To configure SE management interface statically, the IP, netmask and gateway information must be passed as a YAML file. The name of the metadata file must be in avi_meta/*.yml format.

For instance, create a text file with name avi_meta_se.yml with contents as:

avi.mgmt-ip.SE: "10.128.2.18"
avi.mgmt-mask.SE: "255.255.255.0"
avi.default-gw.SE: "10.128.2.1"
AVICNTRL: "10.10.22.50"
AVICNTRL_AUTHTOKEN: "febab55d-995a-4523-8492-f798520d4515"
AVITENANT_UUID: 'tenant-f3fd4914-01e2-4fbf-b5bc-65b054700cee'

Where,

  • avi.mgmt-ip.SE – Management IP for Avi Load Balancer SE

  • avi.mgmt-mask.SE – Network mask

  • avi.default-gw.SE – Gateway IP address for the management network

  • AVICNTRL – Management IP of the Avi Load Balancer Controller

Replace the IP address in the above example with correct ones for your network.

AVITENANT_UUID (optional) is the UUID of the tenant on the Controller to which the SE must connect. If this field is omitted, the SE will connect to the admin tenant by default.

AVICNTRL_AUTHTOKEN is the authentication token used to authenticate SE-to-Controller communication.

The following are the steps to generate the authentication token:

  1. Navigate to Infrastructure > Clouds.

  2. Click the key icon on the Default-Cloud row to view the authentication token key. The authentication token has a validity timeout of 1 hour by default.

  3. Copy the authentication token.

Upload this metadata file to the CSP repository.