Central Deployment in SmartConsole
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>> Welcome to this lesson on
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the central deployment in SmartConsole tool.
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By the end of this lesson,
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you will be able to describe when
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central deployment in SmartConsole should be used to,
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describe the prerequisites for deployment,
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describe the process of deployment,
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and use this tool to
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perform a common deployment use case.
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When should we use central deployment in SmartConsole?
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This tool should be
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used when you wish to perform a simple,
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straightforward upgrade to a major version or install
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a jumbo hotfix on multiple gateways simultaneously.
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In terms of prerequisites,
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you need to ensure that you have
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admin privileges with
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manage license and packages permissions.
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The latest CPUSE deployment agent
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is installed on the target gateways.
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SIC is established between
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the management and the target gateway and finally,
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for online deployments,
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the management server must be able
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to connect to the Check Point Cloud.
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Let's go over the deployment process in high level
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>> before we get into a common use case scenario.
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>> To begin, we select the targets for deployment.
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Next, we select the package to be deployed,
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and finally, we install.
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Pretty straightforward.
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Let's focus on the following scenario of deployment.
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Marla, the admin,
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would like to upgrade five gateways and clusters
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from R80.30 to R80.40,
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followed by a jumbo hotfixes deployment.
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In this case, she would like to use
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the central deployment in SmartConsole tool and not see
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the T as her use case is simple and
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straightforward and does not
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require any additional actions.
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In this scenario, the deployment will be conducted
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online from the perspective of the management server,
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while the gateways will be receiving their package
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directly from the management server
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and not from the Check Point Cloud.
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To begin, Marla switches to
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the Manage and Settings tab and
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selects the package repository option.
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This is where the necessary packages are downloaded to.
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She needs to define a new package for online download.
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She chooses download from Cloud.
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This means that the packages will be
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downloaded from the Check Point cloud
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onto the management server.
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Now, she enters the exact name of
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the major release package
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as it appears in the User Center.
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She repeats this process for the jumbo hotfix package.
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Once complete,
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the packages are added to the repository view.
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Next, Marla switches to
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>> the Gateways and Servers tab
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>> and selects the target gateways by
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>> control clicking the desired gateways.
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Note that in cases of installation of
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a hotfix or an upgrade on multiple gateways,
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ClusterXLs, VSX gateways or VSX clusters,
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you can select up to 30 objects
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>> using the Control button.
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>> When deploying to a cluster,
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you must select the cluster object
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and not the cluster members.
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Now, Marla clicks the Actions button
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and selects the version upgrade option.
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This opens the
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>> central deployment upgrade version window.
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>> Since Marla is choosing a specific upgrade path,
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she selects this option to
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manually choose the relevant packages.
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She starts typing the package name,
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which triggers an autocomplete.
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She verifies to ensure a compatibility
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>> of the package with the target gateways.
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>> Finally, she installs.
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Marla monitors the deployment progress by
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opening the relevant task in the recent tasks view.
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After major version deployments,
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Marla always remembers
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>> to perform a policy installation,
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>> which pushes the policy to the newly upgraded gateways.
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This completes the major version deployment.
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Marla repeats the same process in order to
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update the gateways to the latest jumbo hotfix.
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Note that in cases of failure
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while upgrading to a major version,
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the system will revert
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automatically to the previously installed version,
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similarly to how this is done in CPUs.
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With that our central deployment in
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SmartConsole lesson has come to an end.
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In this lesson, we explored when
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central deployment in SmartConsole should be used.
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The prerequisites for deployment
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and the process of deployment.
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You should now be able to perform
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a common use case deployment
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>> using these deployment tool.
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>> Thank you for taking this lesson,
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and I'll see you in our next one.
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