Install Cisco Secure Application Services

  1. (Hybrid Deployments Only) Configure the Hybrid Deployment for Cisco Secure Application:
    Follow the steps in Prepare a Hybrid Environment for Cisco Secure Application.
  2. Log in to the cluster node console.
  3. Run the following command to install Cisco Secure Application service:
    appdcli start secapp small
    CODE
    appdcli start secapp medium
    CODE
  4. Verify the status of the installed pods using the following command:

    kubectl get pods -n cisco-secureapp 
    CODE
  5. (For standard deployments only. Skip this for hybrid deployments) Run the command to update the appd services: 

    appdcli start appd small
    CODE
    appdcli start appd medium
    CODE


  6. Verify the status of the installed pods and service endpoints:
    kubectl get pods -n cisco-secureapp
    
    CODE


Post-Installation Steps

Enable the Cisco Secure Application Service in the Controller Account

Complete these steps in the Administration Console to enable the Cisco Secure Application service:

  1. Log in to the Administration Console:
    https://<controller-hostname>/controller/admin.jsp
    CODE
  2. Edit your account to add the property:
    argento.enabled = true 
    CODE
  3. Log out of Administration Console, then log into the Controller:
    https://<controller-hostname>/controller/
    CODE


Assign Roles

Assign roles to the admin user using the Splunk AppDynamics Administration Console.

  1. Assign Configure Cisco Secure Application account permission to the users who are required to modify configurable fields on the Cisco Secure Application dashboard.
  2. Assign View Cisco Secure Application account permission to users who are required to only monitor the dashboard.

See Account Permissions for details.


Apply Feed Files

See Apply Feed Files to the Virtual Appliance.


Check the Health of Cisco Secure Application

Run the following appdcli command on the primary node of the Virtual Appliance to perform basic health checks:

appdcli run secureapp health
BASH

If you encounter issues, see Troubleshoot Your Cisco Secure Application Setup.


Integrate the Agents with Cisco Secure Application

See Integrate Agents with Cisco Secure Application.