Modifying the DNS settings of Aria Automation SAAS Cloud Proxy

Products

• VMware Aria Suite

Issue/Introduction

This article provides steps to modify the name resolution settings of the Aria Automation SAAS Cloud Proxy

Resolution

1. Select the vRA Cloud Proxy VM in the vSphere Web Client and selecting Actions -> Power -> Shut Down Guest OS, shut down the guest OS gracefully
2. Go to the Configure tab, choose vApp Options from Settings drop down. Under Properties, select the key starting with vami.DNS that describes Domain Name Servers.
3. Click to SET VALUE, enter the new NameServers (whitespace separated) and click ok.
4. From Actions -> Power -> Power On, power on the VM
5. SSH to that node with the root account
6. Open the VAMI network configuration utility by running the following command
7. /opt/vmware/share/vami/vami_config_net

Type 4 and then Enter to configure the DNS settings

• At the DNS Server 1 prompt, enter your first new DNS server and press Enter.
• At the DNS Server 2 (optional) prompt, enter your second new DNS server and press Enter.
• At the Domain Name (optional) prompt, either enter your domain name or press Enter to skip.
• At the Search Path (optional) prompt, either enter your search path or press Enter to skip

1. On the Main Menu, type 0 and press Enter to verify the current configuration

• Confirm that the values have changed to what you applied in step 6
• > DNS Servers: DNSServer1, DNSServer2
• Type 1 and press Enter to exit the VAMI network configuration utility

1. Verify the updated DNS configuration by viewing the /etc/resolv.conf file:
2. cat /etc/resolv.conf
3.    > nameserver DNSServer1
4.    > nameserver DNSServer2
5. Repeat steps 1-8 on all other vRA Cloud Proxy one by one, performing the steps.

Note: Please note that this steps is only for vRA cloud Proxy and not cloud extensibility proxy.