Troubleshoot Communications

Problem

If the Appliance Server is properly configured to communicate with the cloud then 'Live' heartbeat messages will be sent from the appliance server to the cloud. You will know that this is happening by the following steps:

1. Open the Cloud UI and go to Settings (on the left hand side) / Discovery / Appliances
2. Look at the list of Appliance Servers. If your Appliance Server is listed there and has a green bar under 'Last Status' then it is communicating correctly with the cloud.

Solution

Check the Appliance Server

1. Verify that Appliance Server has been registered.
   1. On the Appliance Server, check /opt/iqas/server-4.5/conf/Appliance/config.properties (Appliance Config File)
   2. The file should contain a REGISTRATION_KEY, if it doesn't then you need to register the appliance
2. Verify that the websocket is configured correctly
   1. In the same file, check that WEBSOCKET_URL is correctly configured to a non-empty value (starting with the 'ws:' or 'wss:' protocol)
   2. Check the websocket configuration, /opt/communication/,env
   3. The value of TENANT_ID should match the ORGOID in the Appliance Config
   4. The value of WEBSOCKET_URL should be the same as the value in the Appliance Config
   5. Verify that the host in the WEBSOCKET_URL is accessible using netcat (the default port is 9001)
   6. The APPLIANCE_ID should be the same as the APPLIANCE_ID in the Appliance Config but only the bit after the last colon (:)
   7. Verify that the host and port in RABBIT_APPLIANCE_HOST and RABBIT_APPLIANCE_PORT can be accessed using netcat.

nc -vnzw1 <host ip address> <port>

nv -vnzw1 1.2.3.4 8888

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