Edge Forwarder Service

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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.

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Prerequisites - Docker

For Linux:

  • Install Docker

For Windows:

Expose Docker on TCP

Windows (Docker Desktop)

DockerExposeTCP.png

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.ForwarderService.png