Lifecycle Management

Using the NetQ UI or CLI, lifecycle management (LCM) allows NetQ admins to:

• Manage Cumulus Linux switch inventory and roles
• Manage Cumulus Linux and NetQ images in a local repository
• Install or upgrade NetQ agents and Cumulus Linux on switches
• Create NetQ agent configuration profiles
• Configure switch access credentials and profiles (required for installations and upgrades)
• View a history of upgrade attempts

Access Lifecycle Management in the UI

To access the lifecycle management dashboard, expand the Menu, then select Manage switches:

LCM Summary

This table summarizes LCM functionalities in the UI and CLI:

LCM Support for In-band Management

If you manage a switch using an in-band network interface, the inband-interface option must be specified in the initial agent configuration for LCM operations to function as expected. You can configure the agent by specifying the in-band interface in the /etc/netq/netq.yml file. Alternately, you can use the CLI and include the inband-interface option.

• /etc/netq/netq.yml configuration file example:

  netq-agent:
      inband-interface: swp1
      port: 31980
      server: 192.168.1.254
      vrf: default
  

• CLI configuration example:

  sudo netq config add agent server 192.168.1.254 vrf default inband-interface swp1
  

After the NetQ Agent is configured for in-band connections, you can create custom agent configuration profiles, then apply the custom profiles to switches during upgrades.