Creating a TAC using the Web UI

You can create a TAC, where you add an appliance to the cluster.

Before you begin

When setting up or adding appliances to your cluster, you may be required to request a license for new nodes from Protegrity.
For more information about licensing, refer to the Protegrity Data Security Platform Licensing and your license agreement with Protegrity.

Before creating a TAC, ensure that the SSH Authentication type is set to Password + PublicKey.

If you are using cloned machines to join a cluster, it is necessary to rotate the keys on all cloned nodes before joining the cluster.

If the cloned machines have proxy authentication, two factor authentication, or TAC enabled, it is recommended to use new machines. This avoids any limitations or conflicts, such as, inconsistent TAC, mismatched node statuses, conflicting nodes, and key rotation failures due to keys in use.

For more information about rotating the keys, refer here.

Creating a TAC

  1. In the ESA Web UI, navigate to System > Trusted Appliances Cluster.

    The Join Cluster screen appears.

  2. Select Create a new cluster.

    The following screen appears.

    Create Cluster Screen

  3. Select the preferred communication method.

    Select Add New to add, edit, or delete a communication method.

    For more information about managing communication methods, refer here.

  4. Click Save.

    A cluster is created.