Configuring the Network Interface Restriction in the Solution Manager¶

You can configure the servers of the Solution Manager to listen to incoming connections on only one of the network interfaces of the computer. This can be useful when Solution Manager runs on a computer that has several network interfaces. If you enable this feature, the connections coming from the other network interfaces will be blocked.

To activate this restriction, first obtain the hostname that the Domain Name System (DNS) of your organization resolves to the network interface that will receive the incoming traffic.

Before proceeding, stop all the components of your installation of Solution Manager. Then, edit these files:

• Embedded Virtual DataPort Server:

  • Uncomment the property com.denodo.vdb.vdbinterface.server.VDBManagerImpl.hostName and set its value to a Domain Name System (DNS) that the server host will resolve to the restricted network interface.

  • Set com.denodo.vdb.vdbinterface.server.VDBManagerImpl.registryURL to the corresponding network interface.

  • Define com.denodo.vdb.vdbinterface.server.VDBManagerImpl.registryURL.restricted to the restricted IP/network interface. The value of the property registryURL has to be resolved to the same value of the restricted network in the local VDP server.

• License Manager Server:

  • Set the properties server.address and com.denodo.solutionmanager.storage.DerbyStorageManager.derbyHost to the restricted address.

• Solution Manager Server:

  • Set the properties server.address and com.denodo.solutionmanager.vdp.hostname to the restricted network interface.

• Solution Manager Web Tool:

  • Set the property com.denodo.solutionmanager.host to the restricted address.

• Diagnostic and Monitoring Tool:

  • Set the property vdp.hostname to the restricted network interface.

• Web Container:

  • In the tomcat.properties file:

    1. Set the property com.denodo.tomcat.jmx.rmi.host to the restricted network interface.

    2. The property com.denodo.vdp.host must be commented out.

    3. Add the property com.denodo.tomcat.shutdown.host with the restricted network interface as value.

  • In the server.xml:

    1. Add the property address="${com.denodo.tomcat.shutdown.host}" to the <Server> declaration in order to configure the IP on which the Tomcat servers waits for shutdown commands.

    2. Add the property address="${com.denodo.vdp.host}" as well to the <Connector> component to specify which address will be used for listening on the specified port.

    <Server address="${com.denodo.tomcat.shutdown.host}" port="${com.denodo.tomcat.shutdown.port}" shutdown="SHUTDOWN">
    
        <Connector
           address="${com.denodo.vdp.host}"
           port="${com.denodo.tomcat.http.port}"
    
        />
    
    </Server>