Barracuda SecureEdge allows you to create stand-alone sites that are not attached to an edge service or a vWAN. You can either create a new stand-alone site or edit an existing site to become a stand-alone site.
Before You Begin
- You must have created a Barracuda Cloud Control account. For more information, see How to Create a Barracuda Cloud Control Account for Barracuda SecureEdge.
How to Create a New Stand-Alone Site
Go to https://se.barracudanetworks.com and log in with your existing Barracuda Cloud Control account.
- In the left menu, click the Tenants/Workspaces icon.
- From the drop-down menu, select the workspace your site should be assigned to.
- Go to Infrastructure > Sites. The Sites page opens.
- To create a new site configuration, click New Site.
- The New Site Basic Information blade opens. Enter values for the following:
- Name – Enter the name of the site.
- Edge Service – Select (None).
- Root Password – Enter the root password.
- Confirm Root Password – Retype the root password to confirm.
- Click Next. The Site Appliances blade opens.
Select your appliance from the list of appliances linked to your account. For a high availability cluster, select two appliances. For more information on high availability, see High Availability.
- Click Add missing site appliance by serial and linking code/license token.
- Then, specify values for the following:
- Serial – Enter the serial number of your appliance.
- Code/Token – Enter the linking code (located on the back of the Quick Start Guide shipped with your hardware appliance), or the token of your VTx appliance.
- Click Add to add the device to your account.
- Click Next. The WANs blade opens.
- Select the number of desired WAN connections from the drop-down list.
- Click Next. The Configure WAN link blade opens.
- Specify values for the following:
- Name – Enter a name for your uplink.
- Type – Select Dynamic from the drop-down list.
- Port – Select the port where your uplink is connected to. Default for DHCP connections is p4, except model T93 Revision A where DHCP is located on p2. Note: Port 1 is reserved for high availability.
- Virtual LAN ID (Optional) – If required, enter the virtual LAN ID this interface is connected to.
- Provider Pinning – Select a provider classification from the drop-down list.
- Click Next. The LANs blade opens.
- Select the number of desired LAN connections from the drop-down list.
- Click Next. The Configure LAN link blade opens. Specify values for the following:
- Name – Enter a name for your LAN.
- Port – Select a port from the drop-down list that the LAN is attached to. Note: Port 1 is reserved for high availability.
- Virtual LAN ID (Optional) – If required, enter the virtual LAN ID this interface is connected to.
- IP Address – Enter the IP address.
- Netmask – Enter a number between 0 and 32 for the subnet mask.
- DHCP Server – Click to enable. If enabled, you must enter the First IP Address and the Last IP Address. IP addresses within this range will be automatically assigned via DHCP.
- Click Next. The Advanced Settings blade opens.
- Specify values for the following:
- Update Window Timezone – Select Dynamic from the drop-down list, or select the time zone where the box is located.
- Primary DNS – Enter the IP address of the primary DNS server.
- Secondary DNS – Enter the IP address the secondary DNS server.
- Click Next. The Summary blade opens.
- Review your specifications. If everything is correct, click Save.
- After your site configuration has been created successfully, click Finish.
The appliance will automatically apply the configuration upon its first boot.
How to Edit an Existing Site to Become a Stand-Alone Site
You can edit an existing site to make it a stand-alone site.
- Follow the instructions of How to Change the Edge Service of a Site to change the edge service of an existing site.
- Go to Infrastructure > Sites.
- Click the arrow icon next to the site entry.
- On the site configuration page, select Settings. The Basic Information page opens.
- Select (None) for the Edge Service.
- Click Save.
Further Information
For more information, see Hardware Deployment and Virtual Systems (VTx) Deployment.