Create and Manage Site

Select the system namespace to obtain a token. You can use an existing token or create a new one. A site can be configured as single-node or multi-node site. In case of multi-node site, use the same token for all installations.

Select Manage from the configuration menu and select Site Token from the options pane. Click Add site token to create a new token. This loads the Add site token form. Enter the site name and description in the Name and Description fields respectively. Click Add site token button at the bottom of the form.

Find the token you created or choose an existing token from the list of tokens displayed. Click the > to expand the token details in JSON format and note the value of the uid field.

This data is used during the node installation. The following example shows a sample site configuration.

• Site Name: volterra-demo-site
• Latitude and longitude (co-ordinates): 41.881832, -87.623177
• Token: e305f21e-b14a-44f0-8c93-776489321819

For instructions, see Install section and choose an appropriate installation guide depending on your cloud provider or edge hardware.

After installation, the site status can be inspected in the VoltConsole.

Log in to the VoltConsole with your tenant and select Manage from the configuration menu. Select Registrations from the options pane and choose your site in the displayed list of sites. Click ✅ to load the Registration Acceptance form.

Enter the site configuration parameters and click Accept.

Note: Enter all mandatory fields marked with the * character.

Select Sites -> Site List and click on your site from the displayed site list to see the dashboard for your site.

Note: After you accept the registration, it takes few minutes for the health and connectivity status to get updated in the portal. Click the Site Status tab to verify the following (established in that order during the site bring up):

1. The Last Upgrade field has Successful value for the Volterra OS Status section.
2. The Last Upgrade field has Successful value for the Volterra Software Status section.
3. The IPSEC status field under RE Connectivity section has up value.

Accept registration requests from the master-0, master-1, and master-2 nodes. Enter the same values for the following parameters for all the registration requests.

1. ‘Cluster name’ = ‘volterra-demo-site-mce’
2. ‘Cluster size’ = ‘3’

Note: Enter all mandatory fields marked with the * character.

Select Sites -> Site List and click on your site from the displayed site list to see the dashboard for your site.

Note: After you accept the registration, it takes few minutes for the health and connectivity status to get updated in the portal. Click the Site Status tab to verify the following (established in that order during the site bring up):

1. The Last Upgrade field has Successful value for the Volterra OS Status section.
2. The Last Upgrade field has Successful value for the Volterra Software Status section.
3. The IPSEC status field under RE Connectivity section has up value.

Log in to the VoltConsole with your tenant and Select Sites -> Site List. Find the site you want to edit and click ... -> Edit. The site edit form gets loaded.

Set the site configuration parameters according to your requirement and click Save Changes.

In case of configuring the VIP addresses, you must choose from the reserved addresses. The system reserves addresses as per the following mechanism of DHCP subnet Prefix Length (PL):

Select Sites from the configuration menu and Site List from the options pane. Locate your site, click ..., and click Edit. Enter a value in the Desired Pool Count field to set the scale. Click Save changes.

Select Manage from the configuration menu and Registrations from the Site Management in the options pane. Click the Pending Registrations tab and approve the pool nodes.

Note: Individual nodes are not visible from the site list for multi-node site. However, you can check the nodes in the Other Registrations tab.

Select Manage from the configuration menu and Registrations from the Site Management in the options pane. Select your site from the Other Registrations tab. Click ... and Decomission for your site. Click Decomission in the confirmation window.

Note: In case of multi-node sites, perform this step for each of the node.

Select Sites from the configuration menu and Site List in the options pane. Select your site from the list of sites and click ... -> Edit for your site. In the edit form, click Delete Site. Click Decomission in the confirmation window.

Note: Removing the site does not delete the node in your cloud or physical locations. To remove your node from your cloud or physical device, follow the instructions provided in the Install guides.

Select Sites from the configuration menu and Site List in the options pane. Select your site from the list of sites and click ... -> Reregister. Click Reregister in the confirmation window.

This removes the node from the site and changes the site state to the WAITINGNODES state. Also, the factory reset starts for the node and when the reset is complete, new registration request gets created.

Note: In case of multi-node site, re-registration removes all nodes from the site and factory reset starts for all nodes.

Select Manage from the configuration menu and Registrations from the Site Management in the options pane. Select your site from the Pending Registrations tab and approve the registration.

Note: In case of multi-node sites, perform this step for each node.