Pass the following checkpoints to ensure that the deployment is successful.

Checkpoints

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Description
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Use an IPv4 address to log in to the management console of the Deep Discovery Inspector virtual appliance.
You can find the management IP address on the Amazon EC2 console by following the steps below.
  1. Open the Amazon EC2 console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/ec2/.
  2. In the navigation pane, select Instances.
  3. Select the Deep Discovery Inspector virtual appliance.
  4. Select Actions → Networking → Manage IP Addresses.
  5. Expand eth1. The Private IP Address is the IP address of the management console for the Deep Discovery Inspector virtual appliance.
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Active the Deep Discovery Inspector appliance with the Activation Code.
3
Update the components on the Deep Discovery Inspector appliance.
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Follow the steps below to perform a network services diagnostic test on the Deep Discovery Inspector appliance and verify that all the tests are successful.
  1. Go to https://<virtual appliance IP address>/html/troubleshooting.htm and click Network Services Diagnostics.
  2. Select one or more enabled services and click Test.
  3. When there are no connection issues, the result of all tested services is Connected.
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Verify that the traffic mirror filter contains rules allowing the HTTP protocol in both inbound and outbound traffic.
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If you deploy Deep Discovery Inspector as the traffic mirror target, verify that the mirror target, for example demo-traffic-mirror-target, is configured with destination to the Deep Discovery Inspector virtual appliance.
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If you deploy Deep Discovery Inspector behind the NLB, verify that the mirror target, for example demo-traffic-mirror-target, is configured with destination to the NLB.
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Verify that the mirror session, for example demo-traffic-mirror-session, is configured properly for the following fields:
  • Source
  • Target
  • Session number
  • Filter
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If you deploy Deep Discovery Inspector behind the NLB, verify that the status of the registered instance in the target group, for example demo-target-group, is healthy.
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