Introduction
The start-up wizard is displayed the first time you login to Console. The wizard provides a user-friendly method to configure various mandatory settings and options, such as:
- Entering a license key
- Configuring access to CAST Extend / use of a proxy caching server
Each step in the wizard is explained in detail below.
Note that if you do not see the start-up wizard when you first log in to Console, you have not yet installed and configured at least one Node instance (see AIP Node package - back-end installation). When this is complete, the start-up wizard will be displayed on login.
Validate License
This step enables you to choose your license strategy:
| Console ≥ 2.2 | In these releases, you can choose the type of license key you are using:
by Contributing Developers (CDs) This option allows you to insert a global license key based on the number of Contributing Developers (i.e. users). The license key is applied automatically to all Node instances that you are managing with Console. When this type of license key is used a License Key section (Administration Center - Settings - License Key) is made available in Administration Center - Applications - Application Details - this enables you to update/replace the license key:
by Named Application This option is specifically for license keys that name the application, for example using the following format: <customer>:1;<application_name>;<type>:<validity_period>:<hash_key> When this type of license key is used:
Onboarding with Fast Scan
Legacy onboarding
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| Console 1.x - 2.1 | In these releases, the global license key is applied automatically to all Node instances that you are managing with Console:
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Click Next to continue to the next step of the wizard.
You can change the license key settings post-installation as described in Administration Center - Settings - License Key. However it is NOT possible to change the strategy from Named Application to Contributing Developer or vice versa once the strategy has been chosen.
CAST Extend options
This step enables you to manage access to CAST Extend (this allows each Node to automatically download any CAST AIP extension that you may want to use, or that may be required for an analysis) and an optional Proxy Configuration:
Connect to CAST Extend
Choose one option (these settings can be managed post installation in Administration Center - Settings - CAST Extend):
| Extend website | When enabled, this mode configures each Node to connect to CAST's publicly available extension server (https://extend.castsoftware.com/) over the internet on port 443 via TCP. In this mode, the CAST Extend URL field will be automatically populated with the CAST Extend URL (https://extend.castsoftware.com/) in read-only mode (i.e. the URL cannot be changed). You will then need to input your CAST Extend API key (this can be generated in the CAST Extend UI - see CAST Extend. Console will check that it can access Extend when you click Next. If you do not have an account on CAST Extend, you can register for one, for free, using the following URL: https://extend.castsoftware.com/#/register |
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| Extend local server | In Console ≥ 1.25, the minimum required release of Extend Proxy (Extend local server) is 1.1.0-funcrel. When enabled, this mode configures each Node to connect to an on-premises deployment of CAST Extend local server, therefore avoiding a connection to CAST's publicly available extension server over the internet. See Install CAST Extend local server or Offline - optional. Enter the URL of your on-premises CAST Extend local server, enter the API Key and then click Next to continue - Console will then check that it can access it:
API Key The API Key will have been generated during the installation of CAST Extend local server and is displayed in the final summary screen of the installer:
Alternatively you can find the API key in the following location on the server on which CAST Extend local server is installed: %PROGRAMFILES%\CAST\Extend\config.proxy.json The key is located on the line APIKEY: {
"PORT": 8085,
"STORAGE_DIR": "c:/ProgramData/CAST/Extend",
"PACKAGE_DIR": null,
"LOG_DIR": "C:/Program Files/CAST/Extend/logs",
"PUBLIC_URL": "http://WIN10TEST:8085/",
"EXTEND_URL": "https://extend.castsoftware.com",
"APIKEY": "<api_key>",
"ADMI": "admi1b878be2b185ff2ceada943c07b066c3bbfd9f9f5c5d931fe57da43e7b98dd4cad77ad4aacd95141ebb8b27d2edd666b5ab91f76cc95ae4b2e9c7c95121eb5322",
"SYNC_TYPE": "auto"
}
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| Extend offline service (deprecated) | CAST Extend Offline is deprecated and you should use CAST Extend local server instead. When enabled, this mode configures each Node to connect to an on-premises deployment of CAST Extend Offline, therefore avoiding a connection to CAST's publicly available extension server over the internet. See Install CAST Extend local server or Offline - optional. In this mode, the CAST Extend URL field will be empty and the CAST Extend Login (email) and CAST Extend Password fields will be hidden (no authentication is required for the on-premises CAST Extend Offline). Enter the URL of your on-premises CAST Extend Offline and then click Next to continue - Console will then check that it can access the on-premises CAST Extend Offline:
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| Allow CAST to automatically collect anonymous statistical data | See Administration Center - Settings - Allow CAST to collect anonymous statistical data automatically for more information about this option. |
Proxy Configuration (optional)
If your organization requires internal systems to use a proxy caching server (such as Squid) for all connections, you can use these options to configure Console/Nodes to use a proxy server for all communication (for example communication on Nodes, Dashboards, CAST Extend, Maven repos, database servers etc.) as follows:
Extension Downloader limitation (for Console ≤ 1.24)
The Extension Downloader (a tool present on each Node which is used by Console in ≤ 1.24 to download extensions) cannot be configured to obey a manual proxy configuration defined in Console. Instead, if your organization uses a proxy, CAST recommends that:
- you define the required proxy configuration at system level (i.e. operating system level) on all Nodes
- define a manual proxy configuration using the settings described below - this ensures that everything else will connect through the proxy
Extension Downloader was replaced with ExtendCli in Console ≥ 1.25, therefore this limitation is no longer applicable for newer releases of Console.
Windows Services
If the Nodes packages are configured to run through Windows Services, it is important to ensure that the user login configured to run the Windows Services has permission to access any proxy that you define. If the user running the Windows Services cannot access the proxy, then the Nodes will not be able to access the required resources.
| No Proxy | Default setting. No proxy required. | ||||||||
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| Use system proxy settings | This option will force Console and all Nodes to use the host machine's system proxy settings for all communication (i.e the proxy settings defined on each host server). | ||||||||
| Manual proxy configuration | This option allows you to configure your own proxy settings specifically for Console and all Node communication (for example if you do not want to use the system proxy settings set on the host or you are using a custom proxy script). These are applied to Console and all Nodes:
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You can change the CAST Extend/Proxy settings post-installation as described in:
Review
The final step in the wizard enables you to review the selections you have made. If anything requires changing, click the Back button to cycle back through the wizard and make any changes you need. Click Save and Finish when ready. You will then be directed to the AIP Console - Application Management page.
