Prerequisites for Adding a Host (for each Host Type)

Connection Information for Adding a Host

Host Type

Required Information

Appliance with Local Connectors
(includes ArcSight Management Center Appliance, Connector Appliance, or Logger Appliance (L7700))

  • Hostname (FQDN) or IP address. Hostname or IP must be resolvable by ArcSight Management Center: either through DNS for a hostname, or directly for an IP address. If hostname is used, the hostname entered must match the hostname from the host’s SSL certificate. If the FQDN fails to resolve, restart the web service.

  • Authentication credentials (username and password) for logging into the host. If the host is configured for external authentication, such as LDAP or RADIUS, use the external authentication credentials, if possible, or use the fall back credentials.

    Note: See Node Authentication Credentials for more information about authentication credentials.

 
  • Authentication credentials (username and password) for any local containers. If the appliance includes multiple containers, then the credentials for each container must be identical. For example, if the username and password for one container managed by a Connector Appliance is myusername and mypassword, then myusername and mypassword must be the credentials for all local containers managed by the same Connector Appliance.

Appliance without Local Connectors (includes Logger Appliance (non-L7700))

  • Hostname (FQDN) or IP address. Hostname or IP must be resolvable by ArcSight Management Center: either through DNS for a hostname, or directly for an IP address. If hostname is used, the hostname entered must match the hostname from the host’s SSL certificate. If the FQDN fails to resolve, restart the web service.

  • Authentication credentials (username and password) for logging into the host. If the host is configured for external authentication, such as LDAP or RADIUS, use the external authentication credentials, if possible, or use the fall back credentials.

    Note: See Node Authentication Credentials for more information about authentication credentials.

Software Form Factor
(includes Software ArcSight Management Center, Software Connector Appliance, or Software Logger)

  • Hostname (FQDN) or IP address. Hostname or IP must be resolvable by ArcSight Management Center: either through DNS for a hostname, or directly for an IP address. If hostname is used, the hostname entered must match the hostname from the host’s SSL certificate. If the FQDN fails to resolve, restart the web service.

  • Authentication credentials (username and password) for logging into the host. If the host is configured for external authentication, such as LDAP or RADIUS, use the external authentication credentials if possible, or use the fall back credentials.

    Note: See Node Authentication Credentials for more information about authentication credentials.

  • Port number assigned to the product.

Connector

(includes SmartConnectors of all types)

  • Hostname (FQDN) or IP address. Hostname or IP must be resolvable by ArcSight Management Center: either through DNS for a hostname, or directly for an IP address. If the FQDN fails to resolve, restart the web service.

  • Authentication credentials (username and password) for the connector.

    Note: See Node Authentication Credentials for more information about authentication credentials.

  • Optionally, specify an inclusive port range separated by a hyphen (such as 9004-9008) to scan a port range for all connectors.

    Note: If the port range includes multiple connectors, then the credentials for each connector in the range must be identical. For example, if the username and password for one connector in the range was myusername and mypassword, then myusername and mypassword must be the credentials for every connector in the port range.

    Note: Prior to adding a software-based SmartConnector as a host, you must prepare the Smart Connector as explained in SmartConnectors on ArcMC.

Collector
  • Hostname (FQDN) or IP address. Hostname or IP must be resolvable by ArcSight Management Center: either through DNS for a hostname, or directly for an IP address. If the FQDN fails to resolve, restart the web service.

  • Authentication credentials (username and password) for the Collector.

    Note: See Node Authentication Credentials Node Authentication Credentials for more information about authentication credentials.

  • Optionally, specify an inclusive port range separated by a hyphen (such as 48080-48088) to scan a port range for all Collectors.

    Note: If the port range includes multiple Collectors, then the credentials for each Collector in the range must be identical. For example, if the username and password for one connector in the range was myusername and mypassword, then myusername and mypassword must be the credentials for every Collector in the port range.

Transformation Hub - Non-Containerized Deployment
  • Hostname (FQDN) or IP address. Hostname or IP must be resolvable by ArcSight Management Center: either through DNS for a hostname, or directly for an IP address. If the FQDN fails to resolve, restart the web service.

  • Port number for the Transformation Hub (default 32080)

  • In order to add Transformation Hub as a host, the active user must belong to an ArcMC permission group with rights to do so. By default, the admin user has such rights.

Note: Prior to performing the Add Host process, you need to generate the ArcMC certificate with complete FQDN and download the .crt file, then copy the certificate file to your Kubernetes master node. See Preparing to Add Transformation Hub as a Host for details on this process.

Transformation Hub - OPTIC Management Toolkit (OMT)
  • Virtual FQDN or Virtual IP (VIP) address.

    VIP must be resolvable by ArcSight Management Center: either through DNS for a hostname, or directly for a VIP address. If the FQDN fails to resolve, restart the web service.

  • Port number for the Transformation Hub (default 32080)
  • The following Kubernetes cluster parameters:

  • Cluster Port (default 443)
  • Cluster Username and Password
  • Contents of the certificate file. For more details, see here.
  • In order to add Transformation Hub as a host, the active user must belong to an ArcMC permission group with rights to do so. By default, the admin user has such rights.