Converting existing Standalone Edition Firewall Analyzer installation to Distributed Edition Collector Server

To convert existing Standalone Edition Firewall Analyzer installation to Distributed Edition Collector Server follow the procedure given below:

• Shutdown the Firewall Analyzer Service. Ensure that ports 33336 (default MySQL) and 8500 (default 8500) are free.
• Take a backup of mysql data folder.
• Open a Command Prompt/Console and navigate to <Firewall Analyzer Home>/troubleshooting directory.
• Execute the ConvertToCollector.bat/sh file. 
  

  It will prompt you to take backup of mysql data folder and to continue running the script.

Please take backup of mysql data folder before running this script. Do you really want to continue this script? [y/n]: y

• It will prompt you to shut down the server or service, if it is running.

Firewall Analyzer Server is running. Server should not run while running this tool. Please shutdown the server before running this tool.

• Enter the details of the Admin Server.

Enter Web Port of this server [8500] :8500 Enter Web Server Protocol of this server [http] :http Enter Admin Server Name/IPAddress :firewall-test Enter Admin Server Web Port [8500] :8500 Enter Admin Server Web Protocol [http] :http

• Enter the details of the Proxy Server, if required.

Use Proxy to reach Admin server [n/y] :y Enter Proxy Server Name :proxy-server Enter Proxy Server Port :80 Enter Proxy UserName :root Enter Proxy Password :public

• If this server registers successfully with the intended Admin Server, the following message is displayed.

Successfully registered with the AdminServer Database not started. Starting ......... Table updated .... .... .... .... Server noted as Converted Collector TablesToSync.xml delete status ::::::: true stopping DB Server .......

 

Open the Admin Server UI and check the Collector Settings and ensure that the converted server is listed.

• If this server cannot register with the intended Admin Server, it will prompt you to check the Admin Server availability.

Unable to connect with the Admin Server on given port and protocol. Kindly ensure the following 1. Admin Server is accessible on given port and protocol. 2. Is Admin Server behind Proxy-Server ? If so, has those details been configured ? Exit due to error during register