Creating a Management Station

• Console
• CLI
• API

• To create the management station, follow these steps:

  1. On the Management stations list page, select Create. If you need help finding the list page, see Listing Management Stations.
  2. Under Basic details, enter the following values:
     • Name: Name for the management station. The name doesn't need to be unique, because an Oracle Cloud Identifier (OCID) uniquely identifies the station. Avoid entering confidential information.
     • Description: (Optional) Description for the management station. Avoid entering confidential information.
     • Hostname: The hostname or IP address associated with your on-premises or third-party cloud instance. Or, if configuring high availability, the hostname or IP address of the load balancer. The hostname must be resolvable by other instances in your network.
     • Automatically configure station: When enabled, the station setup script automatically runs to configure the firewall and SELinux settings on the station.
  3. Under Proxy configuration, enter the following values:

     • Permitted address ranges: A comma-separated list of address ranges in your network that are permitted to use this management station as a proxy to the OS Management Hub service. For example, 192.168.0.0/16 would allow all instances in your data center with a 192.168.x.x IP address to use the management station as a proxy, and 0.0.0.0/0 would allow all IP addresses to use the management station as a proxy.

       Valid values include:

       • IPv4 or IPv6 addresses
       • Single IP addresses
       • CIDR ranges
       • * (wildcard)
     • Listening port: An available TCP port for the management station to receive proxy requests. For example, port 16080. The management station listens on this port for incoming connections from instances in the data center.
     • Proxy host: (Optional) The URL, hostname, or IP address of the external-facing forward HTTP proxy or firewall. The management station uses this proxy host to connect through the internet to OCI.
  4. Under Mirror configuration, enter the following values:
     • Storage path: Full directory path to the data volume on the management station where the software source mirrors are stored. Such as /mnt/mirror.
     • Mirror listening port (http): An available TCP port for the management station to receive HTTP yum requests. For example, port 17080. The management station listens on this port for connections from on-premises or third-party cloud instances.
     • Mirror listening port (https): An available TCP port for the management station to receive HTTPS yum requests. For example, port 17443. The management station listens on this port for connections from on-premises or third-party cloud instances.
     • SSL certificate path: (Optional) The full path to your SSL certificate, if you want to use your own certificate. If left blank, OS Management Hub uses a self-signed certificate.
     • Verify SSL certificates: When enabled, instances verify the SSL certificate when installing or updating packages from the software sources mirrored on the management station.
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  6. Select Create.

     The management station and the profile used to register the management station are created. You can use the profile to register a single management.

  Proceed to registering a management station as an instance with OS Management Hub.

• Use the oci os-management-hub management-station create command and required parameters to create a management station.

  oci os-management-hub management-station create --compartment-id ocid --display-name station-name --hostname name --mirror mirror.json --station-proxy station-proxy.json [OPTIONS]

  For a complete list of flags and variable options for CLI commands, see the Command Line Reference.

• Run the CreateManagementStation operation to create a management station in the root compartment.