Ivanti Connect Secure Provisioning Parameters

Provisioning parameters are those parameters which are required during the deployment of a virtual appliance. Ivanti Connect Secure accepts the following parameters as provisioning parameters in the XML format.

"<pulse-config>

<primary-dns>8.8.8.8</primary-dns>

<secondary-dns>8.8.8.9</secondary-dns>

<wins-server>1.1.1.1</wins-server>

<dns-domain>psecure.net</dns-domain>

<admin-username>admin</admin-username>

<admin-password>password</admin-password>

<cert-common-name>va1.psecure.net</cert-common-name>

<cert-random-text>fdsfpisonvsfnms</cert-random-text>

<cert-organisation>Psecure Org</cert-organisation>

<config-download-url><value></config-download-url>

<config-data><value></config-data>

<auth-code-license><value></auth-code-license>

<enable-license-server>n</enable-license-server>

<accept-license-agreement>n</accept-license-agreement>

<enable-rest>n</enable-rest>

<registration-code> 1grkL2Xbr </registration-code>

<registration-fqdn>auto.toad.pzt.dev.perfsec.com</registration-fqdn>

<enable-proxy>n</enable-proxy>

<proxy-host></proxy-host>

<proxy-port></proxy-port>

<proxy-username></proxy-username>

<proxy-password></proxy-password>

<register-network-interface>external</register-network-interface>

</pulse-config>"

The below table depicts the details of xml file.

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Parameter Name

Type

Description

1

primary-dns

IP address

Primary DNS for Ivanti Connect Secure

2

secondary-dns

IP address

Secondary DNS for Ivanti Connect Secure

3

wins-server

IP address

Wins server for Ivanti Connect Secure

4

dns-domain

string

DNS domain of Ivanti Connect Secure

5

admin-username

string

admin UI user name

6

admin-password

string

admin UI password

7

cert-common-name

string

Common name for the self-signed certificate generation. This certificate is used as the device certificate of Ivanti Connect Secure

Random text for the self-certificate generation

Organization name for the self-signed certificate generation

8

cert-random-text

string

9

cert-organization

string

10

config-download-url

String URL

Http based URL where XML based Ivanti Connect Secure configuration can be found. During provisioning, Ivanti Connect Secure fetches this file and comes up with preloaded configuration. XML based configuration can be present in another VM in Azure cloud or at corporate network which is accessible for Ivanti Connect Secure through site to site VPN between Azure and corporate data center

11

config-data

string

base64 encoded XML based Ivanti Connect Secure configuration

12

auth-code-license

string

Authentication code that needs to be obtained from Ivanti

13

enable-license-server

string

If set to ‘y’, ICS will be deployed as a License server.

If set to ‘n’, ICS will be deployed as a normal server.

14

accept-license-agreement

string

This value is passed to the instance for configuration at the boot time. By default, this value is set to ‘n’. This value must be set to ‘y’.

15

enable-rest

string

If set to ‘y’, REST API access for the administrator user is enabled.

 

In the above list of parameters, primary dns, dns domain, admin username, admin password, cert-random name, cert-random text, cert-organization and accept-license-agreement are mandatory parameters. The other parameters are optional parameters.

The below table describes the new parameters that are added in the XML file and these are applicable only for nSA-managed 9.x and ICS 21.x versions.

Parameter

Type

Description

registrationCode

string

The registration code, which is generated during the ICS gateway registration on nSA. Example: KyZR6YDL8

registrationFQDN

string

The registration FQDN name, which is generated during the ICS gateway registration on nSA. Example: sample.domain.com

enableproxy

string

Default is set to n.

proxyHost

string

The proxy server name.

proxyPort

integer

The port number of the proxy server. Example: 8080

proxyUsername

string

The username of the proxy server. Example,:usr

proxyPassword

string

The password of the proxy server. Example: pxx124

registerNetworkInterface

string

The interface through which the gateway registers with nSA. Example: external