Preparing the administrator device

You can use a local or remote virtual machine, or a personal computer as the administrator device. When deploying a Kaspersky SD-WAN testbed in accordance with the all-in-one deployment scenario, you must use a virtual machine as the administrator device.

If you experience any problems while preparing the administrator device, we recommend contacting Kaspersky Technical Support.

To prepare the administrator device:

1. Make sure the administrator device satisfies the hardware and software requirements.
2. Make sure that the same root account is used on the administrator device and the virtual machines or physical servers on which you want to deploy Kaspersky SD-WAN components. After deploying the solution, you can use a different root account on the virtual machines or physical servers.
3. Download the knaas-installer_<version information> installation archive from the root directory of the distribution kit and extract the installation archive on the administrator device.
4. Go to the directory with the extracted installation archive and prepare the administrator device:
   1. Make sure the pip package management tool is installed by running the command:

      python3 -m pip -V

   2. If the pip package management tool is not present, do one of the following:
      • If the administrator device is running Ubuntu:

        apt-get install python3-pip

      • If the administrator device is running RED OS 8:

        yum install python3-pip

   3. Install the Ansible tool and its dependencies:

      python 3 -m pip install -U --user -r requirements.txt

   4. Update the PATH variable:
      1. echo 'export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/.local/bin' >> ~/.bashrc
      2. source ~/.bashrc
   5. Verify that the Ansible tool is ready for use:

      ansible --version

   6. Install the operating system packages for Kaspersky SD-WAN deployment on the administrator device:

      ansible-playbook -K knaas/utilities/toolserver_prepare/bootstrap.yml

      Enter the root password when running the command.

   You only need to complete this step when initially deploying the solution.

5. Make sure the administrator device is ready for use:
   1. Restart the administrator device.
   2. Go to the extracted installation archive and start the automatic check of the administrator device:

      ansible-playbook knaas/utilities/pre-flight.yml

6. If you want to deploy Kaspersky SD-WAN on multiple virtual machines or physical servers:
   1. Make sure SSH keys have been generated on the administrator device. If the SSH keys do not exist, generate them.
   2. Place the SSH keys on virtual machines or physical servers:

      ssh-copy-id user@<IP address of the virtual machine or physical server>

   If you are deploying a Kaspersky SD-WAN testbed in accordance with the all-in-one deployment scenario, skip this step.

The administrator device is prepared for Kaspersky SD-WAN deployment.