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Connect to RevealX 360 from self-managed sensors

This guide provides instructions for connecting RevealX 360 to the self-managed sensors and packetstores that are deployed on-premises or in AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) cloud service providers.

Before you begin

  • You must have a user account with System Administration or System and Access Administration privileges to configure RevealX 360. See the RevealX 360 Setup and Administration Guide to learn how to configure RevealX 360 and create users before completing the steps in this guide.
  • You must have a user account with system and access administration privileges on your sensors and packetstores.
  • Your sensor and packetstore firmware should be the same firmware version as RevealX 360.
  • Your sensor and packetstores must be connected to ExtraHop Cloud Services before connecting to RevealX 360. For more information, see Connect to ExtraHop Cloud Services.
  • You should configure network traffic forwarding to your sensors after the sensors are connected to RevealX 360.
  • If you have a firewall, all traffic must be permitted outbound to TCP 443 to connect to the cloud-based recordstore included with RevealX 360 with Standard Investigation. For more information, see Configure your firewall rules.
Video:See the related training: Connect to the RevealX 360 Console

Sensor sizing

When deploying self-managed sensors, consider the following sizing guidelines for allocating vCPUs and memory.

Guidelines

Deployment Number of vCPUs RAM (GB)
≤25 sensors AND ≤100K devices receiving Standard or Advanced Analysis 4 8
≤50 sensors AND ≤200K devices receiving Standard or Advanced Analysis 8 16
≤100 sensors AND ≤400K devices receiving Standard or Advanced Analysis 16 32
≤100 sensors AND ≤800K devices receiving Standard or Advanced Analysis 32 64
>100 sensors OR >800K devices receiving Standard or Advanced Analysis Contact your ExtraHop sales representative Contact your ExtraHop sales representative

Examples

  • If you have 26 sensors and 5K devices receiving Standard or Advanced Analysis, configure the sensor deployment with 8 vCPUs, because this is greater than 25 sensors.
  • If you have 7 sensors and 500K devices receiving Standard or Advanced Analysis, configure the sensor deployment with 32 vCPUs, because this is greater than 400K devices, but less than 800K devices.
  • If you have 10 sensors and 1M devices receiving Standard or Advanced Analysis, contact your ExtraHop sales representative, because this is greater than 800K devices.

Generate a token

Generate a token for each sensor that you want to connect to RevealX 360.

  1. Log in to the RevealX 360 Console.
  2. Click the System Settings icon at the top right of the page and then click All Administration.
  3. Click Sensors in the left-hand pane.
  4. Click Connect Sensor.
  5. Copy the generated token.
    Note:Each sensor or Trace appliance that you want to connect to RevealX 360 requires a unique token.
  6. Click Done.

Connect your sensor

  1. Log in to the Administration settings on your self-managed sensor through https://<extrahop-hostname-or-IP-address>/admin.
  2. In the Console Settings section, click Connect Console.
  3. Click Connect Console.
  4. Paste the token you generated from the RevealX 360 Console into the Generated Token field.
  5. Type a name into the Sensor Nickname field to identify this sensor in the RevealX 360 Console.
  6. Click Connect.

Connect your packetstore

  1. Log in to your self-managed packetstore through https://<extrahop-hostname-or-IP-address>/admin.
  2. In the Packetstore Cluster Settings section, click Connect to RevealX 360.
  3. Paste the token you generated from the RevealX 360 Console into the Generated Token field.
  4. Type a name into the Packetstore Nickname field to identify this appliance in the RevealX 360 Console.
  5. Click Connect.

Connect sensors to your Trace appliance

You must establish a connection from all of your sensors to your packetstores before you can query for packets.

  1. Log in to the Administration settings on your self-managed sensor through https://<extrahop-hostname-or-IP-address>/admin.
  2. In the Packetstore Settings section, click Connect Packetstores.
  3. Type the hostname or IP address of the packetstore in the Packetstore hostname field.
  4. Click Pair.
  5. Note the information listed in the Fingerprint field. Verify that the fingerprint listed on this page matches the fingerprint of the packetstore listed on the Fingerprint page in the Administration settings of the packetstore.
  6. Type the password of the packetstore setup user in the Trace Setup Password field.
  7. Click Connect.
  8. To connect additional packetstores, repeat steps 2 through 7.
    Note:You can connect up to 4 packetstores to a sensor.

Test the configuration

Verify that you can view traffic from your connected sensors on the RevealX 360 Console.

  1. Log in to the RevealX 360 Console.
  2. Click Dashboards at the top of the page.
  3. In the left pane, under System Dashboards, click Network. The charts should display data from the traffic.
    Note:It can take up to ten minutes after the traffic session is created before data appears.

Learn more about RevealX 360

After traffic data appears, you can begin exploring RevealX 360. Check out our documentation website, which includes general concepts, how-to guides, and walkthroughs. For example, you can learn how to create a dashboard or activity map, prioritize the devices on your network for advanced analysis, and investigate security detections.

Last modified 2024-10-11