

From here, it's easy to jump into the vRealize Network Insight instance that has these open alerts.

Federation Setup

23/23

Steps

Click on the Settings icon
Click on Infrastructure and Support
Click on Federation
Click on CONFIGURE
Click on the Nickname field
Click on the Location field
Click on Palo Alto, CA, USA
Click on SUBMIT
Click on ADD PEER
Click on COPY
Click on the Settings icon
Click on Infrastructure and Support
Click on Federation
Click on CONFIGURE
Click on the Nickname field
Click on the Location field
Click on the Shared Secret field
Click on SUBMIT
Click on CLOSE
Click on
Click on VMs
Click on OPEN INSTANCE
Click on Central HQ

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Click on SUBMIT

Click on the Settings icon

Click on Infrastructure and Support

Click on Federation

Click on CONFIGURE

Click on the Nickname field

Click on the Location field

Click on Palo Alto, CA, USA

Click on SUBMIT

Click on ADD PEER

Click on COPY

Click on the Settings icon

Click on Infrastructure and Support

Click on Federation

Click on CONFIGURE

Click on the Nickname field

Click on the Location field

Click on the Shared Secret field

Click on SUBMIT

Click on CLOSE

Click on

Click on VMs

Click on OPEN INSTANCE

Click on Central HQ