Edge Forwarder Service

Introduction

Forwarder Service creates a Proxy Server in the Edge Machine which allows *.datonis.io URLs. Proxy Server runs inside a docker container in the Edge Machine which is controlled by Datonis Edge.

Prerequisites - Docker

For Linux:

• Install Docker

For Windows:

• Windows 10 64-bit: Pro, Enterprise, or Education (Build 16299 or later)
  • https://docs.docker.com/docker-for-windows/install/
• Windows 10 home (with version 2004 - 19041 and later): Install docker desktop using wsl-2
  • https://docs.docker.com/docker-for-windows/install-windows-home/
  • https://docs.docker.com/docker-for-windows/wsl/
  • https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-win10

Expose Docker on TCP

Windows (Docker Desktop)

Linux

edit /lib/systemd/system/docker.service on Ubuntu system to modify the line

ExecStart=/usr/bin/docker daemon -H fd:// -H tcp://0.0.0.0:2375

then

sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl restart docker.service

Edge Forwarder Service

Configuration:

• enable-forwarder-service: This creates and runs the Proxy Server Docker Container on the Edge Machine with listening on the specified Port.
• docker-daemon-server-url: URL of the docker daemon host URL.
• exposed-port-for-forwarding: Port at which the Edge Forwarder Proxy Server will be listening.