configure the proxy server to establish a secure connection with the Carbon Black Cloud. All the outgoing network traffic from the Carbon Black Cloud Workload Appliance to the Carbon Black Cloud can flow through the configured proxy server.

After setting up your proxy server in the Carbon Black Cloud Workload Appliance, you can verify if the Carbon Black Cloud URL is reachable from that proxy server.

Prerequisites

Register the Carbon Black Cloud Workload Appliance with Carbon Black Cloud, and vCenter Server.

The proxy support for appliance is available for version 1.1 or later.

Procedure

  1. Log in to the vCenter Server at https://<vCenter IP/Domain address> using admin credentials.
  2. To configure the proxy settings, open the Appliance > Network page.
  3. Click the Proxy tab and click Edit.

    The Proxy tab for setting up proxy configuration.

    1. Select the required proxy type as HTTP, HTTPS, SOCKS4, or SOCKS5.
    2. Enter the proxy server host name without the HTTP or HTTPS scheme.
      Do not enter the http:// or https:// header.
    3. Enter the port that the proxy server listens to.
      Use the correct port value for the selected proxy type. Incorrect combination of a port number and a proxy type leads to Carbon Black Cloud Workload appliance being unable to connect to Carbon Black Cloud through proxy.
    4. Enter the proxy user name and password, if necessary for the proxy.
  4. Click Save.
    The proxy server settings are configured. Once configured, the settings are effective immediately.

    If the proxy server is not reachable, saving your configuration generates an error message.

  5. To checkwhether the appliance VM connects to Carbon Black Cloud through the proxy server, click Verify.
    The Verify connection to Carbon Black Cloud window displays.
  6. Select the Carbon Black Cloud environment to which you want the appliance to connect and click Test.
    You get a notification for the status of the connection. If the appliance is unable to connect to the cloud, update your proxy settings.

Results

The connection status displays in the Dashboard > Health and in the Appliance > Registration > VMware Carbon Black Cloud panels.